freight train

noun

: a train that carries goods : a train that carries freight

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The couple apparently watched, unpanicked, as a northbound freight train approached from one direction. Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025 China's official Xinhua news agency said the had reached its first stop in Felixstowe in just 20 days, faster even than the China-Europe freight train, which takes around 25 days. Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025 Thousands of white people began to pour into Owensboro by passenger train, freight train, bus, car, airplane, and on foot. Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025 Additional investigation by weather service meteorologists in consultation with other scientists led to the upgrade, mainly based on the damage the tornado did to a freight train. Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for freight train

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“Freight train.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freight%20train. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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