freight train

noun

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

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When overtaking a freight train of 2 or 3 Class 8 big rigs hauling loads of green tomatoes through our California Central Valley, or getting around a similar raft of gravel trucks on the 210 freeway in Los Angeles. Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025 Jones died at 27 while trying to flee from an oncoming freight train traveling at nearly 60 mph on set in Wayne County, Ga. Jessica Wang, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2025 Floodwaters in Mammoth Springs, Ark., washed out a railroad line on Saturday and derailed a freight train. Patrick J. Lyons, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025 Down below the high mesa, a freight train blew its horn. Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 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 10 May. 2025.

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