freight train

noun

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

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Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in cities across the country as part of a general strike called to demand justice for the 57 people killed on Feb. 28, 2023, when a passenger train collided head-on with a freight train. Derek Gatopoulos and Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025 The 2023 train disaster in Tempe saw a passenger train collide head-on with an oncoming freight train. Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2025 Fifty-seven people were killed when a passenger train filled with students collided with a freight train on February 28, 2023, near the Tempi gorge in central Greece. Reuters, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025 In the final, Johns & Waters put an end to the Alshon & Black freight train, but not without some solid pickleball. Todd Boss, Forbes, 10 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 27 Mar. 2025.

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