freight train

noun

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

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Posted by Seattle Police Department on Tuesday, October 15, 2024 Video shows the man then slipped from the platform, falling about 25 feet to land in rocks beside the train tracks — into the path of a freight train that had already been en route when the dispatcher request came through. —

Kerry Breen, CBS News, 17 Oct. 2024 Wild news helicopter footage captured the moment a mob of approximately 30 people, some armed, according to police, looted a freight train in Chicago on Friday and made off with appliances like air fryers and flat-screen TVs. —

Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 12 Oct. 2024 Lillard and Antetokounmpo, in theory, should have been the league’s most terrifying one-two punch—like pairing a flamethrower with a freight train. —

Brian Sampson, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024 Train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, releasing hazardous chemical In February 2023, a Norfolk Southern freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed and caught fire in East Palestine, Ohio, near the border with Pennsylvania, the Beacon Journal reported. —

Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for freight train

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