freight train

noun

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

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Metra’s trains on the Milwaukee District North Line were halted Friday afternoon in the north suburbs after a freight train fatally struck a man in his 70s, according to the Lake Forest Police Department. Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025 Women’s Pro Doubles Recap Bobbi Oshiro & Susannah Barr put a stop to the Fudge/Braverman freight train, topping them in a final between the two top teams in the APP and giving Oshiro a double for the weekend. Todd Boss, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025 For him, the reality of another crash like this hits him like a freight train. Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025 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 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 2 Apr. 2025.

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