freight train

noun

1. a train of freight cars.

Word History and Origins

Origin of freight train¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

Toledo is a tough city, a factory town, a freight train junction, a lake steamer port.

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"A freight train in a Canadian river isn't a very uncommon object," Festing rejoined.

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Ned Newton wired that the meteorite had been safely placed on a fast freight train.

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There were some rails torn up out of the track last night a few miles from here and a freight train went over.

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It gives him a pass upon every freight train that travels the length and breadth of the land.

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He had to explain very plainly that of course a freight train had a conductor.

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