goods train
Example Sentences
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"The Coromandel Express was supposed to travel on the main line, but a signal was given for the loop line instead, and the train rammed into a goods train already parked over there," he said.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2023
Officials said several carriages from the Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express derailed in Balasore district, hit a stationary goods train and several of its coaches ended up on the opposite track.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2023
The train entered another line, known as the loop line, and crashed into a goods train parked there, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2023
“The goods train was stationary; the other two trains were running.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2023
In carrying out his plans he went round the corner of a house, from which point of view he observed a goods train standing near a goods-shed with an engine attached.
From The Iron Horse by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
