goods train
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The passenger service from Athens to Thessaloniki was crowded with students returning to university after a holiday for Greek Orthodox Lent when the train collided with a goods train on the same track outside Larisa.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2025
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 Coromandel Express had gone off track, hit a goods train that was parked there, and then collided with a second train coming from the opposite direction.
From Reuters ● Jun. 3, 2023
“The goods train was stationary; the other two trains were running.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2023
It was too late to stop, but I might, by shortening the journey seven minutes instead of five, get to Empoli three minutes before the goods train was due.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
