detrain

Example Sentences

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They had hopped on in Denver and would detrain at the end of the line.

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2022

The Pennsylvania alone will handle more than 300 special trains, will detrain some 50,000 men at Manhattan, has appealed to their mothers and sweethearts not to stand around in the already crowded station.

From Time Magazine Archive

In order not to delay his arrival at Metz, nor the progress of the trains following, Major Morin at the head of the column, directed his commands to detrain and continue to Metz.

From Battle Studies by Ardant du Picq, Charles Jean Jacques Joseph

The Commander-in-Chief may be forced to ask Marshal French to co-operate with British Divisions as they detrain and without waiting for the whole of the detrainment to be carried out.

From 1914 by French, John Denton Pinkstone, Earl of Ypres

They slumbered on as best they could in their box-car berths, while the special was pulled in on a siding, to remain until daylight when the order to detrain was to be issued.

From The Delta of the Triple Elevens The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, American Expeditionary Forces by Bachman, William Elmer