freight train
Example Sentences
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Video captured on 13 July shows a wildfire surrounding a freight train in Ontario, Canada.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Some individuals compare the noise to cicadas or even a passing freight train, Price said.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 10, 2026
A line outside a Riverside gas station crossed a railroad track, and a man stopped on the tracks refused to yield his place even when a freight train engine bore down on him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
The February 2023 rail disaster in Tempi, central Greece killed 57 people, most of them young students on a passenger train that collided with a freight train in the middle of the night.
From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026
As Arachne fell, she screamed like a freight train on a collision course; but her wailing rapidly faded.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
