freight train
Example Sentences
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Some individuals compare the noise to cicadas or even a passing freight train, Price said.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 10, 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
But when a freight train stalled at a key intersection in the middle of the city, they found themselves stuck on the wrong side of the street for nearly 30 minutes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025
But when they all bore down on the doomy grandeur of “Hey Hey, My My,” they sounded like a freight train barreling in one direction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2025
One freight train did come along while they were pulling the obelisk over the tracks, but it was only delayed a half an hour or so.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
