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goods train

NOUN
freight train
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Ms Yadav cleared the selection process with flying colours, and got her first job on a goods train in 1989.

From BBC Oct. 3, 2025

I saw the goods train had climbed over on another train.

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

It was on a November morning in 1861 that a goods train leaving Newtown for Welshpool, called at Abermule, where they picked up three wagons and some water. 

From The Story of the Cambrian A Biography of a Railway by C. P. (Charles Penrhyn) Gasquoine




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