goods train

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"The Coromandel Express was supposed to travel on the main line, but a signal was given for the loop line instead, and the train rammed into a goods train already parked over there," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 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

Not long afterwards the train was diverted by mistake on to the same track as an oncoming goods train.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2023

At the same time he pulled other levers, and shifted the “points,” so as to let the plethoric goods train just arrived, and the goods train in waiting, perform their respective evolutions.

From The Iron Horse by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)