goods train

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The crash saw a passenger train derail after wrongly entering into a loop track by the side of the main line and colliding with a stationary goods train that was parked there.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2023

At least 288 people were killed and over 800 injured in Friday's accident in Odisha state, involving two passenger trains and a goods train.

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

I first met Solomon Gann in connection with an accident at Grandton, where I and other surgeons were called in to attend the sufferers by a collision with a goods train.

From Adventures of Working Men From the Notebook of a Working Surgeon by Fenn, George Manville