goods train

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The accident took place in June in the eastern state of Odisha when a passenger train hit a stationary goods train and derailed on to an adjacent track.

From BBC • Jul. 5, 2023

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

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

In doing this he took advantage of another goods train, from which he dropped at a certain hole-and-corner spot, while it was slowly passing the goods-shed before mentioned.

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