goods train
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The passenger service from Athens to Thessaloniki was crowded with students returning to university after a holiday for Greek Orthodox Lent when the train collided with a goods train on the same track outside Larisa.
From BBC • Feb. 28, 2025
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 saw the goods train had climbed over on another train.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2023
She had been running day and night, and had travelled on the railway, in the goods train, having watched her opportunity, and yet she had almost come too late.
From What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales by Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William)