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 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

On the north side of the bridge stood a long goods train, apparently waiting the signal to proceed.

From A Hero of Li?ge by Strang, Herbert