freight train
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The February 2023 rail disaster in Tempi, central Greece killed 57 people, most of them young students on a passenger train that collided with a freight train in the middle of the night.
From Barron's • Jan. 10, 2026
But when a freight train stalled at a key intersection in the middle of the city, they found themselves stuck on the wrong side of the street for nearly 30 minutes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025
I don’t want to step in front of a freight train and play mean reversion at the same time that something’s exploding.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 17, 2025
In February 2023 a freight train and a passenger train carrying 350 people, headed in opposite directions, were accidentally put on the same track.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2025
Half the cars on a freight train had been knocked off the tracks and lay with their bellies in the air, like helpless turtles.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
