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
The goods train was stationary on a different track.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 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
At the same time he pulled other levers, and shifted the “points,” so as to let the plethoric goods train just arrived, and the goods train in waiting, perform their respective evolutions.
From The Iron Horse by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)