cargo trains

Goods-moving locomotives

Cargo trains are trains designed to transport freight rather than passengers.

The term emphasizes the goods being carried—containers, raw materials, manufactured products—rather than the locomotive or cars themselves.

Cargo trains rumbled through the valley all night.

Also called freight trains.

Opposites
purpose/payload type

cargo trainspassenger trains

Locomotives transporting people

passenger rail · commuter trains · commuter rail · passenger coaches · people movers

transport mode for freight

cargo trainscargo ships

Vessels for transporting goods

cargo planes · air freight · trucking · container ships · cargo aircraft

Family

train, cargo, freight train, goods train

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G