detrained

Left the locomotive

Detrained means having exited a train, the past tense of detrain: The passengers detrained at Grand Central.

Military usage is common, describing troops unloading from rail transport: The regiment detrained and marched toward the front.

The word mirrors deplane for aircraft.

rail

disembark

Exit a vehicle

carriage · conductor · tracks · railway · locomotive · railcar · announcement · tickets · luggage · whistle

military

troops

Military personnel collectively

regiment · personnel · gear · formation · base · convoy · battalion · muster · disembarkation · transport

Opposites
boarding vs alighting

detrainedentrained

Drawn into a flow

boarded · embarked · got on · loaded · mounted

Family

detrain, detraining

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