freight train
Rail cargo transport
A freight train is a train that carries cargo rather than passengers.
The cars may haul coal, grain, automobiles, shipping containers, or other goods.
Figuratively, freight train describes anything that moves with unstoppable force and momentum: He came through the line like a freight train.
The freight train rumbled past at 3 a.m.
Railway pulling machine
- boxcarEnclosed rail freight carrier
- flatcarSideless railroad freight carrier
- gondolaSuspended transport cabin
- cabooseCrew shelter, train's end
tanker · reefer · hopper · intermodal · container · coupler · consist · manifest
Path or monitored route
- junctionPoint where things meet
- terminalAt the endpoint
- switchyardRail sorting facility
- sidingExterior wall covering
trestle · grade crossing · signal · mainline · rail yard · spur · throttle · air brake
Impossible to halt
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
- powerfulHaving great strength
- relentlessContinuing without pause
- barrelingMoving recklessly fast
juggernaut · force · inevitable · crushing · rumbling · thundering · charging · driving
locomotive
Railway pulling machine
- boxcarEnclosed rail freight carrier
- flatcarSideless railroad freight carrier
- gondolaSuspended transport cabin
caboose · tanker · reefer · hopper · intermodal · container · coupler · consist · manifest · grain car
track
Path or monitored route
- junctionPoint where things meet
- terminalAt the endpoint
- switchyardRail sorting facility
siding · trestle · grade crossing · signal · mainline · rail yard · spur · throttle · air brake · knuckle
unstoppable
Impossible to halt
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
- powerfulHaving great strength
- relentlessContinuing without pause
barreling · juggernaut · force · inevitable · crushing · rumbling · thundering · charging · driving · pounding
shipment
Goods being transported
lading · commodity · tonnage · payload · consignment · overland · distribution · export · import · trade
- rail transportregional trains, locomotive, rail network, platforms, heavy rail
- diesel vehiclessemi truck, big rig, eighteen-wheeler, diesel bus, diesel locomotive
- Freight Haulingsemi truck, flatbed, tanker truck, container ship, boxcar
- shipping methodsexpress shipping, overnight delivery, air cargo, courier service, overnight mail
- freight carrierstrucking company, railroad, cargo ship, cargo plane, container ship
- freight railboxcar, boxcars, hopper car, tank car, flatcar
freight trainpassenger train
Rail vehicle carrying people
commuter train · passenger rail · express train · bullet train · commuter rail
freight traincargo ship
Vessel for transporting goods
cargo plane · freight truck · container ship · cargo aircraft · semi-truck
freight trainfeather
Bird's body covering
butterfly · gentle breeze · paper airplane · hummingbird · wisp
train, freight, tractor, traction, fraught, freighted, freighter, freighting, freights