freight trains

Long hauling conveyances

Freight trains are trains that transport cargo rather than passengers.

The term also appears in compounds and figurative use: a freight train of emotion suggests something powerful and unstoppable barreling toward you.

The freight train rumbled through town at 3 a.m.

Her argument hit him like a freight train.

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locomotive · conductors · hobos · rail yard · long haul · containerization · cargo · railcar · graffiti · shipping · Union Pacific · golden spike · train whistle · rumbling · crossings · railroad crossing · crossing gates · tankers

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purpose/cargo type

freight trainspassenger trains

Locomotives transporting people

passenger service · commuter trains · passenger rail · commuter rail · Amtrak

speed/priority

freight trainsexpress trains

Rail lines skipping stations

high-speed rail · bullet trains · Shinkansen · TGV · rapid transit

transport mode

freight trainscargo ships

Vessels for transporting goods

cargo planes · trucking · air freight · semitrucks · ocean freight

Family

freight, tractor, fraction, trains, traction, fraught, freighted, freighter, freighting

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Top 50,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G