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freight train

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. freight train, rattlernoun

    a railroad train consisting of freight cars

Wiktionary

  1. freight trainnoun

    A train used for the transportation of freight.

Wikipedia

  1. freight train

    Rail freight transport is the use of railroads and trains to transport cargo as opposed to human passengers. A freight train, cargo train, or goods train is a group of freight cars (US) or goods wagons (International Union of Railways) hauled by one or more locomotives on a railway, transporting cargo all or some of the way between the shipper and the intended destination as part of the logistics chain. Trains may haul bulk material, intermodal containers, general freight or specialized freight in purpose-designed cars. Rail freight practices and economics vary by country and region. When considered in terms of ton-miles or tonne-kilometers hauled per unit of energy consumed, rail transport can be more efficient than other means of transportation. Maximum economies are typically realized with bulk commodities (e.g., coal), especially when hauled over long distances. However, shipment by rail is not as flexible as by the highway, which has resulted in much freight being hauled by truck, even over long distances. Moving goods by rail often involves transshipment costs, particularly when the shipper or receiver lack direct rail access. These costs may exceed that of operating the train itself, a factor that practices such as containerization, trailer-on-flatcar or rolling highway aim to minimize.

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  1. freight train

    A freight train is a type of train used for transporting goods or cargo over long distances, typically from one industrial sector to another, or from manufacturing centers to ports for export. This can include commodities, construction materials, finished products, and bulk goods. Freight trains can vary in size, consisting of many linked cars, and are operated by a conductor and usually one or more engineers.

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Etymology and Origins

  1. Freight Train

    An Americanism for goods train.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of freight train in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of freight train in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of freight train in a Sentence

  1. James Clapper:

    I think it is, i think John is sort of like a freight train, and he's going to say what's on his mind. I think, though, that the common denominator among all of us that have been speaking up, though, is a genuine concern about the jeopardy or threats to our institutions and values, and although we may express that in different ways. And I think that's what this really is about. But John and his rhetoric, I think, have become an issue in and of itself.

  2. Ian Naish:

    The intensity of loading is heavier than a mixed-freight train, generally, all the cars are the same design, and the loads are all the same, so it's the same impact, the same way, all the time.

  3. Jeffrey Gundlach:

    This is not a trader's market, it is a freight train that you want to stay in sync with. There's too much order and belief in markets in spite of big losses.

  4. Brittany Jencik:

    It was terrifying. I was a little ahead of them in the timing of it all. I was as afraid of my life as I had ever been, and not much scares me, she said, noting the illness hit her and her family like a freight train. Jencik said she and her children are now recovering and remain in isolation. Its not clear how she was initially exposed toCOVID-19. By the time the mom developed symptoms, her children had already been exposed. (iStock) EARLY SYMPTOM OF CORONAVIRUS MIGHT BE DIGESTIVE ISSUES: STUDY A friend who owns a professional cleaning service later sent a team of 12 to thoroughly disinfect their home, she said.The cleaners reportedly donned rubber hazmat suits as they cleaned the home over a two-hour period. I needed to know that I was protecting the people I love to the best extent I possibly could.

  5. James Clapper:

    I think it is, i think John Brennan is sort of like a freight train, and John Brennan's going to say what's on John Brennan mind. I think, though, that the common denominator among all of us that have been speaking up, though, is a genuine concern about the jeopardy or threats to our institutions and values, and although we may express that in different ways. And I think that's what this really is about. But John Brennan and John Brennan rhetoric, I think, have become an issue in and of itself.


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