ghost trainn.

Brit.

/ˈɡəʊs(t) treɪn/, U.S.

/ˈɡoʊs(t) ˌtreɪn/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ghost n., train n.²

Etymology: < ghost n. + train n.²

1. Any of various types of railway train which operate at night and are not part of scheduled passenger or freight services.

†a. U.S. A train travelling by night which is not identified or reported in official records, ledgers, etc., typically viewed as being engaged in the illegal or fraudulent transportation of freight. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > running during the night

night train1847

owl train1856

ghost train1878

1878 Anglo-Amer. Times 1 Mar. 6/2 The Ghost train comes along from terminus to terminus through the night, and disappears in the day, leaving nothing behind to identify it: the Managers know nothing of it, nor the Station-masters, nor do the books bear any allusion to it.

1884 Q. Rev. July 94 On some lines, freight trains are frequently run of which no account is given, the profits going to the officials and the employés. They are technically known as ‘ghost trains’.

b. British. A train run during the night to keep the track clear in periods of severe frost or heavy snowfall.

ΚΠ

1937 Scotsman 20 Dec. 10/5 On all the electrified sections of the Southern Railway empty trains, known as ‘ghost trains’, were being run during the night to prevent the conductor rails becoming coated with ice.

1968 Daily Express 10 Jan. 1 (headline) Ghost trains fight big freeze.

2010 Guardian 6 Jan. 2/1 Railway staff were preparing last night to run ‘ghost trains’ to keep tracks and overhead cables free of ice, while airports worked non-stop to keep runways clear.

a. An apparition of a spectral or phantasmal railway train; esp. the ghostly manifestation of a train which has suffered a crash resulting in the death of a number of the people on board. Cf. ghost ship n.² 1.

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1894 Idler July 615 If I had time now I'd tell you of a ghost train that used to run on this very road, and that I've seen with my own identical and individual eyes.

1931 A. Ridley Ghost Train i. 19 They do say that to look upon the ghost train do mean death.

2014 B. M. Williams in Shamblelurkers Return (e-book, accessed 20 Jan. 2021) 16 A ghost train steams into the station every night at midnight.

b. Originally British. A fairground ride which travels through a dark tunnel featuring sound and light effects, mechanized figures and objects, etc., which are intended to scare the people riding it.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > fairground ride > other rides

wiggle-waggle1825

helter-skelter lighthouse1906

cakewalk1908

flip-flap1908

ghost train1931

tunnel of love1954

log flume1963

razzle1969

flume1978

1931 Bath Chron. & Herald 25 July 11/2 She thoroughly enjoyed her trips on the bumper cars, the Noah's Ark..and the ‘Ghost Train’ thrills.

1932 Times 29 Dec. 6/4 These related to entertainment duty on ‘The Ghost Train’ which was running at an amusement park in Bournemouth last summer.

1958 A. Sillitoe Saturday Night & Sunday Morning xi. 157 Winnie clamoured for the Ghost Train.

2016 Hull Daily Mail (Nexis) 28 Sept. 12 It doesn't matter how many times you go on the ghost train, the man who jumps out shouting ‘boo!’ will always scare the living daylights out of you.

3. Prison slang (chiefly British). With the. The practice of moving problematic prisoners from one prison to another during the night, typically without the prisoner being forewarned; the means by which a prisoner is moved in this way. Frequently in on the ghost train. Cf. ghosting n. 4.

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1970 T. Clayton Men in Prison i. 19 You all remember the Ghost Train? If you had a problem you put him on the ghost train to another nick.

1993 S. Livingstone & T. Owen Prison Law iii. 41 Known by prisoners as the ‘ghost train’, a ‘10/74’ was designed to transfer and segregate a supposedly ‘subversive’ prisoner.

1999 J. Arnott Long Firm v. 307 Then, about three months later, I received a letter from Durham. Harry had been moved back there on the Ghost Train.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ghost train
释义	ghost trainn. Brit. /ˈɡəʊs(t) treɪn/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊs(t) ˌtreɪn/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ghost n., train n.² Etymology: < ghost n. + train n.² 1. Any of various types of railway train which operate at night and are not part of scheduled passenger or freight services. †a. U.S. A train travelling by night which is not identified or reported in official records, ledgers, etc., typically viewed as being engaged in the illegal or fraudulent transportation of freight. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > running during the night night train1847 owl train1856 ghost train1878 1878 Anglo-Amer. Times 1 Mar. 6/2 The Ghost train comes along from terminus to terminus through the night, and disappears in the day, leaving nothing behind to identify it: the Managers know nothing of it, nor the Station-masters, nor do the books bear any allusion to it. 1884 Q. Rev. July 94 On some lines, freight trains are frequently run of which no account is given, the profits going to the officials and the employés. They are technically known as ‘ghost trains’. b. British. A train run during the night to keep the track clear in periods of severe frost or heavy snowfall. ΚΠ 1937 Scotsman 20 Dec. 10/5 On all the electrified sections of the Southern Railway empty trains, known as ‘ghost trains’, were being run during the night to prevent the conductor rails becoming coated with ice. 1968 Daily Express 10 Jan. 1 (headline) Ghost trains fight big freeze. 2010 Guardian 6 Jan. 2/1 Railway staff were preparing last night to run ‘ghost trains’ to keep tracks and overhead cables free of ice, while airports worked non-stop to keep runways clear. 2. a. An apparition of a spectral or phantasmal railway train; esp. the ghostly manifestation of a train which has suffered a crash resulting in the death of a number of the people on board. Cf. ghost ship n.² 1. ΚΠ 1894 Idler July 615 If I had time now I'd tell you of a ghost train that used to run on this very road, and that I've seen with my own identical and individual eyes. 1931 A. Ridley Ghost Train i. 19 They do say that to look upon the ghost train do mean death. 2014 B. M. Williams in Shamblelurkers Return (e-book, accessed 20 Jan. 2021) 16 A ghost train steams into the station every night at midnight. b. Originally British. A fairground ride which travels through a dark tunnel featuring sound and light effects, mechanized figures and objects, etc., which are intended to scare the people riding it. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > fairground ride > other rides wiggle-waggle1825 helter-skelter lighthouse1906 cakewalk1908 flip-flap1908 ghost train1931 tunnel of love1954 log flume1963 razzle1969 flume1978 1931 Bath Chron. & Herald 25 July 11/2 She thoroughly enjoyed her trips on the bumper cars, the Noah's Ark..and the ‘Ghost Train’ thrills. 1932 Times 29 Dec. 6/4 These related to entertainment duty on ‘The Ghost Train’ which was running at an amusement park in Bournemouth last summer. 1958 A. Sillitoe Saturday Night & Sunday Morning xi. 157 Winnie clamoured for the Ghost Train. 2016 Hull Daily Mail (Nexis) 28 Sept. 12 It doesn't matter how many times you go on the ghost train, the man who jumps out shouting ‘boo!’ will always scare the living daylights out of you. 3. Prison slang (chiefly British). With the. The practice of moving problematic prisoners from one prison to another during the night, typically without the prisoner being forewarned; the means by which a prisoner is moved in this way. Frequently in on the ghost train. Cf. ghosting n. 4. ΚΠ 1970 T. Clayton Men in Prison i. 19 You all remember the Ghost Train? If you had a problem you put him on the ghost train to another nick. 1993 S. Livingstone & T. Owen Prison Law iii. 41 Known by prisoners as the ‘ghost train’, a ‘10/74’ was designed to transfer and segregate a supposedly ‘subversive’ prisoner. 1999 J. Arnott Long Firm v. 307 Then, about three months later, I received a letter from Durham. Harry had been moved back there on the Ghost Train. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1878
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