way freightn.
/ˈweɪ ˌfreɪt/, U.S. /ˈweɪ ˌfreɪt/ North American.
1. Goods that are picked up or set down at intermediate stopping places on a railway or shipping route. Also as a count noun: an item of freight of this kind.
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society > travel > rail travel > [noun] > conveyance by rail or train > type of freight
way freight1819
fast freight1838
red ball1906
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport of goods in a vehicle > [noun] > types of goods transported
way freight1819
society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > [noun] > cargo > other types of cargo
way freight1819
bottom cargo1840
1819 Orleans Gaz. & Commerc. Advertiser 6 Mar. At 5 sent a boat on shore with way freight.
1833 Niles' Reg. 44 260/2 The hatch..was open to get out a lot of way-freight.
1845 Adams Sentinel (Gettysburg, Pa.) 21 Apr. The cars were principally loaded with way freights, iron, and carriages, and the goods were but very little damaged.
1875 ‘M. Twain’ in Atlantic Monthly Aug. 191 No way-freights and no way-passengers were allowed, for the racers would stop only at the largest towns.
1977 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 8 May 2/3 The discharging of cargo and the loading of way-freight.
2010 S. Law Forest Environm. 26 This was a mixed train that carried way freight, a couple of passenger cars and also mail and express.
2. A train carrying goods to be picked up or set down at intermediate station. Cf. freight n. 4. Now chiefly historical.
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society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > goods train > types of
way freight1867
tank-train1901
red ball1906
manifest1912
liner train1962
unit train1962
freightliner1965
1867 Morning Herald (Titusville, Pa.) 10 June (advt.) Trains on the A & G W Railway will arrive at and depart from Corry, at the following hours..Way Freight 10 40 am.
1873 Elkhart (Indiana) Observer 12 Feb. 2/3 The Michigan Southern road has issued an order forbidding the carrying of passengers on freight trains... It applies to way freights only in case a person neglects to purchase a ticket.
1898 H. E. Hamblen Gen. Manager's Story 37 The way freight..had crossed over to load some freight.
1917 Opinions & Decisions Railroad Comm. Wisconsin 18 835 The operation of a passenger coach on the trains in question, which are way freights, is required.
2006 B. Solomon Working on Railroad ii. 64/1 Traditionally, a way freight stopped at every little town along its route.
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General attributive, esp. in way-freight train.
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1851 Daily Ohio Statesman 28 Nov. Way Freight Train, at 4 45 A.M., stopping at all the stations.
1906 Springfield Weekly Republican 28 June 16 A collision between an extra freight train and a way freight train.
1940 Railroad Mag. Apr. 47/2 Juggler, member of way-freight crew who must load and unload L.C.L. freight at station stops.
1996 F. Leonard Thousand Blunders ix. 257 An employees' timetable for January 1915 indicated that four way-freight trains traversed the Prince Rupert-Prince George section of the line each week.
2003 Labour: Le Travail 51 127 CN wanted to eliminate all crew changes except for wayfreight operations.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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