A train for carrying goods rather than people.
a goods train carrying iron ore derailed near the town
Example sentencesExamples
- The rail company chairman suggested metal fatigue in the tracks could have led to the derailment of the goods train.
- A long goods train chugged past - 60 bogeys pulled slowly along by an unwilling engine.
- For most of its life this railway thrived, with goods trains carrying coal, stock and wool and passenger railcars travelling both ways every day.
- More than 300 trains - including passenger shuttles, goods trains and Eurostar trains - use the Channel Tunnel every day.
- The locomotive ploughed head-on into the stationary goods train.
- A goods train rumbled slowly by on the opposite track.
- As of mid 2011, it was decided to stop all goods train haulage due to severe shortage of locomotives and fuel.
- He promptly strolled over to the depot and hitched a ride home on the goods train.
- To actually try and jump on a moving goods train is very reckless and i wouldn't recommend it.
- Goods trains move at night because during daytime the Swiss rail system is used to full capacity by passenger traffic.