Definition of "freight-train" [freight-train]

• A train of freightcars. Called in Great Britain a goods-train. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "I might be walking down the track to the water-tank to lie in wait for a passing freight-train, when I would chance upon a bunch of "alki-stiffs.""
• "See the link for a factual story of one of these freight-train hoppers."
• "The testimony of his team-mates, even so, suggests the coming man is arriving at freight-train speed."