Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Freight \Freight\ (fr[=a]t), a. Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do with freight; as, a freight car.
Freight agent, a person employed by a transportation company to receive, forward, or deliver goods.
Freight car. See under Car.
Freight train, a railroad train made up of freight cars; -- called in England goods train.
Wiktionary
n. A train used for the transportation of freight.
WordNet
n. a railroad train consisting of freight cars [syn: rattler]
Wikipedia
right|frame|The cover of Freight Train
Freight Train is a 24-page children's picture book written and illustrated by Donald Crews. It lacks any story, but rather describes the inner workings of a large cargo train. It was named one of 1979's Caldecott Honor books. It has been included in such lists of top children's books as Anita Silvey's 100 Best Books for Children and a 2012 "Top Children's Picture Books" list by School Library Journal.
Freight Train is a song on the 1989 album by Nitro, O.F.R.. In the video for Freight Train, Michael Angelo Batio uses the one-of-a-kind quad guitar, which is a guitar with 4 necks. The top two necks have 7 strings and the bottom 2 have 6 strings. Unfortunately, that guitar was stolen after the second performance of the "Nitro" "O.F.R" tour in El Paso, Texas. Then, in 2004, a fan showed up to one of Batio's performances with a guitar case. The fan opened up the case to reveal 2 of the four guitars that had made up the famous Quad Guitar.
The song is also notable for the shriek Jim Gillette performs before the first guitar solo, among the highest in popular heavy metal music.
"Freight Train" is an American folk song written by Elizabeth Cotten in the early 20th century, and popularized during the American folk revival and British skiffle period of the 1950s and 1960s. By Cotten’s own account in the 1985 BBC series Down Home, she composed “Freight Train” as a teenager (sometime between 1906 and 1912), inspired by the sound of the trains rolling in on the tracks near her home in North Carolina.
Early British skiffle singer Chas McDevitt recorded the song in December 1956, however under advice from his manager (Bill Varley), McDevitt then brought in folk-singer Nancy Whiskey and re-recorded the song with her doing the vocal, the result was a chart hit. McDevitt's version influenced many young skiffle groups of the day including one known as The Quarrymen. The Elizabeth Cotten recording for the Folksongs and Instrumentals with Guitar album was made by Mike Seeger in late 1957, early 1958, at Cotten’s home in Washington, D.C. Ramblin' Jack Elliott recorded this song in 1957. It is included on the CD, The Lost Topic Tapes: Cowes Harbour 1957.
Freight Train is the sixteenth studio album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. It was released on March 30, 2010. The album's first single, " It's Just That Way", was released on January 4, 2010.
Freight train may refer to:
- A freight train, or goods train; the transportation used in Freight rail transport
Usage examples of "freight train".
I can't think of another reason to flag down a freight train on a night like this.
A freight train was rolling by, somewhere in the distance and darkness.
All I do know is that there has been a series of freight train robberies throughout the country, and it's up to me to figure out how to put a stop to them.
But as he was block-lettering the telegram form to Billy Vail, he pictured how she was going to take it when he just told her to go hop another freight train.
In their place, a freight train was being shunted about, not far from Langfuhr Station.
The roads went south, north, east, and west, and at night a freight train passed through on its way to Birmingham and left the smell of scorched iron in its wake.
Everbe and Otis got down from the caboose of a freight train which stopped that long at Par-sham a few minutes before noon.