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freight engine
noun
- a locomotive for pulling freight trains, designed for high drawbar pull rather than high speed.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of freight engine1
An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
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Example Sentences
Another trial was given, this time with the heavy freight engine attached to some of the largest flats, laden with steel beams.
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Without a pilot truck, the leading driving axle of the freight engine was generally overloaded.
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A freight engine soon came to the spot, backing down the express car.
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Presley looked up quickly, and saw Dyke, the engineer, leaning on his folded arms from the cab window of the freight engine.
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Two hours later an Iron Mountain freight engine pulled out of the railroad yards, Texas bound, with a string of empties.
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