Definition

1. Noun:
   • A connected series of railway vehicles moved by a locomotive: A "railroad train" is a form of public transport consisting of a line of cars or wagons coupled together and powered by a locomotive engine for travel on railway tracks.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The long railroad train carried coal from the mines to the port.
  • We heard the whistle of the approaching railroad train.
  • The schedule showed that a railroad train would arrive every hour.

Advanced Usage

• "to catch/miss a railroad train": To board or fail to board a train before its departure.
  • We had to run to catch the last railroad train of the night.
• "freight railroad train": A train specifically designed to transport goods rather than passengers.
  • A long freight railroad train blocked the crossing for several minutes.

Variants and Related Words

• Train (n): A more common, shorter synonym for "railroad train".
  • The passenger train was full.
• Locomotive (n): The engine that provides the power to move the train.
  • The steam locomotive was a marvel of engineering.
• Railcar / Railway car (n): One of the individual vehicles that make up a train.
  • We sat in the first-class railcar.

Synonyms

• Train: A connected series of railroad cars.
• Railway train: A train operating on a railway system.

Related Phrases

• Train set (n): A model or toy replica of a railroad train and its tracks.
  • The child spent hours playing with his electric train set.
• Train station (n): A place where trains stop to pick up and drop off passengers or goods.
  • We waited at the train station.

Related Idioms

• "Like a runaway train": Describing something that is out of control or progressing with unstoppable speed and force.
  • The project's costs were increasing like a runaway train.

Noun

1. public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive
   • express trains don't stop at Princeton Junction