block train

noun

A freight train that carries only one commodity.

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Meanings

nounblock train (plural block trains)

plural block trains

  1. rail transportA freight train that carries only one commodity.
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    Steel billet traffic in block trains from Briton Ferry to Langley Green has developed from an initial service of one train three times a week [...]. In addition, plans are now being formulated for the operation of numerous block trains formed exclusively of the new 32.4-ton BR brake-fitted hopper wagons, permanently coupled, from South Wales collieries to Swansea Docks, [...].

    1964 March, “News and Comment: More block trains in South Wales”, in Modern Railways, page 152
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