Meaning of time freight | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Freight for movement on regularly scheduled trains providing expedited service and a guaranteed delivery time.
   US, uncountable
2. A train carrying time freight.
   countable

Examples

“No. 92 is drifting down into Burlington with time freight in 1946.”

“The Mike on Canadian Pacific time freight for the coast is given a helping hand west from Revelstoke to Clanwilliam, B.C., 8 miles, by Selkirk 5930.”

“To expedite its time freights, the North Western had its famous Class H, or 4-8-4-type engines, built by Baldwin in 1929.”

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