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Meaning of time freight | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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