Collocations withtrain
These are words often used in combination withtrain.
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approaching train
Within moments of the bus becoming trapped on the crossing, an approaching train started the sequence for the operation of the level crossing.
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armoured train
Resource, tempered even with a sense of dry humour, marked the progress and ultimate halting of the armoured train which contained radio identification apparatus.
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derailed train
However, the position in the track layout of these two safety devices resulted in the derailed train stopping foul of the adjacent line.
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eastbound train
An eastbound train has just emerged from the portal.
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electric train
That is the secret of the success of the electric train.
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elevated train
The elevated trains were noisy and often dirty (in the 19th century they were pulled by soot-spewing steam locomotives).
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fast train
But really people want to be able to travel with luggage and use a fast train link in.
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high-speed train
The high-speed train has been a great success.
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inbound train
Soon every inbound train was filled with replacement workers.
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intercity train
That man's trade is driving a high-speed intercity train at 120 miles per hour.
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loaded train
The weekly averages of loaded train miles of freight in the three years 1936, 1937 and 1938 were higher than they were in the last two quarters of 1948.
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long-distance train
In my area, it can be a 40-mile journey to the nearest station to get a long-distance train.
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metro train
This made construction especially difficult, as metro train service could not be delayed during construction.
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miniature train
It is a fact that one is brought by a bus to the airport buildings, and that the luggage comes along later in a miniature train.
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moving train
Many company representatives evoke the image of a moving train that would have advanced without them had they decided to ignore or lobby against liberalization.
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mule train
The effect here is to render the dry upfront vocal as a kind of intimate voice-over to the overtly pictorial rendering of the mule train, and its rough-hewn teamster.
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oncoming train
I hope this is not the headlamp of an oncoming train.
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outbound train
Approximately 800 red neon tubes are suspended from a 320 ft long section of the station ceiling, directly above the outbound train tracks.
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overnight train
However, as mentioned, a direct overnight train leaving after 7pm only requires filling in one line of the pass, for the following day.
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passing train
From the siding the mental health consultants can watch the ethics consultants speed by, the flickering frames of the passing train leaving impressions and stirring memories.
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runaway train
The loss of mine, machinery, and manpower in colliery explosions released a 'runaway train ' of social progress.
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sleeper train
None the less, the sleeper train provides an essential communication link with the west country's principal towns and cities.
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southbound train
The last northbound train leaves at 7:15 pm and the last southbound train leaves at 8:26 pm.
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speeding train
A revised one, showing the speeding train rushing at the camera, replaced it.
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subway train
In 2012, a subway train without passengers derailed and crashed.
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toy train
A toy train can be as simple as a pull toy that does not even run on track, or it might be operated by clockwork or a battery.
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train crash
In the aftermath of a train crash people often feel ashamed to be identified with a country where this sort of thing can happen.
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train depot
The original plat placed the train depot in the center of a one square mile area.
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train fare
He could have saved his time and train fare.
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train of thought
There were few exceptions to laissez-faire in this train of thought.
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train robber
It is equally true in relation to train robbers, spies and all who are sentenced to long terms.
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train robbery
The great train robbery was perfectly normal, but it was a rather bigger than normal robbery.
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train schedule
A train schedule has information but no knowledge; a person is required to read and interpret the schedule.
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train trip
On almost every other train trip the automatic doors do not work.
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train whistle
See train whistle for a description of the whistle code used to communicate.
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underground train
We call that an underground train.
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