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Meanings of empty freight in English

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Usage of empty freight in English
1
They knew he was alive when he boarded the empty freight car!
The Young Bridge-Tender; or, Ralph Nelson's Upward Struggle
2
They came at last to the railway-track, with long trains of empty freight-cars.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 / A Magaz...
3
A single empty freight car stood on the outer track a hundred yards away.
The Perils of Pauline
4
Hundreds of empty freight cars stood black against the lights.
The devil in the white city: murder, magic & madness and the fai...
5
In the distance, something boomed like an empty freight container dropped from a great height.
Caliban's War
6
No more riding in empty freight cars for me!
The Young Bridge-Tender; or, Ralph Nelson's Upward Struggle
7
He then set out on his travels, going in an empty freight car from the Lumberton railroad yards.
Ruth Fielding in Moving Pictures; Or, Helping the Dormitory Fund
8
At last we were pulled into the station filled with empty freight trucks and its guard of soldiers.
What's the Matter with Ireland?
9
The girl threw herself down beside an empty freight car and dug her cold finger nails into her hot temples.
A Pagan of the Hills
10
At Westways Crossing he waited until an empty freight train was switched off to let the night express go by.
Westways: A Village Chronicle
11
Black car sweeping by above the piers and ships, under the shadows of stations, by the shut up markets, empty freight yards.
A singular man
12
As he did so, he heard a locomotive whistle, and a locomotive rolled past, followed by a long line of empty freight cars.
The Young Bridge-Tender; or, Ralph Nelson's Upward Struggle
13
Far down the railroad embankment which passed the rear of the house, an engine puffed lazily cityward with a load of empty freight cars.
A Son of the City / A Story of Boy Life
14
Federate the hobos of all tongues and demand better straw in empty freight cars and shorter stops at sidings for express trains to pass?
The One Woman: A Story of Modern Utopia
15
The children had climbed into an empty freight car that was standing on a siding, as the extra tracks around a railroad station are called.
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South
16
"Somewhere back of the freight depot, or in one of the empty freight cars."
Out with Gun and Camera; or, The Boy Hunters in the Mountains
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