freight train, rattler

a railroad train consisting of freight cars

• freight liner, liner train — a long-distance express freight train between industrial centers and seaports with facilities for rapid loading and unloading of goods

• train, railroad train — public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive

• cabin car — a car for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train
• freight car — a railway car that carries freight