mixed train
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English
Noun
mixed train (plural mixed trains)
- (rail transport) A train consisting of both passenger coaches and freight vehicles.
- 1939 July, “Overseas Railways: Baltic Island Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 51:
- On both the Gothland and the Öland Railway, a spanking railcar provides an alternative to riding in the wayward, steam-driven mixed train, but the latter is the proper conveyance for a real railway lover, even over the flat, limestone plains which form much of the Baltic island scenery.
- 1960 June, R. C. Riley, “The coastal branches of South-East Devon: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 343–344:
- One passenger train in each direction can run as a mixed train, and by this means the empty wagons are returned.
References
- “mixed train”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.