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Up-train   Listen
noun
Up-train  n.  
1.
A train going in the direction of the metropolis or the main terminus. (Eng.)
2.
A train going in the direction conventionally called up. (U. S.)





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Up-train" Quotes from Famous Books



... soon, she passed the up-train bound back to her home, and seeing the engineer and the conductor,—faces that she knew well,—her courage nearly failed her, and she shut her eyes against this glimpse of the familiar things that she was leaving. ...
— The Virginian - A Horseman Of The Plains • Owen Wister
... the Cold Spring ferryman back to the Point a few minutes before evening parade. I walked across the plain in full view of the crowd of officers and ladies, and appeared in ranks at roll-call, as innocent as anybody. It is true my up-train did not stop at Garrison's or Cold Spring, but the conductor, upon a hint as to the necessity of the case, kindly slackened the speed of the express so that I could jump off from the rear platform. In due time I repaid Bonaparte the borrowed five ...
— Forty-Six Years in the Army • John M. Schofield


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