local train

local train
A freight train which stops at any siding or station along the line where there is freight to load and unload, be the quantity what it may, as distinguished from a freight train which takes and leaves freight only at certain definite stops, and which is generally called a through train. Passenger trains are similarly classified. Arizona Eastern Railroad Co. v State, 29 Ariz 446, 242 P 870.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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