crack train

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crack train

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From crack (“best, first-rate”).

noun crack trains

  1. US, dated, dialectal Fastest express train between two stops. 1988 Lawrence Davis, Pullman porter in the 1940s, quoted on Different Trains, by Steve Reich. The crack train from New York.

    Similar: express train, fast train

Opposite: local train

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Opposite: local train

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@misc{crack_train_2026,
  title = {crack train},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/crack%20train},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}