down-train

He had quite time to make his visit, and save the down-train after.

Wylder's Hand 2003

He was just in time to catch the one down-train that ran on Sunday evening, which would land him in Rudham in time for evening service -- not that Tom meant to go to church that night.

The Village by the River H. Louisa Bedford

An equally successful feat it was, to step into the telegraph office in Gallatin, Tennessee, at a later date, as he did, dressed as a Federal officer, and there learn from the operator the time when the down-train would be in, and arrest it, securing many thousands of dollars without loss of men or time.

Thirteen Months in the Rebel Army Being a Narrative of Personal Adventures in the Infantry, Ordnance, Cavalry, Courier, and Hospital Services; With an Exhibition of the Power, Purposes, Earnestness, Military Despotism, and Demoralization of the South William G. Stevenson

So I bade the warrior good-morning, and took the first down-train, _multa mecum volvens_; "making a revolver of my mind," Van Bummel would have translated it.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 Various

Up and down the platform of one of the principal stations in the town a lady paced, every now and then peering into the murky darkness, or waylaying a passing porter to ask when the down-train was due.

Aunt Judith The Story of a Loving Life Grace Beaumont

Calcutta, having cut across the mountains, elephant-back, early in the morning to a station where we caught the down-train.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 Various

Dinner was soon disposed of, and as the omnibus which plied between the two places clattered and rattled along at a good speed -- having to meet the seven-fifty down-train at the railway station -- he was able to post his aunt's precious letter and slip into his stall in the dress-circle before the curtain rose.

Austin and His Friends Frederic H. Balfour

"The down-train ain't due for near an hour yet, and I dessay I can get my mate to look out for me while I walks with you up the village."

Teddy The Story of a Little Pickle

A timetable upon the mantelpiece told him that a down-train left the station at 8.35.

Once Aboard the Lugger 1925

Going home by train he always takes the down-train, no matter whether he be proceeding southward to Wimbleton, westward to Shepherd’s Bush, northward to Tottenham or eastward to Noak’s Hill.

Chapter 4. American and English Today. 2. Differences in Usage Henry Louis 1921