crack train

English

Etymology

From crack (“best, first-rate”).

Noun

crack train (plural crack trains)

1. (US, dialect, dated) 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.

Synonyms

• express train
• fast train

Antonyms

• local train

References

• Liner notes to Different Trains, by Steve Reich, 1988.