Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. to travel a long distance.

1888		‘Kansas Land’ in Lingenfelter et al. Songs of the Amer. West (1968) 462: I have ‘freighted’ many a mile.
1897		A.H. Lewis Wolfville 167: When I sees him first is ages before, when I freights with eight mules over the Old Fort Bascombe trail from Vegas to the Panhandle.

2. (US tramp) to travel on a freight train.

1918		‘A-No. 1’ Mother of the Hoboes 67: Tonight we’ll freight it down to New Orleans.
1943		W. Guthrie Bound for Glory (1969) 408: I sung her another made-up verse: ‘I’ve freighted and barged it from New York and up’.