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Anthem of the railroad hobby

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Kelly Shaw
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Anthem of the railroad hobby
Posted by Kelly Shaw on Friday, July 9, 2004 8:22 AM
What song would you pick to be the anthem of the hobby?
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willpick
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Posted by willpick on Friday, July 9, 2004 9:15 AM
My 2 personal favorites are "City of New Orleans" and "Wabash Cannonball" when the trains are running, and "Wreck of the old 97" when they aren't[:)][:)]

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Posted by macdannyk1 on Friday, July 9, 2004 2:01 PM
"Crazy Train" by Ozzy
"Locomotive Breath" by Jethro Tull
"Southern Pacific" by Neil Young
"The Hammer Song" by Spencer Davis Group
(Workin' on the railroad, for a dollar a day...)
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 9, 2004 6:39 PM
Shiny Town Station Theme Song
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dk99358
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Posted by dk99358 on Friday, July 9, 2004 8:28 PM
"Long Train Runnin'" from the Doobie Brothers

or

"Train, Train" by Blackfoot

Dale
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Posted by ChiefEagles on Friday, July 9, 2004 8:41 PM

Buckeye has a great video with "Green Light on the Southern Southern Railroad Line". That will get your toe to tapping. [:D]

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 9, 2004 9:07 PM
"City of New Orleans"
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guilfordrr
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Posted by guilfordrr on Friday, July 9, 2004 9:09 PM
Chief:

Where did Buckeye post it?
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 9, 2004 9:33 PM
"City of New Orleans" by Arlo Guthrie. Maybe the "Rock Island Line" by Lonnie Donnagan.
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Posted by ChiefEagles on Friday, July 9, 2004 10:52 PM
guilfordrr, you'll have to email me.

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Posted by Big_Boy_4005 on Saturday, July 10, 2004 12:32 AM
How about the Orange Blossom Special? Though it has no words it is a great tune. If we have to have words then In agree with those who took The City Of New Orleans. "This train's got the dissappearin' railroad blues"

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Posted by 3railguy on Saturday, July 10, 2004 6:04 PM
I guess Willpick and I have the same taste in railroad music. Wabash Cannonball came to mind when I first read the topic. City of New orleans was in the back of my mind.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 7:23 PM
Johnny Cash singing Orange Blossom Special.
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Posted by dandatrainman on Thursday, July 15, 2004 11:36 AM
night time in the switchin' yard by warren zevon!
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Posted by rlplionel on Thursday, July 15, 2004 3:19 PM
I like "Right Track, Wrong Train" by the Confederate Railroad and ELO's "Last Train To London".
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 22, 2004 11:20 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by shaw

What song would you pick to be the anthem of the hobby?
So...what's wrong with "I been working on the railroad?" Why replace a classic!
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 22, 2004 2:12 PM
Anthem of the railroad hobby?!
EASY!
Pink Floyd, "Money"
'Specially with that intro...[;)]
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pennsy_fan
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Posted by pennsy_fan on Saturday, July 24, 2004 11:47 AM
all the aforementioned songs are good anthems for the "railroading" hobby, but, for the "Model" railroading hobby, my pick would be "I love toy trains" the theme song from the TM videos series by Jim Coffey.[2c]
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Posted by winnipegtrainguy on Wednesday, July 28, 2004 12:30 PM
It's gotta be the Orange Blossom Special, but I'd strongly recommend NOT running your trains while playing it. It ould be too tempting to run them at full throttle in time to the music. Definitely NOT the song for doing some shunting in the railyards.
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