Can't forget The Godfather of Soul.
HOW ABOUT : Fireball Mail by the Osborne Bros
@ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ksixgx_mFE
Or some Boxcar Willie: Wabash Cannonball
@https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPnciunYwHg
Maybe some Johnnie Cash: Orange Blossom Special [witrh some of those English train photos(?) ] @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4-uoUpN1c4
or even some more Johnnie Cash: I've got a thing about trains
@ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj33mYjjRPY
It's a brief, and somewhat obscure mention, and it is the subways that are mentioned, but Simon and Garfunkels "Sounds of Silence."
Another of their lesser known songs, "Poem on the Underground Wall," has as it's first line: "The last train is nearly due..."
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
Rainy Night in Georgia. Brooke Benton. Just a mention literally, but the "scene" of the song is at a depot or yard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDRbF80NKDU
Still in training.
Louis Prima's version of "That Old Black Magic" is great but listen to this!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5KYW441M4g
Spike was the man!
I stumbled into this one while looking for something else on You Tube, a young musician called Mean Mary, and the song is "Iron Horse." And man, can she play that banjo!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CNB5OLUPM0
She must be pretty tough too, walkin' barefoot on that roadbed!
How about Arlo Guthrie's "Riding On The City Of New Orleans"? Steve Goodman wrote it but Arlo made it famous.
“Things of quality have no fear of time.”
Just an allusion, but as evocative as much of the good stuff by Bukka White, is the grade-crossing signal at the very beginning of the Quicksilver Messenger Service cover of "Who Do You Love", one of the very best of the 'classic' prog-rock tracks.
I had, and have lost, the URL to a song by a bluegrass band, with a title something like 'Evening Train', which ended with a completely recognizable Amtrak K5LA chord on fiddle. Anyone know what it is? (it was on YouTube or another downloadable service)
And what was the Oliver song from the '60s with the three-cylinder steam locomotive effect?
Last Train to London, by E.L.O.
"Casey Jones" by the Grateful Dead
-Ken in Maryland (B&O modeler, former CSX modeler)
I've Been Hardly Working On The Railroad Too Long
https://mirc.sc.edu/islandora/object/usc%3A46256
I'm still shaking my head. Thinking this is the greatest thing ever but why is it? How did it get into the University of South Carolina archives?
Johnny Cash: riding on the cotton belt/ rock island line
Absolutely the best Railroad Song ever!
I've honestly got three:
Doobie Brothers, "Long Train Running."
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xlh1ic
Marshall Tucker Band, "Can't You See." https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=marshall+tucker+band&view=detail&mid=133A34D593EC1230625C133A34D593EC1230625C&FORM=VIRE
and
Josh Turner, "Long Black Train." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyRZTAmcW7c
I prefer hearing Tony Bennett putting words to Duke Ellington’s excellent music
Oh lord, Too many to count.
Christie-Iron Horse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUjIGfN81-4
Southern Pacific theme song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jertkjmqD9I
Official SP video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3q3Xjq5P2s
Neil Young Southern Pacific Only decent recording I can find https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21ph2y3EYNI
N&W Theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuuI-80Ya7w
Pure Prairie League- Kansas City Southern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O20XrApSuM
CCR Cross Tie Walker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2z3DCtVSy4
Big Train from Memphis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCyxwOCRo9I
The Norfolk Southern Lawmen Rollin Out Again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maSp2IHqlbk
Kentucky Borderline Ronda Vincent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNdVhjxBjys
Ridin The Midnight train Ricky Skaggs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItjF1peN5ik
See The Sky About To Rain Neil Young https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryAUvOnhUb8
Everytime I hear this old song I think of the Circus Train https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKLQ6sokcDQ
Johnny Cash Texas 1947 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10ll77ep_2k
The Golden Rocket only because this video has Chessie 2101 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upd5hXmXQtw
More to come.
Robert
Starlight On the Rails Utah Phillips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KJ2GFCM4Q8
Wabash Cannon Ball/ Tolono Utah Phillips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxemDPIouus
The Locomotion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8z34lhKWrQ
Rock N Roll Train AC/DC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmAVzMKzxhI
3 Doors Down-Train https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZF6WDnaBOs
Fat Bottomed Girls- Queen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8q7KjgvXvQ
Anime Galaxy Railways- Linkin Park- New Divide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKaJ1KffUiM
California Soul SP tribute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3JKTe6KFj0
Kaitlyn Baker Coal Train https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3mLivBoSnM
Elvis Mystery Train https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_eE0NPArEY
Robbie Robertson-Somewhere Down The Crazy River- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KP9PNSUME4
Christie-Iron Horse Bigboys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1D3MFTia0s
Bigboy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHzN7UCjki8
Mary McCasln-California Zephyr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfW_Slcufkk
Mary McCasln- Last Cannon Ball https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-s3EwLFCbA
Last. All James Coffey
Build a bridge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROWxo6F_vtg
Railroad of America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6Yv03Co1o8
Legends of the rails https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l42q2AbsDQ0
Ghosts of the rails https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbnGRgzMpy8
Streamliners https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI0EV2xOV7g
Smooth operator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvn3xBptyis
Freedom Train https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O11CXB6_UY
Signal Lights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3Ol8r7zi8s
I'm an engineer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAICf4iyVGk
Nine hundred miles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx7AwxC6aSI
I think those are James Coffey's best work from "I love Toy Trains" series.
Night Train by Buddy Murrow.Chattanooga Choo Choo by Glenn Miller-THe best train song of all time.Sentimental Journey by Les Brown.The City of New Orleans by Arlo Guthrie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91iw2QBkZRQ
Not sure how to post it here, so I will just say it "City of New Orleans" by Arlo Guthrie. Dad loved it and one of the last .45 records he bought, died a year or so later after song became popular. Thought of that when I rode that train two years ago and plan to ride again this summer. Parents and I went to NOLA on the IC years ago, one of our many trips on Dad's pass Had relatives there, all dead now or moved away but I have a friend living there now, so someone to take me around Love that city and love that train.
Sunnyland"City of New Orleans"
Actually written by Steve Goodman, and covered by many. Arlo's version is just the one that caught the public's ear, and as I recall, he really didn't like the way he performed it.
It has been mentioned.
One of these days, maybe someone will go through the thread and compile a list of all the songs listed.
Willie Nelson's City of New Orleans. I can only imagine riding the rails when I listen to this song. One of my favorites!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XyRdJr4LSc
tree68Actually written by Steve Goodman, and covered by many. Arlo's version is just the one that caught the public's ear, and as I recall, he really didn't like the way he performed it.
Arlo's version was pure crap compared to Steve's, IMO.
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wanswheel I've Been Hardly Working On The Railroad Too Long https://mirc.sc.edu/islandora/object/usc%3A46256
I just got around to watching this, and holy jeez, those guys are incredible!
I clicked on "Metadata" to see if I could find just where this was filmed and oh, wow! It's Richmond VA!
Has to be the C&O's Fulton Yard, just south and east of the downtown area. I went "full-screen" on the computer and recognized the Confederate Soldiers Monument (in the distance) on Libby Hill.
Fulton Yard's still there, now CSX, but it sure doesn't look like it did back then. From what I can see from the adjacent VA Route 5 it looks like a wasteland.
Watch this video and ask yourself, given the choice where would you prefer to be? At a rock concert with the volume turned up so high you're getting a nosebleed, or in a room with these guys and other railroaders and a keg of beer?
I know where I'd rather be!
PS: When the guys on the caboose waved I waved back! Couldn't help myself.
So long boys, have a safe trip back to the past where you have to stay and where I can't follow.
Even though it is only mid April that clip from Wanswheel is going to be hard to top for Posting Of The Year.
It's like Whaaaaat? Holeeee? Best thing ever, as my dog says!
zugmann tree68 Actually written by Steve Goodman, and covered by many. Arlo's version is just the one that caught the public's ear, and as I recall, he really didn't like the way he performed it. Arlo's version was pure crap compared to Steve's, IMO.
tree68 Actually written by Steve Goodman, and covered by many. Arlo's version is just the one that caught the public's ear, and as I recall, he really didn't like the way he performed it.
Well I don't know about that, Arlo's was the first version I heard, and I DID like it, but since that time I've heard others. I like Willie Nelson's too, but my own personal favorite is the late Steve Goodman's own, and here it is...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SfPyg-mGhU
No studio over-production here, just a very talented young man with a guitar and a puckish infectious grin having fun with his creation, the best train song ever written.
What a loss to us all, although I'm sure Steve's looking down on us with satisfaction knowing two things, his song may have done more to save American railroads than any of us may ever know, and his beloved Chicago Cubs finally won the World Series!
And did you catch it? "...they ride their daddy's magic carpet made o' steam..."
How about one that you and your gal can actually dance to.
https://youtu.be/Sgi1rh5wGtE
Terrific train song. Get moving!
lots of videos and recordings of 'My Cutie's Due At Two To Two Today'
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