+1 on 243129's pick ..
As seen at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016
Country Western Song but still a great one............
https://youtu.be/lOagNqCliMU
243129 City of New Orleans by Arlo Guthrie the best railroad song ever
City of New Orleans by Arlo Guthrie the best railroad song ever
^^^^ Here you go.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF1lqEQFVUo
Arlo's voice sounds like a cat that's about to throw up. I much prefer Goodman.
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How about Ten Years After's "Choo Choo Mama"?
The Kinston Trio - The Man Who Never Returned (help get Charley off the MTA!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh994JcEfkI
"Harvest Train" by the former Tamarack, a Canadian folk group (usually a trio) - "Canadian Routes Music" was their tagline. Song dates to somewhere between 1990 - 1994, I think.
Full version by the songwriter, James Gordon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnXzVc10hs0
Excerpt from a better version with the vocals by Gwen Swick:
https://www.soundhound.com/?t=100718234915286302
From my March 30, 2009 post to a similar thread, What's Youre Favorite Railroad/Train Related Song?, at: http://cs.trains.com/trn/f/111/t/151023.aspx
"Harvest Train" by the Canadian - Celtic folk "routes" music trio Tamarack, on their "Fields of Rock and Snow" CD from 1993 (?). Also "Home to You Once More", same CD. Bass player Gwen Swick's voice is so strong in the first, and mellow in the 2nd. Sadly, it's hard to find commercially now. Both were re-recorded on James Gordon's CD "Mining for Gold: Twenty Years of Song Writing" (Borealis, 2000).
A review comment from the website, which apparently was written by Donna Scanlon and published in "Rambles", (a cultural arts magazine):
http://www.rambles.net/gordon_mininggold.html
"Harvest Train" and "Home to You Once More" both tell about the trains that carried men from eastern Canada out west for jobs harvesting grain. "Harvest Train" conveys the mournful sound of the train whistle and the rhythm of the train wheels rolling on the tracks. "Home to You Once More" has a brighter sound underscored with pennywhistle and punctuated with a tambourine as the narrator looks forward to going home again. Again, you can hear the train rhythm underlying the song.
I'll see if I can find the lyrics, and links to sound clips, and post a few to give you a taste of how good these are.
Also, to City of New Orleans, Canadian Railroad Trilogy, and Orange Blossom Special, as listed above by others.
- Paul North.
P.S. - Well, lookee at what I found - an article "Celebrating the CPR with Music" by Tim Rogers (date and source not stated) at:
http://www.irontrail.ca/pdfs/CPR.pdf
The article itself is only 2 pages - but the references and list of songs take this file to 10 pages.
It appears that there are a total of 107 songs about the CPR !
- PDN.
Superb information. Great post!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hPcO4pYxlo
Freight train boogie - Doc Watson
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“Peace Train” by Yusuf/ Cat Stevens (1971)
“Train in Vain” by The Clash (1979)
"Last Train Home" by Blink-182 (2016)
tree68Speaking of the Captain - how many know that the theme for his show was actually about a train? I give you "Puffing Billy": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csorirBIWgw
speaking of Puffing Billy, the train itself co-stars with the Seekers in this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1UXSdFlVOs
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