Are There Trains In Heaven?

[croteaudd]

Among the many, many great (and confusing) literary works is the Bible. Therein are the words of a prophet named Isaiah who spoke of “new heavens and a new earth,” and, at an unclear location, individuals would “build houses” and actually “inhabit them” themselves and not some others. (Isaiah 65:17, 21, 22) If Isaiah envisioned something like that for the then distant future, since “houses” are often built with lumber, and lumber needs to be transported to building sites, and the most efficient way of transportation is railroading, logically, would trains exist with any future “new heavens” and “new earth”?

[JoeKoh]

Listen to Boxcar Willies version of the Wabash Cannonball.It says,"We'll carry them up to heaven on the Wabash Cannonball."So to answer your question Yes.
have a great day
Joe

[BRAKIE]

I don't know about heaven,but my Grandpa use to tell me that if I wasn't good I wound be hand firing a leaky steam engine in the lower inferno regions of that other place..

[Anonymous]

No

[BR60103]

Not sure where, maybe Revelation,
"and his house was full of his great train".

If there's no trains, it ain't heaven.
--David

[Jackflash]

Yes indeed there are trains in Heaven, but....
no trainmasters. jackflash

[wabash1]

come on guys when i die and go to heaven i want to go fishing not run another train, even if there isnt any train masters, or road formans. peace and quite

[Anonymous]

How do you think they get to all seven gates ?


Nathan

[Anonymous]

Proverbs 22:6 - "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he gets old he will not depart from it." That sounds as if you get a kid on the right track, he will get to heaven. I don't know if the train goes further than to the depot but I'll bet there will be train watchers there.

[louisnash]

If anyone enjoys the old Tom & Jerry cartoons like I do,(I'm still a kid at heart) then you will remember the one where Tom goes to heaven and the train is getting ready to pull out on the other side of the kingdom.
So maybe there are.
As long as heaven is like Kentucky then I will be even happier.
Brian (North KY)

[croteaudd]

No?

[eolafan]

Each of us has our own idea of what heaven will be like. Mine is of a place where there are no cares, no pain, no strife...and my wife of 30 years by my side for eternity, a nice warm fire, some "comfort food", cable TV to watch all of those old shows and black and white monster movies and LOTS OF TIME AND PLACES TO WATCH TRAINS TO MY HEARTS CONTENT!

[Anonymous]

We'll get to ride the tri-weekly mixed train between Mount Idy and Lake Wobegone — consult agent for details.

[Anonymous]

The way I see the Bible, it ain't confusing at all! If ya live right - that is: treating people right and not wanting anything that would hurt anyone - you get to go to Heaven.

And what could make heaven Heaven except that you get your pure heart's desire. For me, that's my wife at my side, my family, and trains - all in the presence of God.

Of course there are trains in Heaven - and even other good stuff we have never even heard of yet. And there won't be any terrorists. Or any fascists hassling you just because you watch trains either.

RmC

[joseph2]

Yes there are,and won't it be great to meet old time railroaders like Casey Jones.

[Anonymous]

Of course there will be trains in heaven.... after all, you don't expect the angles to fly in bad weather, and the airport taxes and security these days....well! I mean really, you'd need trains wouldn't you. And they'll be as fast as the bullet train, and as beautiful as the orient express :)

[Anonymous]

Yes

[Anonymous]

Anyone familiar with the old folk/blues song "Bound for Glory"(also the title of a fine film about Woodie Guthrie starring David Carradine) knows the answer to this one........

[Anonymous]

Don't bother wondering 'cause when you're dead, you're dead. No more, finito!

[Anonymous]

Heaven is literally what you make of it. If you want trains, you've got 'em. But you may find that you don't want or need them there. Check out the movie "What Dreams May Come" starring Robin Williams, for a glimpse.

John W. Baie, author, www.xlibris.com/TwoTrackMain.html

[croteaudd]

"TARGUBRIGHT": Your brevity is heavenly!

[croteaudd]

Wife? Reportedly, there is NO marriage there. (Luke 20:35)

[Anonymous]

Read again. None is given in marriage there. You have to get'em here - and take them with you- or more accurately let them take you. I figure that since it takes the average man a lifetime to learn how to live with 'em, he needs all this time here just to learn how to do it before he even thinks of Heaven.

But my main point was, how could it be Heaven without those we love - including trains!

You can read it your way, while I read it my way.
God does know which is right, even if we don't.

RmC

[Anonymous]

As long as those trains are powered by ALCO diesels, then I will have second change to see them...

Long Live Alcos!

[Anonymous]

Sir, Please take no offence. I talked to several old timers who ran Alco's. After hearing there stories, I believe the Alco's went to the other place.
TIM A

[Anonymous]

I think there are trains in heaven. i'm a firm beliver that there are, whatver you want to see in heaven, you'll have

Trians
Boats
Cars
Hot women

Heaven has everything earth's got.. and more..
becasue Heaven was there before the earth right?
and we got it all down here. so why not up there.

Cheers,
kev

[Anonymous]

correction to the above statement.. that was ME that said it, i somehow managed to log in as someone else by sheer coincidence.. How i have no clue.. so thats just really weird

So for thsoe of you wondering why i sgned my name under another name.. that was just weird.

Cheers, Kev - Note this should say KevinstheRRman
not Ricks name.

[Anonymous]

They do have trains in heaven, with staggered bolted rail and six axle coaches with open windows and perfect weather, and you take the train when you want to. The train down bellow is air conditioned with sealed windows but the A/C don't work and you can't get off.

[Anonymous]

Isaih 6:1 talks about a great train. Either it was a big model RR or a very great temple as "his train filled the temple". Then again in I Kings 10:2 the Queen of Sheba came to see Solomon with a very great train. Now of course this was Old Testament times and not Heaven but if they had trains then, why not Heaven, too?

[Anonymous]

Thanks, Braaten, for mentioning the Queen of Sheba. Whenever I listen to Handel’s "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba" I get an image of Mae West (alias "Flowerbelle") shimmering off the train on its arrival at Greasewood City ("My Little Chickadee"). Now I'll transfer that recording from the music section of my record collection to the train sounds section.