Did anyone mention Steel Rail Blues by Gordon Lightfoot from the 1966 album Lightfoot?
-Kevin
Living the dream.
Well let's put this number on the turntable and give 'er a spin:
Happens more often than you realize.
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Regards, Ed
I've lost "track". Did anyone mention "Last Train To Clarksville"?
SeeYou190 Did anyone mention Steel Rail Blues by Gordon Lightfoot from the 1966 album Lightfoot? -Kevin
Page one.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
I can't believe it has made it to 5 pages and I haven't seen mention of Josh Turner's Long Black Train.https://youtu.be/PyRZTAmcW7cOr for those who are bluegrass deprived....https://youtu.be/6CNB5OLUPM0and while someone mentioned CW's Silverton, there is another CW song...https://youtu.be/iJRjiMDSCW0
Robert H. Shilling II
Love that song
Train Of Thought by A-Ha... No?... It does mention a subway in the second verse.
How about All Down The Line by The Rolling Stones from Exile On Mainstreet?
SeeYou190 Night Train by Guns-N-Roses? -Kevin
Night Train by Guns-N-Roses?
Night Trian is about alcohol. But it's a great song.
I have been working on a playlist of songs for a long time. I added a couple from this thread today but most I’ve known for a long time. Most are rock so play them loud. Some of the highlights you’ve never heard of include Rumbling Train by Badlands and Princess of the Night by Saxon. And of course the classic The Railroad by Grand Funk Railroad.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKgicq8HcFz9vzqHR7c6XwnVPCmBU9DFM
"Ghost Train" by the Stranglers, if it hasn't already been mentioned (I didn't read through every post on every page, sorry). The guitars and other instrumentation actually sound like valves rattling and steam jetting. Not one everyone knows about (or would enjoy, I dare say). From their underrated album Dreamtime (1986).
I'm not sure this video was made by the band, but it appears to be them playing in the dark background. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p480EAC2Hw
-Matt
Returning to model railroading after 40 years and taking unconscionable liberties with the SP&S, Northern Pacific and Great Northern roads in the '40s and '50s.
Here's a golden oldie, prolly predates anything listed so far..... (113 years)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5P7TzXXfkE
PMR
Don't know if it has been mentioned yet, but John Hartford's Gentle On My Mind which was Glen Campbell's first hit song has the words, "when I walk along some railroad tracks and find" in the second verse and in the final verse goes, "I dip my cup of soup back from a gurgling crackling cauldron in some train yard".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyRZTAmcW7c&t=3s
Good morning
SeeYou190 How about All Down The Line by The Rolling Stones from Exile On Mainstreet?
Hi kevin, seen that ya dug up an old bone here
Good grief, has it been almost a year since this thread already, and where does the time go? Seems that everyone had a good time with it, and certainly did enjoy everyone's train music posted here myself.
It never dawned on me the Stones would have train songs, and found they had a couple of them.
Here's Johnny.
Thank ya all for the great train tunes
TF
And someone surely has mentioned "Long Train Runnin'" but the Doobies. And I saw a long list by Kevin that almost but didn't quite include "Love Train" by the O'Jays.
And we cannot forget "Yellow Dog Rag" by blues man W. C. Handy.
https://msbluestrail.org/blues-trail-markers/where-the-southern-crosses-the-dog
"W. C. Handy, “The Father of the Blues,” immortalized the crossing of the Southern Railway and the Yazoo Delta (“Yellow Dog”) Railroad at Moorhead in his 1914 song “Yellow Dog Rag,” better known under its later title, “Yellow Dog Blues.” Handy wrote that he first heard the line “Goin’ where the Southern cross the Dog” sung by a guitarist at the Tutwiler train station (c. 1903)."
-Matt (a.k.a. crossthedog)
Guy Clark, Texas 1947
Good evening
aiireland Guy Clark, Texas 1947
Yes, credit should be given to its origin Aiireland
Always have looked at it as a bit of a shame, when a big star comes along, and makes a big hit out of a great song that was already there.
Not really though, will venture to say, there is residual income to the original artist, and a win-win situation out of it. Sometimes an artist gets a little help from a friend.
Hold on, Gathering sumore patronage, as these live videos are a tuff act to fetch sometimes, especially after another 403 and already shortening this post to post it
Hello again
Had to start over, 403 doesn't let you add, but it likes when you subtract
crossthedog And someone surely has mentioned "Long Train Runnin'" by the Doobies.
And someone surely has mentioned "Long Train Runnin'" by the Doobies.
Probably, ...with a bit of taste in there step.
A favorite Matt. Where would anyone be without love and wish the whole world had it.
Seem to remember it was 1982 or 83, when Gary, Chuck, and myself went to the Doobie Brothers final farewell tour. They played that song and it was a great show
Sorry, the days of grouping multiple videos in one post are toast
John-NYBW Don't know if it has been mentioned yet, but John Hartford's Gentle On My Mind which was Glen Campbell's first hit song has the words, "when I walk along some railroad tracks and find" in the second verse and in the final verse goes, "I dip my cup of soup back from a gurgling crackling cauldron in some train yard".
Track fiddlerSeem to remember it was 1982 or 83, when Gary, Chuck, and myself went to the Doobie Brothers final farewell tour. They played that song and it was a great show
Indeed, where would we be naaaaaaaa na na now.
crossthedog Indeed, where would we be naaaaaaaa na na now.
Where would we be now
Was kind of bummed out when looking to see that "Wish You Were Here" video a few pages back, filmed in Greece. There were only 11 views when found, and now it has disappeared. Maybe it was bootlegged?
That's okay, here's some Amtrak Floyd of the same song
Modern rockabilly from The Slapbacks, Ghost Train.
The Slapbacks Ghost train - YouTube
I don't know how to make videos work anymore.
"i got a nickle smashed flatter than a dime"
Chris Knight, Spike Driving Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtRlS6ezf6M
Evening
SeeYou190 I don't know how to make videos work anymore.
aiireland Chris Knight, Spike Driving Blues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtRlS6ezf6M
Well, It's against my better judgement, but perhaps the #13 version will better suit your fancy
Terrible voice, but one must give credit for some great model railroad enthusiasm
No?
That's Davy Jones, not Casey Jones
Trying here! ...apparently could use a little help