Railroad Songs

Listening to an old song made me think of this. There's a wonderful thread here of movies with railroads in it, so why not songs? Here's a few I know.


Wabash Cannonball: (note: the cannonball was the freight. The Wabash passenger was the "Bluebird")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCE48O6U4Yw

City of New Orleans: (filmed with MSTS) (sidenote: This is my FAVORITE train. Anyone know where I can find her?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piUWIqWSthA

Wreck of the Old 97. (based on a true accident)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hik4Qv2qNYY

Long Black Train. (Filmed at Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gybGXnciig

Wreck of The Number Nine (also know the brave engineer)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXV7sZ9uU-k
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Mflb

magickmaker said:

City of New Orleans: (filmed with MSTS) (sidenote: This is my FAVORITE train. Anyone know where I can find her?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piUWIqWSthA

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I have the Illinois Central loco and cars for TRS2004. I think they are available at UKTrainSim.

Hey porter-Johnny cash
this train
Land of hope and dreams....bruce springsteen

BigDAS said:

I have the Illinois Central loco and cars for TRS2004. I think they are available at ProTrainz.

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Fixed. :wave:

Also... *pulls out iPod with Train music Playlist*

Orange Blossom Special
Daddy, What's a Train?
Jimmie the Kid
Ramblin' Man
Steel Rails
Trainwreck of Emotion
Slow Moving Freight Train
Lord of the Trains
Last Train
Nine Pound Hammer
When the Golden Train Comes Down
Texas, 1947
Pan American Boogie
Crazy Train
The Music from Railroad Tycoon 3
Some of the Polar Express songs, too lazy to pick 'em out

Here are some songs not necessarily about trains, but remind me of them:

Greetings and Salutations (thinking about making a vid with this music)
God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen (the longer one by Manheim Steamroller)

EDIT: All Thomas the Tank Engine music (stupid commercialism... ) and Working on the Railroad.

how about:

500 miles
King of the Road

just 2 that comes to mind instantly.

peter

Meh, Artese -N- Toad released TWO CD;s of train songs, They Dont Write Songs About Trains Anymore Vol's. I & II

Worth the $!

Forgot to mention, Jim Coffey (yeh, that guy from I love Toy Trains).

Great music, shame he isn't on iTunes (will hafta order his CD's as soon as I get enough dough...)

OK, here's my favorite...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJKb1BoQ6Ts

um jimi hendrix hear my train a comin
johnny cash the legend of john henry,s hammer
thats all i can find in my play lists

almost anything by Boxcar Willie.

Look yonder comin'

comin' on down the track

it's the orange blossom special

Bringin' my baby back

Orange Blossom Special by Johnny Cash definitely.

Cheers

AJ

One of the first songs that comes to mind is
Big Freight train carry me home
by Box car willie

Edit: End of the line by Travelling Wilburys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DjRJ9ubbJQ

Regards,
Brokensleeper

Without doing the Google thang, I can think of these from my own collection..

Downtown Train ... Tom Waits (also by Bruce Springsteen)

(Baby's Leaving Town on the) 2:19 ... John Hammond

Love in Vain ... Robert Johnson (also by The Rolling Stones)

Locomotive Breath ... Jethro Tull

Blue Train ... John Coltrane

Locomotion ... John Coltrane

Train Time ... Cream

I know 3 rail-type songs: -

Long Train Runnin' - The Doobie Brothers
The Loco-Motion - Kylie Minogue
I'm working on the railroad - unknown

Any and all music plaid by people in boxcars on moving trains. Like the music from Railroad tycoon 3!

In 1978 New Zealand Railways created a successful ad campaign for both passenger and railfreight. The songs were released on a 45rpm single called, "Songs of the Railway" which from my imperfect memory actually got to number 2 or 3 in the charts.

Says a lot about pre-corporatisation New Zealand, really.

Anyway, we'll see if I can remember some of them... the first one was about passenger travel.

Says a lot about me, too I suppose. Sad, innit?

"Ridin' High"

Woo, woo woo whooooo-oooo
For years and years to our pioneers, the long white cloud
Was from the funnels of the old steam trains
They're diesels now but the story's the same
Doing today what they've always done
Pullin' together they're making the country one

(Chorus) And we're rollin' rollin' rollin'
Till our hearts are overflowin'
Rollin' through this great green countryside
Ridin' ridin' high between the oceans and the sky
Ridin' down the mountains to the sea

So where do buses belong
In a Railways song
They ride the wide highway down
From Kaitaia to the Milford Sound
Carryin' on what the rail's begun
Drivin' together they're making the country one

*chorus*

There's a ship under way
Every night and day
On the long sea lanes
They're more than ferries
On the deep blue sea
They bridge the gap
Between you and me
On the Wellington to Picton run
Sailin' together they're making the country one

*chorus*

Singin' the song "rollin' rollin'"
Singin' the song "we're rollin'"
We're makin' the country one
Singin' the song the Railways have always sung
Let's pull together
We're makin' the country one

The other one, Railfreight, was wildly popular for some reason, using the tune of Rawhide (well before the Blues Brothers). Unfortunately I can only remember bits of it.

I've still got it in a box in storage back in New Zealand. Someone should digitise it and put on the web for posterity.

Pretty much gives away my age, but how about these.
Chattanooga Choo Choo by Glenn Miller from the early 40's,
Gandy Dancers' Ball by Frankie Laine from the early 50's.
On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, from about 1946.
Sentimental Journey by Doris Day from about 1944.

Orange Blossom Special and Wabash Cannonball are good. I prefer Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, though. I've never heard Boxcar Willie.

Here's a couple I've heard...

"On the Atchisan, Topeka and the Santa Fe" from the movie "Harvey Girls"
"Sentimental Journey" (the Doris Day version)
"Chattanooga Choo-Choo" by Glen Miller
"Ben Dewberry" Another train crash song, written before the actual details of the crash were known. In actual fact, a kid put a railroad spike on the track to see the train smash it flat. The engine landed on its side and ruptured the crown sheet.

And here's some Flatt and Scruggs. Here's Lester Flatt on the Martha White show with a 7 year old Ricky Skaggs playing Foggy Mountain Special. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpHDdFL_SpQ&feature=related
And a double, "Hey Hey Hey" and "Flint Hill Special" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfB_Saky-6E

Claude

I just checked back and noticed: Not only did Jimisham post while I was playing on YouTube, but he recommended most of the songs I did. Obviiously these are great songs. And I should spend less time playing on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obd_nei_piY this song is not published yet but its good.its about amtrak.