@CBQer posted:The original recording of "The City of New Orleans" by Steve Goodman.
The winner of the Steve Goodman award goes to @CBQer (no prize, just bragging rights). A lot of references to this song and Chicago's own Steve Goodman wrote it, while Arlo popularized it. Steve also wrote a couple of classic Chicago Cubs songs. He died young and was and is a Chicago gem. I own a MTH Premier Illinois Central set pulled by a pair of E8's and I think of this song whenever I look at or run that set, imagining it is headed south to New Orleans from Chicago.