Roger Miller King of the Road
City of New Orleans - I like the Willie Nelson cover best.
Prodigal Town - not specifically about trains but mentioned them in an important way. I like the version by Wake the Dead best.
I'm partial to this one:
Also this one:
;-)
Mitch
"All aboard" and "Let it rock"...by Chuck Berry, off the top of my head.
Old Toy Trains By Roger Miller.
Not in any order:
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Orange Blossom Special
City of New Orleans
Wabash Cannonball
King of the Road
Engine, Engine No. 9
"The Wabash Cannonball" by The Duttons in Branson MO. It was a great tribute to Boxcar Willy! Many fans of country western music request this version at the Swallows Bar in San Juan Capistrano CA. There is also a busy vintage ATSF now Amtrak/Metrolink station within walking distance. I will post pictures soon. Just learning the upload procedures. Thank you and enjoy!
Originally Posted by J Daddy:
Anything Johnny Cash sings... when driving it just makes the trip go faster.
I've never heard anyone who's sound is more like the motions of the valve gear of a steam locomotive. In his, "Rock Island Line," version, it's amazing how much like a locomotive it sounds.
Also The Golden Rocket, especially by Hank Snow, and The Pan American, written but never recorded by Hank Williams.
City of New Orleans.
Sung by Willie Nelson.
Sung by Willie Nelson.
My Baby Thinks He's a Train by Rosanne Cash(?). And a third or fifth or whatever to The City of New Orleans and The Orange Blossom Special.
'Course, there ain't no bad ones!!
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Always a favorite of mine.
Others to add to the list so far:
Love Train-The O'Jays (The Coors Light Express song!!)
Midnight Special-CCR
Breakdown by Jack Johnson
Long Black Train by Josh Turner
I've been Workin' on the Railroad---classic
I have a few not yet mentioned here. First some bluegrass.
tuesday's gone lynyrd skynyrd,
Originally Posted by Greg Houser:
Originally Posted by mike.caruso:
Originally Posted by Greg Houser:
My top 10 list:
2. Train Kept a Rollin', Aerosmith, 1974; Tiny Bradshaw, 1951
--Greg
What? No Johnny Burnette? 
(The Aerosmith track IS a great song!)
I couldn't remember who else did it! I know the Yardbirds released it too and Led Zep opened with it for awhile on their first tours.....Greg
Motorhead did a pretty good version of that song too! They also have another train related song called "Riding with the Driver."
A few others are Locomotive Breath by Jethro Tull, The Railroad Song by Lynyrd Skynyrd, 5:15 by The Who, Train Train by Blackfoot, Old Train by Monster Truck, Rock N' Roll Train by AC/DC, Crazy Train by Ozzy, and of course the classics such as Chattanooga Choo Choo, and Take the A Train.
~Jeffrey
And from across the pond, Fairport Convention's Traveling by Steam.
Johnny Cash..... and
If it's a train song I probably like it.
And a song about commuting by rail by Jethro Tull. Also from across the pond, but maybe not your cup of tea. (Get it? Across the pond, not your cup of tea? I crack myself up sometimes.)
And if you're reading this in the U.S.A., a song from north of the border. Gordon Lightfoot's epic Canadian Railroad Trilogy.
The soundtrack of the film: Mystery Train.
Green, Green Grass of Home. Sad, with a surprise ending song.
There's even an Australian railroad song. Crikey. I like it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdKEbnS1eBE
Curtis Mayfield People Get Ready. Rod Stewart did a more recent cover, but Curtis' version is better.
Don
Originally Posted by Quick Casey:
And a song about commuting by rail by Jethro Tull. Also from across the pond, but maybe not your cup of tea. (Get it? Across the pond, not your cup of tea? I crack myself up sometimes.)
I'm a big JT fan, but never heard this one, at least I don't remember hearing it? Locomotive Breath is a fun song to play.
Don
With all due respect to Johnny Cash, Arlo Guthrie and Glen Miller (all recorded some great railroad songs)…Anything from this Hank Snow album always does it for me…..especially The Last Ride and Ghost Trains.
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The Grateful Dead played a load of train songs. Casey Jones, Big Railroad Blues, Monkey and the Engineer, Bertha, to name a few...
I think "Classic Railroad Songs" from Smithsonian Folkways is a great compilation of railroad songs. Check it out on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Classic-...assic+railroad+songs
George
How about a song about the absence of trains?
Originally Posted by mike.caruso:
Originally Posted by Greg Houser:
My top 10 list:
2. Train Kept a Rollin', Aerosmith, 1974; Tiny Bradshaw, 1951
--Greg
What? No Johnny Burnette? (The Aerosmith track IS a great song!)
It was also done by the Yardbirds in the 60's
Don
Casey Jones by the Dead and anything by Grand Funk.
City Of New Orleans-Arlo Guthrie and Wabash Cannonball-Roy Acuff.
Okay not one of my all time favorites but I remember when I was a youngen my father like this old song " someone is in the kitchen with Dinah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGQo1TsEJqQ
One of my favorites thou is by the Boxtop's ticket to ride
My three favorites are Arlo Guthrie's City of New Orleans, Lightfoot's Canadian Railroad Trilogy, and Utah Phillips song Tolono.
Another great collection CD is "The Iron Horse" Vintage Railroad Songs, 1926-1952.
http://www.amazon.com/Vintage-...ntage+Railroad+Songs
George
