Skip to main content

Pacific 231 an orchestral work celebrating the Pacific steam locomotive( using European loco classification 2-3-1 as opposed to the Whyte classification used in North America 4-6-2)  by composer Arthur Honegger.  Honegger was a train enthusiast who passionately loved steam locomotives.  With this composition he's able to get a symphony orchestra to sound just like a steam locomotive.  The piece was written in 1923.  There is also a 1949 French film about steam locomotives entitled 231 which uses Honegger's score as the background music.   

On he pop/folk side of music my favorite is City of New Orleans.   I also love the bluegrass rendition of Orange Blossom Special. 

Last edited by trumptrain

Some of the railroad songs I like..............

Atlantic Coastline Railroad Man  by UPSALA

Railroad Bill by Dylan

This Train Don't Stop There Anymore by Elton John

Canadian Pacific & Steel Rail Blues by George Hamilton

A Railroad Bum by Jim Reeves

Railroad Lady by Jimmy Buffet or Willie Nelson

Freight Train by Casey Chambers

Two Trains by Little Feat

Railroad Song by  Lynyrd Skynyrd

Freight Train Blues by Marvin Rainwater

One Of These Trains by New Grass Revival

Downtown Train by Rod Stewart

Daddy Was A Railroad Man by Seldom Scene

Life Is Like A Mountain Railroad by Seldom Scene

Never Marry A Railroad Man by Shocking Blue

Rock Island Line

City of New Orleans- John Goodman

Casey Jones- Grateful Dead

Ramblin Man- Hank Williams Sr, Jr & III

Train Train- Blackfoot

I'm So Lonsome I could Cry- Hank Williams SR

The Pressure is On- Hank Williams Jr

Orange Blossom Special- CDB

Wabash Cannonball- Ernest Tubb as well as Glenn Campbell

Waiting for a Train- Ernest Tubb

Train Keep a Rolling- Aerosmith

Downtown Train- Rod Stewart

Gallopin Goose- C.W. McCall

. . . just to name a few

 

 

Last edited by RLH

Lot’s of good ones mentioned but I saw Steve Goodman live a few times. I loved everything about him. So For me it’s Steve singing “City of New Orleans”. I don’t have a second choice. 

I agree with you.  If I had to pick just one, it would be that one done by Steve Goodman even though I like some of the other versions such as Guthrie's. 

Last edited by RLH

I agree with CA John: Gordon Lightfoot's "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" is deserving of the best; Steve Goodman/Arlo Guthrie's knockoff of Goodman's "City of New Orleans" is nearly as good, but coming up fast on the inside is "Bluebird of the Wabash", a song like no other - it has a 50's railroad story inside the song! (above)

That's a hard question!  Pretty much anything by Boxcar Willie.  My band is named: "The Glacier Line (after my railroad) Jammers Band."

We do a very wide variety of songs.  YES, of course, we do railroad and railroad related songs.

In fact, we have performed two EXCLUSIVE performances of train songs.

The first was near Mr. Muffins Trains in Atlanta, Indiana; at the Railroad Festival. June 2019

The Second was at the original Monon Depot in Carmel, Indiana in September of 2020.

Wabash Cannonball

The Wreck of The Old 97

Casey Jones

Chattanooga Choo Choo

I've Been Working On The Railroad

Little Red Caboose

I Love The Sound Of A Whistle

Waiting For A Train

Many, many, others...   



zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz 61764145_10215319757366654_3507788825315246080_n

Attachments

Images (1)
  • zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz 61764145_10215319757366654_3507788825315246080_n

Add Reply

Post

OGR Publishing, Inc., 1310 Eastside Centre Ct, Suite 6, Mountain Home, AR 72653
800-980-OGRR (6477)
www.ogaugerr.com

×
×
×
×
Link copied to your clipboard.
×
×