Train Song
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From: Forgotonia
Train Song
For those that don't know, I teach a class for adults here in my home town. And at one cycle of the class I had two Burlington Northern Santa Fe employees amongst the participants. We had some time to kill before the class began, so I asked them "What is the BEST Train song?" They couldn't give me much of an answer. So I open it up to the men and women who are Ford Truck Enthusiasts. "What Train song is the best, IYHO?"
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Not 100% sure about the title and artist, but there's a song called "Train" by Blackhawk that you'd know if you heard it. Found on classic rock stations mostly.
Starts out with an extended harmonica solo that sounds like a steam engine just starting down the tracks (even sounds like the wheels skid once in a while), then slams into the main track. Very powerful tune.
Starts out with an extended harmonica solo that sounds like a steam engine just starting down the tracks (even sounds like the wheels skid once in a while), then slams into the main track. Very powerful tune.
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Did a search - it's "Train, Train" by Blackfoot. Done in the '70's.
http://music.msn.com/artist/?artist=16073267
http://music.msn.com/artist/?artist=16073267
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From: The Star-Club, Hamburg
I have a couple of favorites, I guess...
"Wreck Of The Old 97" by Mac Wiseman. I've also got a version by Flatt & Scruggs, but it is just an instrumental, and the Wiseman one has the lyrics.
"The Ballad Of Casey Jones" by Johnny Cash. I also have it by Boxcar Willie and a couple other versions, but I like the JC version best.
"Wreck Of The Old 97" by Mac Wiseman. I've also got a version by Flatt & Scruggs, but it is just an instrumental, and the Wiseman one has the lyrics.
"The Ballad Of Casey Jones" by Johnny Cash. I also have it by Boxcar Willie and a couple other versions, but I like the JC version best.
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From: Palmyra
I love that old bluegrass standard "Greenville Trestle":
I remember as a boy how in wonderment and joy
I'd watch the trains as they'd go by
And the whistle's lonesome sound you could here from miles around
As they rolled across that Greenville Trestle high.
But the whistles don't sound like they used to
Lately not many trains go by
Hard times across the land mean no work for a railroad man
And the Greenville Trestle now don't seem so high.
On the riverbank I'd stand with a cane pole in my hand
And watch the freight trains up against the sky
With the black smoke trailing back as they moved along the track
That runs across that Greenville Trestle high.
When the lonesome whistles whined I'd get rambling on my mind
Lord I wish they still sounded that way
As I turned to head for home Lord she'd rumble low and long
Toward the sunset at the close of day.
I remember as a boy how in wonderment and joy
I'd watch the trains as they'd go by
And the whistle's lonesome sound you could here from miles around
As they rolled across that Greenville Trestle high.
But the whistles don't sound like they used to
Lately not many trains go by
Hard times across the land mean no work for a railroad man
And the Greenville Trestle now don't seem so high.
On the riverbank I'd stand with a cane pole in my hand
And watch the freight trains up against the sky
With the black smoke trailing back as they moved along the track
That runs across that Greenville Trestle high.
When the lonesome whistles whined I'd get rambling on my mind
Lord I wish they still sounded that way
As I turned to head for home Lord she'd rumble low and long
Toward the sunset at the close of day.
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From: Moundsville, WV
I don't know if it counts because its not really about the train, but theres a bluegass song called "raised by the railroad line" by the Seldom Scene. I remember listening to it on 8 track in my dads van.
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The Monkey and the Engineer
Once upon a time there was an engineer
Drove a locomotive both far and near
Accompanied by a monkey who would sit on a stool
Watching everything the engineer would pull
One day the engineer wanted a bite to eat
So he left the monkey sittin on the drivers seat
The monkey pulled the throttle, locomotive jumped the gun
And went 90 miles an hour down the mainline run
chorus:
<CHORUS>
Big locomotive, right on time
Big locomotive comin down the line
Big locomotive number 99
Left the engineer with a worried mind
Theres more, but this is off the top of my head.
Once upon a time there was an engineer
Drove a locomotive both far and near
Accompanied by a monkey who would sit on a stool
Watching everything the engineer would pull
One day the engineer wanted a bite to eat
So he left the monkey sittin on the drivers seat
The monkey pulled the throttle, locomotive jumped the gun
And went 90 miles an hour down the mainline run
chorus:
<CHORUS>
Big locomotive, right on time
Big locomotive comin down the line
Big locomotive number 99
Left the engineer with a worried mind
Theres more, but this is off the top of my head.
Last edited by SmokinJohn; Sep 12, 2006 at 04:02 PM.
