Large Scale Central

Trains Songs

General Discussion
#1

Great chase film of a UP Big Boy, accompanied by Roy Acuff singing Wabash Cannonball.

Box Car Willie singing Old 97

Willie Nelson singing City of New Orleans

#2

Arlo Guthrie singing ‘City of New Orleans’ always sends a shiver down my spine and somehow tears me up. Dunno why…

‘Sons of engineers…’

tac
www.ovgrs.org

#3

Willie must like trains.
Here he does Jimmy Buffett’s and Jerry Jeff Walker’s “Railroad Lady”.
Ralph
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEWG3tBHpJQ

#4

Love this one!

Utah Phillips-Daddy what’s a train?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5YoLjYD8QE

it’s on one of our “I Love Toy Train” vids

#5

Boxcar Willie. A real hobo turned pro singing about all those train songs.

#6

Arlo Guthrie - ‘City of New Orleans’.

tac
www.ovgrs.org

#7

I’ll go with Wille. Later RJD

#8

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XQybKMXL-k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhK-zYfFsIY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDFH8jzuHMw

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIo5x-q1GNo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjoT10Zt3Zc

#9

Traveling Wilburys - “The End of the Line”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwqhdRs4jyA

RIP Roy and George

#10

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_train_songs

'nuff said!

-Brian

#11
R.J. DeBerg said:
I'll go with Wille. Later RJD
Never had the privilege of actually seeing Willie in pertson, but I DID see Mr Guthrie.

tac
www.ovgrs.org

#12

Lost in the recent utter failure of a hard drive and backup strategy, but a few years ago somebody made a beautiful video of “Long Train a Runnin’” with backyard trains. Totally unscheniced railway, but beautiful video production.

#13
Tom Ruby said:
Lost in the recent utter failure of a hard drive and backup strategy, but a few years ago somebody made a beautiful video of "Long Train a Runnin'" with backyard trains. Totally unscheniced railway, but beautiful video production.
That was Raymond Cantrememberhislastname, who does the DCS installs.

-Brian

#14

Not a train song, but a song about Fr. Fred’s Holy Water.

#15

Have always liked this one too…nice Baritone voice to boot…

Josh Turner-Long Black Train:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyRZTAmcW7c

#16

Josh does have a great voice.

The train metaphor is all wrong, though. That Train Ai’nt Bound For Glory, is it?

#17

“Train’s Up In The Sky” by Mylon Lefevre and Broken Heart.

#18

There are several gospel songs that use trains as a metaphor. Here are a few that come to mind…

Life’s Railway To Heaven
Ride That Glory Train
This Train Is Bound For Glory

#19

I guess my favorite songs are the ballad of “Casey Jones” and “The City of New Orleans”. I grew up in Water Valley, MS. It was a division point on the Illinois Central Railroad in which Casey was an engineer until he took the engineers job out of Memphis. So I guess I am parcial to the IC.

#20

I guess my favorite songs are the ballad of “Casey Jones” and “The City of New Orleans”. I grew up in Water Valley, MS. It was a division point on the Illinois Central Railroad in which Casey was an engineer until he took the engineers job out of Memphis. So I guess I am parcial to the IC.