I found a locked forum on train songs so decided to make a new one
Crosstie walker (Creedance clearwater revival)
City of new orleans Willie Nelson About ICG rr
Cant you see (what that woman’s been doing to me (Marshall Tucker band)
Lodi (CCR)
Theres a lot of em you know these Greastesthit cd’s you buy on tv well you could make millions on An Album For example(SONG"S OF THE TRAIN)
or Songs Of the Hoboe I thought of this years ago In KCMO as a idea me and
some fellow riders began thinking of songs we found enough for 4 cd’s hard to think about
If you see me a comin dont you waste my time
cause theres more miles between us than the Santa Fe line
John Denver did a CD with all train songs. It’s very good. We have it in our collection of
John Denver CDs. The title is: John Denver All Aboard. We found it at KMart (I used to work there, in Electronics, so I usually saw the CDs when they were brought in, and usually put them out if the music rep wasn’t in.
Volume five is interesting in that it contains cuts from Merle Haggard’s “My Love Affair with Trains”, an album of railroad songs written and performed by Haggard in the 1970s. (The album cover had pictures of Haggard’s model railroad.) I wish I had gotten my hands on a copy of that album while it was in print.
CW & I caught an episode of “MATLOCK” the other day,
Randy Travis was guest star; He And Andy(Ben) sang
“Waitin on that New River Train”
Needless to say that it was GOOD!
I don’t think I have any one favorite train song. I like 'em all. I have one of the albums Altonfan is refering to. “Mystery Train: Classic RR songs vol 2” very excellent. Johnny Cash’s rendition of Casey Jones and Steve Goodman’s City of New Orleans are the reason’s I bought that one.
But all time favorites are (as of right now) (this will change again someday of course!):
Orange Blossum Special - Johnny Cash version
City of New Orleans - 1st Steve Goodman version, 2nd CW McCall version
Casey Jones - Johnny Cash version
The Ballad of John Henry’s Hammer - Johnny Cash (8min long!)
Steel Rails - Alison Krauss
The Wabash Cannonball - by whoever. (I’m sure there’s a Johnny Cash version out there)
Engine Engine #9 - Roger Miller
King of the Road - Roger Miller
Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash (live at Folsom version)
Rock Island Line - Johnny Cash version (I know Johnny Horton made it famous)
And that’s my top ten for now. I think I’m basing that on what I’ve played most frequently most recently.
Other favorites - Train of Love by Johnny Cash, Wreck of Ol’ 97, Big Rock Candy Mountain (Harrry McClintock version), City of New Orleans (Seldom Scene version a bluegrass band, heard on Appalachian Stomp vol 2) Orange Blossom Special done by the Stanley Brothers (that’s some fast fiddle playin!).
Oh, and before I forget, Gordon Lightfoot’s Canadian Railroad Trilogy. That’d be #11 on list right now but it’ll make back into my personal top 10 someday.
Also there was a crazy song done by the Red Star Rangers called More Than Johnny Cash loves trains. They guy sings about how he loves his girl more than Johnny Cash loves trains. Good for laugh.
I guess I should get all my CDs and tapes and audio files together and make a complete list of what I’ve got.
I don’t think I have any one favorite train song. I like 'em all. I have one of the albums Altonfan is refering to. “Mystery Train: Classic RR songs vol 2” very excellent. Johnny Cash’s rendition of Casey Jones and Steve Goodman’s City of New Orleans are the reason’s I bought that one.
But all time favorites are (as of right now) (this will change again someday of course!):
Orange Blossum Special - Johnny Cash version
City of New Orleans - 1st Steve Goodman version, 2nd CW McCall version
Casey Jones - Johnny Cash version
The Ballad of John Henry’s Hammer - Johnny Cash (8min long!)
Steel Rails - Alison Krauss
The Wabash Cannonball - by whoever. (I’m sure there’s a Johnny Cash version out there)
Engine Engine #9 - Roger Miller
King of the Road - Roger Miller
Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash (live at Folsom version)
Rock Island Line - Johnny Cash version (I know Johnny Horton made it famous)
And that’s my top ten for now. I think I’m basing that on what I’ve played most frequently most recently.
Other favorites - Train of Love by Johnny Cash, Wreck of Ol’ 97, Big Rock Candy Mountain (Harrry McClintock version), City of New Orleans (Seldom Scene version a bluegrass band, heard on Appalachian Stomp vol 2) Orange Blossom Special done by the Stanley Brothers (that’s some fast fiddle playin!).
Oh, and before I forget, Gordon Lightfoot’s Canadian Railroad Trilogy. That’d be #11 on list right now but it’ll make back into my personal top 10 someday.
Also there was a crazy song done by the Red Star Rangers called More Than Johnny Cash loves trains. They guy sings about how he loves his girl more than Johnny Cash loves trains. Good for laugh.
I guess I should get all my CDs and tapes and audio files together and make a
I’d have to say that Arlo’s rendition puts some really heartfelt pathos into the song. “This train’s got the disappearin’ railroad blues.” I’d have to credit Steve Goodman with writing a damned good song, and one that I can actually play on my own six-string.
There’s one, not really a train song, but it’s on the “Highwayman” album, “Like Desperadoes Waiting for a Train.”
But, yes, Boxcar Willie!
Is there something about the Illinois Central that makes people write songs about it? “Casey Jones”, “City of New Orleans”…