Songs for railway enthusiasts!

[hairyhandedfool]

Levellers - Dog Train

KLF - Last Train To Trancentral

Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground

Soul Asylum - Runaway Train

Fun Lovin' Criminals - Loco

And some dodgy links....

REO Speedwagon - Can't fight this feeling

Turin brakes - 72

And finally, a song that is relevant to the First class ticket holders on FCC trains.....

Star Sailor - Poor misguided fool

lol

 

[mbonwick]

Queen - Breakthru

 

[Snapper]

'It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that Ying' (with apologies to Duke Ellington)...

 

[Coxster]

... but Chester-le-Street never closed.... are there any other mistakes in this Flanders & Swan song?

I believe the song was written in response to Beeching's plans rather than what did (or didn't as the case may be!) actually happen, hence the mention also of the St Erth to St Ives line.

 

[mbonwick]

Nightrain - Guns N' Roses

 

[Crompton Karl]

How about Long Train Runnin by Doobie Brothers.

Or My favorite.....

Spanish Train by Chris de Burgh. (see this great student video)

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Karl

 

[D306]

How about this piece of minimalism.


Different Trains - Steven Reich


Heard it in music today

 

[TDK]

LIKE A VIRGIN!

We get the least track access fees

We traet our passengers like cattle

All other TOC's wish they had our subsidies

 

[Boxcars]

BOXCARS by Joe Ely

(and the originator of this thread gets a mention in verse 2)

Well I gave all my money to the banker this month
Now I got no more money to spend
She smiled when she saw me comin' through that door
When I left she said, "Come back again."
I watched them lonesome boxcar wheels
Turnin' down the tracks out of town
And it's on that lonesome railroad track
I'm gonna lay my burden down.

I was raised on a farm the first years of my life
Life was pretty good they say
I'll probably live to be some ripe ol' age
If death'll stay out of my way
This world can take my money and time
But it sure can't take my soul
I'm goin' down to the railroad tracks
Watch them lonesome boxcars roll

There's some big ol' Buicks at the Baptist church
Caddilacs at the Church of Christ
I parked my camel by an ol' haystack
I'll be lookin for that needle all night
There ain't gonna be no radial tires
Turnin' down the streets of gold
I'm goin down to the railroad tracks
And watch them lonesome boxcars roll

Now if you ever heard the whistle on a fast freight train
Beatin' out a beautiful tune
If you ever seen the cold blue railroad tracks
Shinin' by the light of the moon
If you ever felt the locomotive shake the ground
I know you don't have to be told
Why I'm goin down to the railroad tracks
And watch them lonesome boxcars roll.

Yeah, I'm goin down to the railroad tracks
Watch them lonesome boxcars roll.

 

[142001]

iLikeTrains - The Beeching Report
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFJd9n8X9DI

And of course, Zontar's songs...

 

[Mintona]

BASHING BLIGHTY IT'S HERE!

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[class 313]

BASHING BLIGHTY IT'S HERE!

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Great vid

 

[Mintona]

Great vid

Cheersta. Quite proud of it myself

 

[dave12435]

lol im not ahsmaed to say i sang along to that awesome

 

[gordonthemoron]

Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express

Pogues - Night Train to Lorca

David Bowie - Station to Station

 

[P156KWJ]

The ELO - Rock n' roll is king, goes very well with pacers