Songs with trains in them

[Heinz57]

Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7gV5C5mB7A

As the OP says, there's many many Johnny Cash songs featuring trains. There's quite a good one that he once sang on TV with The Muppets (That's a dream team right there!) can't remember what it is now

 

[mbonwick]

Mbonwick its rubbish!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1cTun4foMM

The song or the video?
If the former, well then I guess there's no accounting for taste. I know member Crompton Karl (if he's still on here) is a big C de B fan like myself.

If the latter, you are aware that the video isn't the official one? In fact, I don't think a video was ever done; Chris isn't known for his love of cameras.

 

[yorkie]

Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hitRhTAGXDA

Unfortunately that has since been removed. Another (lower quality, sadly) version can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBGNlTPgQII&feature=related

And I don't like the term "techno" which is a fairly meaningless term (mis)used by lazy Americans.

Here's some more (though feature more infrastructure than trains, but do feature trains):

The Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar
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Lasgo - Something
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(I actually posted these suggestions to this forum on 1 December 2005! Back when it was quite easy to travel on real trains all over the UK. Doesn't seem that long ago!)

 

[313103]

I am sure this has been asked before, as i remember answering a very similar question!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Who sang "Going loco, back in Acapulco" ?

 

[EM2]

Who sang "Going loco, back in Acapulco" ?

The Four Tops, although it's 'down in Acapulco' and 'loco' of course in this context is the Spanish slang for 'crazy'.

 

[bladesman123]

My favourite train related song = The Kinks - Last Of The Steam Powered Trains

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXBwTBlpo1U

 

[Clip]

Chattanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller Orchestra

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

 

[heart-of-wessex]

Surprised no-ones mentioned the classic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsuHAn54wPs

About the only Elton John hit I can listen to!



James.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Another "Golden Oldie"....Last train to San Fernando (Male & female recordists)

Lonnie Donegan............Rock Island Line

Max Boyce...................Cosher Bailey had an engine.

 

[t o m]

The Who - 5.15

 

[12CSVT]

Remember the enormous fuss when 7 was renamed and reliveried? From today's perspective it seems amazing that a non-standard livery could arouse such anger, but there were pages and pages of correspondence about it in Rail Enthusiast and it was the talk of every platform end!

Was that the same 'Rail Enthusiast' (later named 'Rail') magazine that tried to do the same to 37408 ?

 

[DazDude]

Eskobar - On A Train - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7r8xiOWXXQ

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The Four Tops, although it's 'down in Acapulco' and 'loco' of course in this context is the Spanish slang for 'crazy'.

Thank you, EM2. for that clarification about that meaning of "loco".

For the fitters working on the Pacers in North Manchester, this could bring a whole new meaning to the phrase "Newton Heath Loco"

 

[red circle]

Marrakesh Express,Crosby Stills & Nash. Am I right in saying that the last train to San Fernando was a Wickham class 109 ?.

 

[43021HST]

The Who - 5.15

From the epic film quadrophenia

 

[EM2]

Ray Davies did a song *and* a film called 'Return To Waterloo'. Blue & grey slammers all over the place!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The great "dustbowl ballads" sung by Woodie Guthrie, has one song in which he sings:-

The train that I ride, is twenty-four coaches long

I think the name of the song might be "It takes a worried man, to sing a worried song"

 

[d9009alycidon]

There is a Supertramp track on the Crime of the Century Album called "Rudy", while not having a train in the title, very much has a train in the song. During the opening sequence there is what sounds like a class 50 on a passenger working.

Jim

 

[12CSVT]

Motorhead - Ridin with the Driver: (sounds like a cab ride in a class 40)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aclXacRVPMQ

Perhaps Locomaster Profiles or Video 125 should use this as their title music for any future cab ride DVDs

 

[43021HST]

Perhaps Locomaster Profiles or Video 125 should use this as their title music for any future cab ride DVDs

Instead of that vague cheesy techno music they use

 

[madannie77]

Lindisfarne - Kings Cross Blues

 

[Scotrail84]

Nobody mentioned Godley and Creme - Under Your Thumb? Classic song from the 1981 brilliant lyrics too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ85eeZL7yA

 

[EM2]

Nobody mentioned Godley and Creme - Under Your Thumb? Classic song from the 1981 brilliant lyrics too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ85eeZL7yA

I did, in post #16

 

[red circle]

I'll try again later

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Homeward Bound by Simon and Garfunkel mentions "sitting on a railway station".

 

[4SRKT]

Homeward Bound by Simon and Garfunkel mentions "sitting on a railway station".

Widnes station I believe.

 

[CNX]

Probably well before your time, there's The Seekers 'Morningtown Ride' from November 1966. It reached number 2 in the UK charts.

This from their farewell concert on 7th July 1968. Very sad occasion. I remember it well. They don't make them like this any more. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YP7GCXqdqU

 

[LexyBoy]

How about 156 by Mew?

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Probably well before your time, there's The Seekers 'Morningtown Ride' from November 1966.

An even older one......

Freight Train by Elizabeth Cotton.

I really am giving my age away with this one