Train Songs

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  1. Yvonne Smith

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    One of the popular topics for songs seems to be trains, maybe more so in the past than now, when more people travel by airplane or car than by bus or train; but that “lonesome whistle blowing” has been the subject of many songs.
    I didn’t find any threads that seemed to be an appropriate one for posting train songs, but there are some that I have enjoyed over the years, and thought that maybe other people have their favorites, too.

    Starting with one of my favorites by Gentleman Jim Reeves, Mr. “mellow voice” himself, and this one is about a sad train wreck.

     
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    Another great train song, this version done by John Denver, although I think the original was by Arlo Guthrie.

     
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    Daddy Whats A Train -John Denver
     
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    @Yvonne Smith We need more traveling songs around here! This thread is just the Ticket!;)
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    Freight train, freight train, goin’ so fast.....
     
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    And then there’s always the Wabash Cannon Ball.......
     
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    Chattanooga Choo Choo

     
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    Trains just have a romance not equaled by any other mode of transportation other than, perhaps a "tramp steamer". I think Gordon Light foot said, "...you can't jump a jet plane like you can a freight train..."
     
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    One of my all time favourites...
     
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    different Era, similar Genre...and also one of my all time faves....

     
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    Why is it mostly country singers who sing song about trains? :p
     
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    Not actually about trains.. a little bit cheating here ... :D
     
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