- List of train songs
The following is a list of songs referencing freight or passenger trains and railroads or containing extensive train imagery, organized by
alphabetical order . The songs on the list are songs that have appeared on commercially releasedalbums ,soundtracks and singles, but notwhite label or other non-label releases. Where available, performing artist, album title on which it first appears, and date published are provided.Songs with train or railroad in the title, but not about or inspired by trains should probably be deleted from the list. An example would be "Train In Vain" by The Clash.
This list was originally compiled and edited [http://www.thespoon.com/trainhop/songs.html Wes Modes] .
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#"3:10 To Yuma"
#"45th of May"
#"5.15" byChris Isaac A
#"AC/DC" by
Josie Aiello
#"Across the Tracks Blues" byDuke Ellington
#"Algoma Central" byStompin' Tom Connors
#"All Aboard the Blues Train"
#"All Down the Line"
#"Alphabet, The"
#"Amtrak Is For Lovers" byHouston Calls
#"Another Train Coming" byKim Weston
#"Are You Lonely For Me Baby" byFreddie Scott
#"At the Station" byJoe Walsh
#"Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe" byJudy Garland (fromThe Harvey Girls )
#"Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe" byJohnny Mercer B
#"B&O Trestle at Takoma Park"
#"Back Up Train" byAl Green
#"Baggage Coach Ahead" byMac Wiseman
#"Ballad of Eugene Victor Debs" byJoe Glazer
#"Ballad of John Henry" byJimmy Dean
#"Ballad of the White Pass and Yukon Railroad"
#"Belle of the Monon" byFrench Lick Springs Resort Orchestra
#"Ben Dewberry's Final Run" byAndrew Jenkins
#"Between Trains"
#"Big Black Train" byFlatt & Scruggs
#"Big Freight Train Carry Me Home" byBoxcar Willie
#"Big Joe"
#"Big Mike Henry"
#"Big Rock Candy Mountain" byHarry McClintock
#"Big Steel Rail" byGordon Lightfoot
#"Big Train From Memphis" byCredence Clearwater Revival
#"Long Train Running" byThe Doobie Brothers
#"Blow That Lonesome Whistle Casey" byA. Dexter
#"Blue Railroad Train" byDoc Watson
#"Blue Railroad"
#"Blue Train" byJohnny Cash
#"Blue Water Line" byBrothers Four
#"Bone Against Steel" by38 Special
#"Boston & Maine"
#"Boxcar Blues" byBoxcar Willie
#"Boxcar Willie" byRoy Acuff
#"Boxcar's My Home" byBoxcar Willie
#"Boxcar's My Home" byWillie Nelson
#"Boxcars" byJoe Ely
#"Brakeman's Blues"
#"Brave Engineer" byCisco Houston
#"Bringin' In the Georgia Mail" byD. Reno & B. Harrell
#"Bringin' in the Georgia Mail" byFlatt & Scruggs
#"Bringin' in the Georgia Mail" byJim & Jesse McReynold
#"Brother Can You Spare A Dime"
#"Bummin An Old Freight Train" byLester Flatts
#"Bummin Around" byBoxcar Willie
#"Bummin' an Old Freight Train" byLester Flatt & The Nashville Grass
#"Bye, Bye Black Smoke Choo Choo" byJoe Glazer C
#"Ca Roule" by
CANO
#"Canadian Pacific" byGeorge Hamilton IV
#"Canadian Pacific" byGordon Lightfoot
#"Canadian Railroad Trilogy" byGordon Lightfoot
#"Cannonball Blues" by BruceUtah Phillips
#"Cannonball Blues" byGrandpa Jones
#"Cannonball Rag" byDoc Watson
#"Cannonball" byCarter Family
#"Cannonball" bySeldom Scene
#"Casey Jones (blues version)" byJoe Glazer
#"Casey Jones (union version)" byJoe Glazer
#"Casey Jones" byGrateful Dead
#"Casey Jones" byJohnny Cash
#"Casey Jones, the Union Scab" byJoe Hill
#"Casey Junior" from theDumbo soundtrack
#"Cash" byJohnny Cash
#"Chattanooga Choo Choo" byGlenn Miller
#"Chattanooga Choo Choo" byJ. McCollum
#"Chick-A-Choo" byB. Newman
#"Chicken Train" byOzark Mountain Daredevils
#"Chinacat Sunflower" byGrateful Dead
#"Choo Choo Chaboogie" byAsleep at the Wheel
#"Choo Choo Chooboogie" byLouis Jordan
#"City of New Orleans" byArlo Guthrie
#"City of New Orleans" byC. W. Mccall
#"City of New Orleans" byJohnny Cash
#"City of New Orleans" bySteve Goodman
#"City of New Orleans" byWillie Nelson
#"Clear the Track, Let the Bulgine Run"
#"Clinchfield Special" byToe River Valley Boys
#"C'Mon N' Ride It (The Train) " byQuad City DJ's
#"Coal Smoke, Valve Oil and Steam" byJohnny Horton
#"Cold Mountains" byToe River Valley Boys
#"Come Closer, Lord" byToe River Valley Boys
#"Come On Train" byDon Thomas
#"Corduroy Breeches"
#"Country Express" byW. Raney
#"CPR Blues" byRobert Charlebois
#"Crazy Train" byOzzy Osbourne
#"Crosstie Walker" byCredence Clearwater Revival
#"Cryan the Blues"
#"Crystal Chandeliers and Burgundy" byJohnny Cash D
#"Daddy was a Railroad Man" by
Boxcar Willie
#"Daddy, What's a Train" by BruceUtah Phillips
#"Daddy, What's a Train?" byJoe Glazer
#"Danville Girl" byJoe Glazer
#"Dark Hollow" byGrateful Dead
#"Darling, I Love You"
#"Daughter of A Railroad Man" byJohnny Cash
#"Daybreak Express" byDuke Ellington
#"Dead on Time" by Queen
#"Desert Moon" byDennis DeYoung
#"Desperadoes Waiting for a Train" byThe Highwaymen
#"Desperadoes Waiting for the Train" byRita Coolidge
#"Destination Anywhere" byThe Marvelettes
#"Destination Victoria Station" byJohnny Cash
#"Devil's Train" byRoy Acuff
#"Different Trains" bySteve Reich
#"Diplomat, The" byJohnny Cash
#"Distant Train"
#"Dixie Flyer" byRandy Newman
#"Do The Choo-Choo" byArchie Bell & The Drells
#"Don't Miss That Train" bySister Wynona Carr
#"Down By the Station" byFour Preps
#"Down There By the Train" byJohnny Cash
#"Downbound Train" byBruce Springsteen
#"Downtown Train" byMary Chapin Carpenter
#"Downtown Train" byRod Stewart
#"Drill, Ye Tarriers" byDick & Jacquie Schuyler
#"Drive the Last Spkie" byGenesis
#"Driver 8" byREM
#"Driving the Last Spike" byGenesis
#"Drug Train" bySocial Distortion
#"Dulcimer" byDave Mallet
#"Dummy Line, The"
#"Dying Hobo" byDoc Watson
#"Dying Hobo" byJoe Glazer E
#"Eastbound Freight Train" by
Reno and Smiley
#"End of Train Device"
#"Engine 143"
#"Engine Engine Number 9" byRoger Miller
#"Engine Number 9" byWilson Pickett
#"Engine of Love" byEarl Jordan
#"Engineer, The"
#"Engineers Don't Wave From The Train Anymore"
#"Engines of Love"
#"Estatoe" byToe River Valley Boys
#"Express" byB.T. Express F
#"Fast Freight" by
Kingston Trio
#"Fast Train" byBobby Parker
#"Fireball Mail" byFlatt & Scruggs
#"Fireball Mail" byRoy Acuff
#"Five Hundred Miles" byKingston Trio
#"Five Hundred Miles" byPeter, Paul, and Mary
#"Flyin' CPR" byStompin' Tom Connors
#"Folsom Prison Blues" byJohnny Cash
#"Freedom Train" byJames Carr
#"Freedom Train" byMerle Haggard
#"Freedom Train" by Roger Taylor
#"Freight Train Blues" byB. Martin
#"Freight Train Blues" byBoxcar Willie
#"Freight Train Blues" byRoy Acuff
#"Freight Train Boogie" byDoc Watson
#"Freight Train Boogie" byReno and Smiley
#"Freight Train Boogie" byWhitstein Brothers
#"Freight Train Comin'" byMetallica
#"Freight Train Rambles"
#"Freight Train, Freight Train" byPeter, Paul and Mary
#"Freight Train" byLibba Cotton
#"Friendship Train" byThe Temptations
#"Frisco road" by BruceUtah Phillips
#"From A Boxcar Door" byBoxcar Willie
#"From A Rolls to the Rails" byBoxcar Willie
#"Full Throttle"
#"Funky Soul Train" byHank Ballard G
#"Gambler, The" by
Kenny Rogers
#"Gallopin' Goose, The" byC. W. Mccall
#"Gandy Dancer's Ball" byFrankie Lane
#"Georgia on a Fast Train" byBilly Joe Shaver
#"Georgia on a Fast Train" byJohnny Cash
#"Get Back on the Train" byPhish
#"Get Down Off Of the Train" byIsley Brothers
#"Getting Up Holler" byCisco Houston
#"Ghetto Train" byLuther Ingram
#"Glendale Train" byNew Riders of the Purple Sage
#"Ghost Train" byBee Gees
#"Ghost Train" byCounting Crows
#"Ghost Train" byMarc Cohn
#"Ghost Train" byRickie Lee Jones
#"Go Go Train" byFreda Payne
#"Going Away" by BruceUtah Phillips
#"Going Home Train" byIrving Berlin
#"Golden Rocket" byBoxcar Willie
#"Golden Rocket" byHank Snow
#"Gospel Train" bySister Rosetta Tharpe
#"Gospel Train" byStevie Hawkins
#"Gospel Train " byWright Brothers Jubilee Singers
#"Graveyard Train" byCredence Clearwater Revival
#"Great American Bum" byCisco Houston
#"Greenlight On the Southern Railway Line"
#"Greenville Trestle High" byDoc Watson H
#"Hank Williams and the Hobo" by
Boxcar Willie
#"Happy Go Lucky Local" byDuke Ellington
#"Hear That Lonesome Whistle Blow" byRoger Whittaker
#"Hear My Train a Comin'" byJimi Hendrix
#"Heaven Bound Train" byC. Story
#"Heaven Bound Train" byJackson Gospel Singers
#"Hell Bound Train" by
#"Hello Hopeville" byMichelle Shocked
#"Here's To You Rounders"
#"Hey Porter" byJohnny Cash
#"Hey, Hey Train" byJohnny Cash
#"Hobo Bill's Last Ride" byHank Snow
#"Hobo Bill's Last Ride" byMerle Haggard
#"Hobo Bill" byCisco Houston
#"Hobo Heaven" byBoxcar Willie
#"Hobo Jungle" byThe Band
#"Hobo's Lullaby"
#"Hobo's Meditation" byJoe Glazer
#"Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train" byLouis Armstrong
#"Homeward Bound" bySimon and Garfunkel
#"Hoosier Time" byFrench Lick Springs Resort Orchestra
#"House Between the Tracks"I
#"I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow" by
Hank Williams Sr
#"I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow" byJohnny Cash
#"I Know You Rider"
#"I Love the Sound of A Whistle" byBoxcar Willie
#"I Often Dream of Trains" byRobyn Hitchcock
#"I'm a Train" by Albert Hammond
#"I'm Leaving On That Late, Late Train" bySolomon Burke
#"I'm Movin' On" byRay Charles
#"I've Been Working on the Railroad" byMitch Miller & the gang
#"I've Been Working on the Railroad" byTraditional
#"I've Got A Thing About Trains" byJohnny Cash
#"If Love was a Train" byMichelle Shocked
#"In a Station" byThe Band
#"In the Pines" byMerle Travis & Mac Wiseman
#"In the Station"
#"India Pacific, The" bySlim Dusty
#"Indiana Is So Rich" byFrench Lick Springs Resort Orchestra
#"It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" byBob Dylan J
#"Jamie, Go and Ile That Car"
#"Jay Gould's Daughter"
#"Jenny Dreamed of Trains" bySweethearts of the Rodeo
#"Jesse James" byGrandpa Jones
#"Jimmie the Kid" byJimmie Roger
#"Jimmy Did You Know ( We were all gonna ride the train)"
#"John Henry" byHylo Brown
#"John Henry" byMerle Travis
#"Jungle Train" byBabes in Toyland
#"Jump that train" byFoghat
#"Jumping Someone Elses Train" byCure
#"Just like this Train" byJoni Mitchell K
#"Kansas City Railroad Blues" by
Toe River Valley Boys
#"Keep on Rollin' Down The Line" byBoxcar Willie
#"King of the Road" byBoxcar Willie
#"King of the Road" byRoger Miller L
#"L&M Don't Stop Here Anymore" by
Michelle Shocked
#"L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore" byJohnny Cash
#"Last Call For Dinner" byFrench Lick Springs Resort Orchestra
#"Last Cannonball" byMary McCaslin
#"Last Fair Deal Gone Down" byRobert Johnson
#"Last Train For Glory" byArlo Guthrie
#"Last Train From Poor Valley"
#"Last Train Home" byPat Metheny
#"Last Train To Clarksville" byFour Tops
#"Last Train To Clarksville" byThe Monkees
#"Last Train To Loveland" byEddie Hinton
#"Last Train To San Fernando"
#"Last Train" byAllen Toussaint
#"Last Train" byArlo Guthrie
#"Last Train" byGraham Central Station
#"Last Train" byPeter Rowan
#"Lazy Locomotive" byS. Burrette
#"Le Train du Nord" byFelix LeClearc
#"Lee Highway Blues" byToe River Valley Boys
#"Legend of John Henry" byJohnny Cash
#"Let Me Ride the Southbound" byRex Allen Sr
#"Let the Train Wistle Blow" byJohnny Cash
#"Letter, The" byBox Tops
#"Letter, The" byJoe Cocker
#"Life Is A Mountain Railroad" byCarter Family
#"Life on the Railroad"
#"Life's Railway to Heaven" byAmazing Rhythm Aces
#"Life's Railway to Heaven" byPatsy Cline
#"Light at the End of the Tunnel" byRichie Havens
#"Lincoln's Funeral Train"
#"Little Engine That Could"
#"Little Red Train"
#"Little Stream of Whiskey"
#"Little Train From Caipira" byHeiton Villa-Lobos
#"Loco-Motion" byLittle Eva
#"Locomotive Breath" byJethro Tull
#"Locomotive Man" byJohnny Cash
#"Locomotive" byMotörhead
#"Locomotive" bySawyer Brown
#"London Train" byOliver Sain
#"Lonesome Joe" byBoxcar Willie
#"Lonesome Whistle" byBoxcar Willie
#"Lonesome Whistle" byJohnny Cash
#"Lonesome whistle" byStonewall Jackson
#"Long Train Runnin'" byThe Doobie Brothers
#"Long Twin Silver Line" byBob Seger
#"Lord of the Trains" byTom Russell
#"Losing My Blues Tonight" bySlim Dusty
#"Lost Train Blues"
#"Love and wealth" byToe River Valley Boys
#"Love In Vain" byR. Johnson
#"Love Train" byJimmy Castor Bunch
#"Love Train" byThe O'Jays
#"Love's Train" byCon Funk Shun M
#"Maine and the SOO Line"
#"Mamie's Blues"
#"Man of Constant Sorrow" bySoggy Bottom Boys
#"Man Who Paid My Fare" byFrench Lick Springs Resort Orchestra
#"Many a Man Killed on the Railroad" byJoe Glazer
#"Marbletown" byMark Knopfler
#"Marrakesh Express" byCrosby, Stills and Nash
#"Me and Bobby McGee" byKris Kristofferson
#"Medicine Train" byThe Cult (Sonic Temple)
#"Memories of Home" byToe River Valley Boys
#"Memphis Flyer" byNeil Diamond
#"Memphis Train" byRufus Thomas
#"Metro, The" byBerlin
#"Midnight Flyer" byMac Wiseman
#"Midnight Flyer" byOsborne Brothers
#"Midnight Flyer" byThe Eagles
#"Midnight Special" byCredence Clearwater Revival
#"Midnight Special" byJoe Glaser
#"Midnight Special" byLeadbelly
#"Midnight Train to Georgia" byGladys Knight & The Pips
#"Midnight Train" byJim & Jesse McReynolds
#"Mobile Link, The"
#"Monkey and the Engineer, The"
#"Monticello Moon" byFrench Lick Springs Resort Orchestra
#"Moose-Turd Pie" by BruceUtah Phillips
#"Morning Train (9 to 5)" bySheena Easton
#"Morning Train" bySensational Nightingales
#"Mother In The Train" byThe Detroiters & The Golden Echoes
#"Movin' On" byHank Snow
#"MTA" byThe Kingston Trio
#"Mulligan Stew"
#"Murdertrain a Comin'" byDethklok
#"My Baby Thinks He's A Train" byRoseanne Cash
#"Mystery Train" byElvis Presley
#"Mystery Train" byRonnie Hawkins
#"Mystery Train" bySleepy LaBeef
#"Mystery Train" byThe Neville Brothers N
#"Never did Like that Train" by
Murray McLaughlan
#"New Delhi Freight Train" byLittle Feat
#"New River Train" byRaffi
#"Nickel Plate Road 759" by BruceUtah Phillips
#"Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" byJoan Baez
#"Night Time In the Switch Yard" byWarren Zevon
#"Night Train to Memphis" byGrandpa Jones
#"Night Train to Memphis" byJ. Maphis
#"Night Train to Memphis" byJerry Lee Lewis
#"Night Train to Memphis" byRoy Acuff
#"Night Train" byBobby Womack
#"Night Train" byBuddy Morrow
#"Night Train" byJames Brown
#"Night Train" byOscar Peterson
#"Nine Hundred Miles" byCisco Houston
#"Nine Hundred Miles" byNew Christy Minstrels
#"Nine Hundred Miles" byWoodie Guthrie
#"Nine Pound Hammer" byDavid Grisman withDoc Watson
#"Nine Pound Hammer" byMerle Travis
#"No Self Respecting Hobo"
#"Nobody Takes the Train Anymore" byHolly Dunn O
#"Old 901"
#"Old Buddy, Goodnight" by BruceUtah Phillips
#"Old Gospel Train" byDorothy Love Coate
#"Old Iron Trail" byBoxcar Willie
#"Old Train" bySeldom Scene
#"Old Train" byTony Rice Unit
#"On A Cold Winter's Night"
#"On the 5:15" byThe Who
#"On the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe" byJohnny Mercer
#"On the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe" byTommy Dorsey
#"On the Railway" byTraditional
#"On the Slow Train" byFlanders and Swann
#"On the Southbound" byMac Wiseman
#"One after 909" byThe Beatles
#"One More Ride" byHank Snow
#"One More Ride" byJohnny Cash
#"Orange Blossom Special" byBill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
#"Orange Blossom Special" byC. Story
#"Orange Blossom Special" byCharlie Daniels Band
#"Orange Blossom Special" byD. Stoneman
#"Orange Blossom Special" byFlatt & Scruggs
#"Orange Blossom Special" byJohnny Cash
#"Orange Blossom Special" byJohnson Mountain Boys P
#"Pacific 231" by
Arthur Honnegar
#"Paddy On the Railway"
#"Pan American Boogie" byKate MacKenzie
#"Pan American" byHank Williams Sr
#"Pan American" bySeldom Scene
#"Pan-American" byH. Hawkins
#"Parliamentary Trains" byGilbert & Sullivan
#"Party Train" byGAP Band
#"A Passage to Bangkok" byRush
#"Passin' Train" bySawyer Brown
#"Pat Works On the Railroad" byJoe Glazer
#"Peace Train" byCat Steven
#"Pennsylvania Sunrise" byDave Mallet
#"People Get Ready" byCurtis Mayfield
#"People Get Ready" byRod Stewart
#"People Get Ready" byThe Impressions
#"People Got To Be Free" byRascals
#"Petticoat Junction Theme" byFlatt & Scruggs
#"Phoebe Snow" byBruce "Utah" Phillips
#"Play a Train Song" by Todd Snider
#"Poor Poor Pitiful Me" byWarron Zevon
#"Promised Land" byElvis Presley
#"Put Me on a Train Back to Texas" byW Jennings & W Nelson Q
#"Queen of the Rails" by
Bruce "Utah" Phillips R
#"The Ragpicker's Dream" by
Mark Knopfler
#"Rail Song, The" byAdrian Belew
#"Railroad Bill" byCisco Houston
#"Railroad Blues" byD. Thomas
#"Railroad Child in Me"
#"Railroad Express" byRose Royce
#"Railroad Lady" byJimmy Buffett
#"Railroad Man" by Eels
#"Railroad Man" byMurry McLaughlan
#"Railroad Son" byLynyrd Skynyrd
#"Railroad Song, The" byJim Croce
#"Railroad Wife"
#"Railroad Worksong" byNotting Hillbillies
#"Railroading On the Great Divide"
#"Railroading and Gambling"
#"Railroads and Riverboats" byJim Croce
#"Rambler, The" byCisco Houston
#"Ramblin On My Mind"
#"Ramblin' Man" byKieran Kane
#"Rambling Blues" byR. Johnson
#"Rambling Hobo" byDoc Watson
#"Red Ball to Natchez" byDelmore Brothers and Wayne Raney
#"Red Streamliner" byLittle Feat
#"Refrigerator Car" bySpin Doctors
#"Reuben's Train" byFlatts and Scruggs
#"Reuben's Train" bySidesaddle
#"Reuben's Train" byHarry Manx
#"Ride This Train" byCanton Spiritual
#"Ride the Train" byAlabama
#"Ridin On the Cottonbelt" byJohnny Cash
#"Ridin' That Midnight Train" byDoc Watson
#"Ridin' with the Driver" byMotörhead
#"Riding On A Railroad" byJames Taylor
#"Road To Paradise"
#"Roamer" byCisco Houston
#"Rock Island Line" byHuddy Ledbetter
#"Rock Island Line" byJohnny Cash
#"Rock Island Line" byJohnny Horton
#"Roll On Buddy" byNitty Gritty Dirt Band
#"Rollin In My Sweet Baby's Arms"
#"Roundhouse Blues"
#"Rudy" bySupertramp
#"Run Kate Shelly Run"
#"Runaway Train" byElton John
#"Runaway Train" byEric Clapton
#"Runaway Train" byRosanne Cash
#"Runaway Train" bySoul Asylum #"Sam's Waiting For A Train"
#"Same Train, Different Time" byJimmy Rogers
#"Same Train" byRev. Julius Cheek
#"Santa Fe All The Way" byJohnny McCollum
#"The Scholar" byTrain to Sligo
#"Sentimental Journey" byLes Brown
#"Shadow's On A Dime"
#"She Caught the Katie"
#"She'll Be Comin Round the Mountain"
#"She's a Hoosier Line" byFrench Lick Springs Resort Orchestra
#"Shuffle Off To Buffalo"
#"Silver Train" byRolling Stones
#"Silverton, The" byC. W. Mccall
#"Six Wheel Driver"
#"Six-Five Special" byDon Lang & His Frantic Five
#"Slow Moving Freight Train" byHugh Moffatt
#"Slow Train" byFlanders & Swann
#"Slow Train" bySoul Stirrers
#"Slow Train" byThe Staple Singers
#"Smoke Along the Track" byDwight Yoakim
#"Smoke Along the Track" byEmmylou Harris
#"Something About Trains"
#"Soul Train" byGamble and Huff
#"Soul Train" byMary Wells
#"Soul Train" byThe Manhattans
#"Soul Train" byThree Degrees
#"Southbound" byDoc Watson
#"Southern Cannonball"
#"Southern Pacific" byNeil Young
#"Southern Pacific" bySteve Spurgin
#"Spanish Train" byChris DeBurgh
#"Spikedriver Blues" byDoc Watson
#"Spike Driver Blues" byMissippi John Hurt
#"Starlight on the Rails" byBruce "Utah" Phillips
#"Station to Station" byDavid Bowie
#"Steam Engine Polka" byJohann Strauss
#"Steam Engine" byMonkees
#"Steam" byJohnny Horton
#"Steel Drivin Man"
#"Steel Rails" byAlison Krauss
#"Stop That Train" byThe Meters
#"Stop That Train" byThe Wailers
#"Strangers on a Train" byNew Riders of the Purple Sage
#"Streamlined Cannonball" byDoc Watson
#"Streamlined Cannonball" byMac Wiseman
#"Subways"T
#"Take the "A" Train" by
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
#"Take the "A" Train" byDuke Ellington /Billy Strayhorn
#"Tennesse Central No. 9" byRoy Acuff
#"Texas Silver Zephyr" byRed Steagall
#"Texas, 1947" byJohnny Cash
#"Texas, 1947" byGuy Clark
#"That Old Train Whistle" bySmothers Brothers
#"That Train" byJerry Butler
#"The Great Locomotive Chase" byRobert W. Smith
#"There's a Train" byHolmes Brothers
#"This City Never Sleeps" by TheEurhythmics from thesoundtrack to9 1/2 Weeks
#"Third Class Wait Here" bySlim Dusty
#"This Train" byTommy Tate
#"This Train" byWoody Guthrie
#"This Train Revisited" byIndigo Girls
#"This Train's A Clear Train" byJoe Glazer
#"Throw Mama From the Train" byPatti Paige
#"To Morrow"
#"To Stop the Train"
#"Toe River Train" byToe River Valley Boys
#"Tolono" by BruceUtah Phillips
#"Tons of Steel" byGrateful Dead
#"Train 45" byMac Wiseman
#"Train 45" byStanley Brother
#"The Train Carrying Jimmie Rogers Home" byGreg Brown
#"Train Collector, The"
#"Train in the Distance" byPaul Simon
#"Train Is Coming" byKen Boothe
#"Train Keep On Movin'" byThe 5th Dimension
#"Train Kept A Rollin" byAerosmith
#"Train Kept A Rollin" byBradshaw, Mann, Kaye
#"Train Kept A Runnin" byYardbirds
#"Train Leaves Here This Morning" byEagles
#"Train Long-Suffering"Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
#"Train Of Consequences" byMegadeth
#"Train of Love" byJohnny Cash
#"Train Of Love" byWillie Hutch
#"Train On the Island"
#"Train Song" byHolmes Brothers
#"Train Song" byMurray McLaughlan
#"Train Song" byNick Cave
#"Train Song" byDick Siegel
#"Train That Carried My Girl From Town, The"
#"Train time" byToe River Valley Boys
#"Train to Frisco"
#"Train to Sligo"
#"Train To Texas" by David Reo
#"Train, Train" byBlackfoot
#"Train" byCharles Jackson
#"Trains" byIan Anderson
#"Trains And Boats And Planes" byDionne Warwick
#"Trains of No Return" byOfra Haza
#"Trains, Tracks and Travel" byHank Snow
#"Trains" byAl Stewart
#"Trains Make Me Lonesome" byGeorge Strait
#"Trainwreck of Emotion" byDel McCoury
#"Trainwreck of Emotion" byLorrie Morgan
#"Trans Europe Express" byKraftwerk
#"Transit Ride" byGuru
#"Trolley Song"
#"Trouble Funk Express" byTrouble Funk
#"True and Trembling Brakeman, The"
#"Trusty Lariet"
#"Two Trains Running" byLittle Feat U
#"Up On the CP Line"
#"UP Song" byUP Country Western Band V
#"Valve Oil" by
Johnny Horton W
#"Wabash Cannonball" by
B. Martin
#"Wabash Cannonball" byCarter family
#"Wabash Cannonball" byChet Atkins
#"Wabash Cannonball" byDoc Watson
#"Wabash Cannonball" byJohnny Cash
#"Wabash Cannonball" byRoy Acuff
#"Wabash Cannonball" by BruceUtah Phillips
#"Wabash Cannonball" by theLimeliters
#"Wabash Cannonball" by theChieftans
#"Waiting at the Station" byAaron Neville
#"Waiting For a Train" byFlash and the Pan
#"Waiting For a Train" byRoy Acuff
#"Waiting For a Train" byHank Snow
#"Waiting For a Train" byJ.L. Lewis
#"Waiting For a Train" byJim Reeves
#"Waiting For a Train" by Jimmie Rodgers
#"Waiting For a Train" byJohnny Cash
#"Walking Down a Railroad Line" byWoody Guthrie
#"Walkin Holes in My Shoes" byBoxcar Willie
#"Walking the Ties" byToe River Valley Boys
#"West End Blues" byDuke Ellington
#"Westbound Train" byDennis Brown
#"What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round?" by TheMonkees
#"When Love Comes to Town" byB.B. King
#"When the Golden Train Comes Down" bySons of the Pioneers
#"When You're Only Nine" byToe River Valley Boys
#"Whistle Stop" byLouis Prima
#"Who Buried Cedar Hill"
#"Will There Be Any Freight Trains In Heaven" byJimmy Rogers
#"Will There Be Any Freight Trains In Heaven" byMerle Haggard
#"Won't Be Long" byAretha Franklin
#"Won't You Come Home Bill Baily"
#"Working on the Railway" byBill Houston
#"Worried Man Blues" byCisco Houston
#"Wreck Above Spruce Pine" byToe River Valley Boys
#"Wreck of 1262" byDoc Watson
#"Wreck of the 1262"
#"Wreck of the 252"
#"Wreck of the FFV"
#"Wreck of the L&N" byPhillips Family
#"Wreck of the Number 9" byHank Snow
#"Wreck of the Old 49" byUncle Shelby
#"Wreck of the Old 97" byHank Snow
#"Wreck of the Old 97" byJohnny Cash
#"Wreck of the Old 97" byMac Wiseman
#"Wreck of the Old 97" byFlatt & Scruggs
#"Wreck of the Old 97" byVernon Dalhart
#"Wreck of the Old 97" byWoody Guthrie
#"Wreck of the Royal Palm" byJoe Glazer
#"Wreck of the Royal Palm" byToe River Valley Boys Y
#"You're the Same Old You To Me" by
Toe River Valley Boys
#"You Just Can't Ride the Boxcars Anymore" byThe Long Ryders Z
#"Zion Train" by
Bob Marley and the Wailers More Information
For a more qualitative analysis and recordings of many of the best train songs, explore this list of [http://members.home.net/tsongs/index.html the best train, railroad, and hobo songs] .
Rounder Records offers several good compilations of railroad tunes.
For more information on the history and tradition of railroad-inspired music, from folk to classical, visit Philip Pacey's [http://www.uclan.ac.uk/library/musrail.htm Music and Railways Project] . "This Web page provides a chronological list of pieces of music inspired by or evoking railways, with a note of available recordings known to the compiler."
Search for more songs with the keywords "train" or "railroad" at the [http://www.mudcat.org/folksearch.cfm Digital Tradition Folk Song Database] .
External links
* [http://www.thespoon.com/trainhop/songs.html Wes Modes' Collection of Train Songs]
* [http://members.home.net/tsongs/index.html the best train, railroad, and hobo songs]
* [http://www.uclan.ac.uk/library/musrail.htm Music and Railways]
* [http://www.mudcat.org/folksearch.cfm Digital Tradition Folk Song Database]
* [http://www.rounder.com/index.php?id=album.php&musicalGroupId=4795&catalog_id=5100 Rounder Records Railroad Songs and Ballads]
* [http://www.rounder.com/?id=album.php&catalog_id=5495 Rounder Records Classic Railroad Songs, V. 1: Steel Rails]
* [http://www.rounder.com/?id=album.php&catalog_id=5493 Rounder Records Classic Railroad Songs, V. 2: Mystery Train]
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