I know Johnny Cash did. But I remember hearing that song before he was a star. Probably sung by a fair number of people. Boxcab E50
Rockford Story 3... That particular job had an old head conductor,first name Dave,nice guy and he knew how to milk the job to make money. One of the industries we served was a wire and steel bar drawing concern. usually gon loads of wire coils. Remember now, this was a 3rd shift job and normally lasted the whole 12 hours. This job also used a caboose, quite a sight to watch the cars rockin' and rollin' on that lousy track at that time. Well, seems we come up to this drawing mill, open the doors, go inside check our paperwork and also check for instructions from the shipper. IIRC there were 4 or 5 gons in there already loaded. Ole Dave sez to gather all of them up & cut in the air. So we grab the cars one at a time,tying on, knocking off the hand brakes,cutting in the air etc. We get all the cars togeither and Dave stops, looks at the paperwork again and sez, "Uh-oh, these are cars that haven't been unloaded yet", so we just undo the whole process we just did. That was better than 1 1/2 hours of "station work" time for naught except to justify the time. Our route also took us past the Rockford airport. Its a pretty good sized airport and VERY busy during 3rd shift, I think a lot of air express and mail goes out during that time period. There was also a "Distant Signal" at Flag(g) Center, it was out of service, but I used to have fun calling out "Distant Signal Dark" ! (you hadda be there to appreciate it!). CT
Train Songs I'm not sure if anything like this has been posted here before but I was just listening to some old train themed songs and wondered how many you guys could come up with. Bluegrass seems to go hand in hand with railroading so here are mine. 1.Jimmie Rodgers - Waiting for a Train 2.Nashville Bluegrass Band - The Train Carryin' Jimmie Rodgers Home 3.Bill Monroe - In the Pines 4.Hank Williams Sr. - Lonesome Whistle Blow 5.Pete Seeger - Casey Jones 6.Ralph Stanley - Train 45 7.Johnny Cash - The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore (one of my personal favorites!) 8.Marty Robbins - The Wreck of the Old #9
Good Topic Made me go search for an old topic we once did have and I was lucky and did find it. I've got a song stuck in my head I wonder how many more songs this new topic will find :teeth: :teeth: :teeth: :teeth:
a few more; 1.Ralph Stanley - Bound to Ride 2.Jimmie Rodgers - Jimmie the Kid 3.Johnny Cash - Hey Porter 4.Johnny Cash - Rock Island Line
I'll add a few to make the list more eclectic- Grateful Dead- The Monkey and the Engineer Ozzy Ozbourne- Crazy Train Cat Stevens- Peace Train The Monkees- Last Train to Clarksville (who did this one?)- Midnight train to Georgia Evan
Golden Rocket-Hank Snow Hobo Bills Last Ride-Jimmy Rogers I'm Movin' on-Hank Snow Canadian Pacific-George Hamilton IV Fireball Mail-
Well I am surprised that no one yet listed the following Chattanooga Choo-choo- song City of New Orleans by Johnny Cash
how about " the yodeling brakeman" jimmy rogers and his waiting for a train. my dad used to sing this for me when i was little then break out in a yodel. ahhh good memories.
The City of New Orleans...Johnny Cash...theres a music video. I love the L&N train in run 8 coming from out of nowhere in the end of the video.
"Crescent"- Scott Miller "Train Wreck"- Robert Earl Keen "Southern Pacific"- Neil Young "I'm Movin' On"- Hank Snow, George Thorogood & the Destroyers, et al
Johnny Cash was a big railfan. He loved to hang out with the railroaders at Amqui tower (where the Henderson sub and Main Stem converge) on the L&N in Nashville. When he heard that the tower was going to be torn down, he bought, restored, and moved it to his property. I run the Main Stem of the old L&N from Louisville to Nashville and think about what kinds of things must have happened there every time I go by.
How about B Movie Boxcar Blues by Delbert McClinton, or Get me back on time, engine number nine sung by Wilson Pickett.
