Working Man Blues, and coal and oil drag pulled by an MTH Proto 2 Pennsy Turbine:
Please share any trains that you feel express your appreciation for working men and women and Labor Day. It would also be great if you can combine that with music, which I will endeavor to continue to do for your entertainment this holiday weekend.
Arnold
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Anything sporting a “Union Railroad” livery would be appropriate!
If I can successfully post this train and song, it will be perfect for Labor Day.
Oh, great, I did it.
Train is a smooth running K Line Chessie System diesel hauling coal and oil.
The song is awesome: very popular in the 1950s, great melody and lyrics regarding very hard work and not getting paid enough for it. The song is an anthem for the hard working laborer. Great singer who had his own TV show in which he sang this song on every show. I was a little kid when this song was a big hit and I loved it. And the best hint of all: the singer's first name is the same as a State in the United States! Enjoy:
Yes, of course, this great song is Sixteen Tons sung by the great Tennessee Ernie Ford!
Arnold
Arnold,
Great to see you posting again.
Sixteen Tons was the first pop song I managed to learn all the lyrics to while I was in elementary school. Great video...and I loved all the coal dump cars! 
Jim
Jim Policastro posted:Arnold,
Great to see you posting again.
Sixteen Tons was the first pop song I managed to learn all the lyrics to while I was in elementary school. Great video...and I loved all the coal dump cars!
Jim
Thanks, Jim. By the way, your trains and layout are spectacular.
Larry Sr. posted:
Great YouTube link, Larry. Very entertaining train video and song, perfect for this Labor Day weekend. Thanks for sharing this.
Labor Day Milk Train:
That's the incomparable voice from the 60s of Grace Slick.
Arnold
Sunday Labor Day weekend watching the game at Yankee Stadium:
Hey, did you see that home run by Aaron Hicks? I almost caught it here in the right field stands!
Arnold
Hey, scorecards here, get your scorecards here!
Great thread Arnold! I was hoping to make it to the B&O Museum in Baltimore to photograph some of their railway labor exhibits. Time, however, was not on my side today, unfortunately. Have a wonderful and safe weekend!!
Arnold,
Very nice. I thought for sure that your first video was going to be "I've been working on the railroad," as someone added later.
I like your layout.
Tom
Remembering all the Italian immigrants (my grandfather & grand uncles included) who emigrated to the states in the early 20th century and worked on the railroads. Where do worka John?
Coal Cracker posted:Remembering all the Italian immigrants (my grandfather & grand uncles included) who emigrated to the states in the early 20th century and worked on the railroads. Where do worka John?
Being part Italian (on my father's side of my family), I loved it. Great song, thanks for sharing it, Coal Cracker.
Arnold
Oh, what the heck. The Working Man
Looks Great!
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