My top 10 list:

10. A Passage to Bangkok, Rush, 1976

9.  Crazy Train, Ozzy Osbourne, 1981

8. Driver 8, REM, 1985

7. Locomotive Breath, Jethro Tull, 1971

6. Long Train Runnin', Doobie Brothers, 1973

5. Midnight Train to Georgia, Gladys Knight and the Pips, 1973

4. Peace Train, Cat Stevens, 1971

3. Railroad Song, Lynryd Skynryd, 1975

2. Train Kept a Rollin', Aerosmith, 1974; Tiny Bradshaw, 1951

1. Train Whistle Blues by Jimmie Rodgers, 1929

 

--Greg 

Doug Stone- I'd be Better Off (In a Pine Box)

Anything by James Coffey fits the bill, but I always have a soft spot for City of New Orleans by Arlo Guthrie.

 

What?  No Johnny Burnette?    (The Aerosmith track IS a great song!)

5:15 by The Who

Can't Ignore the Train by 10,000 Maniacs, and Peace Train by 10,000 Maniacs, a remake of the Cat Stevens song.

Downbound Train by Bruce Sprinsteen

Morning Train by Sheena Easton

John Denver's train album for kids, the last one he recorded before his death in 1997, and the only grammy he ever won (It is unbelievable with all the great music JD recorded, he never won another grammy).

I also agree with my good friend Greg Houser on REMs Driver 8

 

Erol Gurcan

 

Roger Miller Old Toy Trains

I couldn't remember who else did it!     I know the Yardbirds released it too and Led Zep opened with it for awhile on their first tours.....Greg

City of New Orleans by Arlo Guthrie is one of my favorite songs of any kind. 

 

Art

Any train related song by Johnny Cash.  On the other hand I can't stand the songs on the TM train videos, absolutely horrible.

 

 

John.

    Train Train by Black Foot Choo Choo Kenny

I like that '50s song "GeeGee you're the One" by the Pantographs.

The "Riding the Rails" album by the Smithsonian back in 1981.

Q Stone: Train train

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf4DOw6YMAc

"Rock Island Line" and "Blue Water Line" by The Brothers Four (60's)

"I've been working on the railroad" by Mitch Miller.  My mother told me I used to dance to it while still a baby.   She was so excited when she found the album and brought it home to show my Dad!

 

Unfortunately he had to remind her that we didn't own a record player.

 

ps: I did have a LIONEL stereo as a kid that I found in the trash.

Chattanooga Choo Choo - The Andrews Sisters w/onscreen lyrics

 

Any trains songs by Johnny Cash. My parents had this exact album when I was a kid and I almost wore the thing out on the record player. Recently, I found that the Sun Records label re-released it on CD a while back, and immediately bought a copy. I still love it!

 

I listened to a few Sun records as a kid, and when my wife and I were in Memphis last year, I had to make the trek to the very studio this album was recorded in:

My favorite trains song:

The Southern Railroad Blues

by Norman Blake

Followed closely by:

The Last Train From Poor Valley

by Norman Blake

https://archive.org/details/ti...-07-20_3-set-AUD.fob

 

Also:

Flat Picker/Randall Collins

http://youtu.be/UEkVkJax2Co?list=PL2C2EF8D03312A604

 

Railroad Blues

http://youtu.be/dB5OLP5CFpo

 

New River Train - w/Tony Rice

http://youtu.be/Y36HCn4Ivws

 

Green Light on The Southern - w/Tony Rice

http://youtu.be/8jckwiEMWss

 

Slow Train Through Georgia

http://youtu.be/V-6alHEC12I

 

Wabash Cannonball

http://youtu.be/oO6xJaSyt-8

 

Norman has written & recorded many train songs & covers of other train songs.

You can find some on You Tube & the Internet Archive.   He's probably my favorite

musician/songwriter.

 

Dave

 

 

Off the top of my head...

 

"Wabash Cannonball"

"Wreck of ol' 97"

"Life is Like a Mountain Railroad"

"The Orange Blossom Special" - especially Johnny Cash's version!

"Chattanooga Choo Choo" - even the '70's disco version ain't all that bad!  lol

"The Ballad of Casey Jones"

 

Oh yeah, and this one too!

"I Want an Electric Train for Christmas"

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDj17dbAgN8

My absolute favorite is:

 

There's Another Train by the Poozies. It has a real message for anyone who is ready to give up on him or herself.

"Wreck of the Old 97" either the original by Vernon Dalhart or Johnny Cash's version.  Any RR song by Johnny Cash.

My dad was stationed at Camp Fannin Texas and he went to The Cotton Bowl and asked someone why they wer playing "I've been working on the railroad".  A rather large Texan leaned towards my dad and said, "Son, that's The Eyes of Texas!"

 

Larry

Anything Johnny Cash sings... when driving it just makes the trip go faster. 

+1 handyandy, you have good taste in music!

Asleep at the Wheel - Chattanooga Choo Choo

Johnny Cash - Orange Blossom Special

Grateful Dead - Railroad Blues

Grateful Dead - Monkey and the Engineer

Grateful Dead - I Know You Rider

Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath

Arlo Guthrie - City of New Orleans

Jorma Kaukonen - Blue Railroad Train

Dan Hicks - Santas Got a New Choo Choo

 

to name a couple off the top of my head...

 

Paul

 

With this thread and the other one mentioned, no one said Willie Nelson's Railroad Lady. One of my favorites and anything JC did. Looks like I gotta start looking for that JC railroad CD👍

Oh yeah one more yenz are leaving out. The Rolling Stones Love in Vain

Aerosmith train kept a Rollin..  Agreed. 

Whatever happened to Boxcar Willie?

He passed away some time ago. I loved his whistle.

Freight Train by Elizabeth Cotten

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehVaMey2e7A

Grateful Dead  "Monkey and the Engineer"

( If you have kids or grandkids - they will like this )

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdfiXBlwTsQ

Todd snider   Train song

Aerosmith     Back Back Train

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wJPXJjenFk

 

My Dad could do that whistle also.  However, it is probably not a good thing.  It is called a "glottal shock", and it not so good on one's vocal cords.  Still wish I could do it! 

I'm Movin' On (Hank Snow)

Golden Rocket (Hank Snow)

Midnight Special (Lead Belly, CCR, Johnny Rivers)

Kansas City Southern (Pure Prairie League)

Engine Engine #9 (Roger Miller)

King of the Road (Roger Miller)

Choo Choo Train (YouTube favorite of my 2 year old grandson)

 

Also as mentioned above...Railroad Lady, Rock Island Line, Orange Blossom Special, Wabash Cannonball, etc.

My two favorites are:

 

City of New Orleans by Willie Nelson

Old Toy Trains by Roger Miller

Folsom prison blues -- although I never could figure why he was in prison in California if he shot a man in Reno Nevada

Smokestack Lightning - Yardbirds version.