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A couple that come to mind that don't seem to be referenced below:
Not sure it’s it’s been mentioned, but the corny and old school answer is Chattanooga Choo Choo
Til it was also the first gold selling record (1 million+)
Take the A train
Night Train - Amos Lee
What a superb question.
I admit these may not be what you're looking for, but there's a tale of railway hubris here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmCA2yJHGfs
And a cheery celebration of train travel here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yT4F8hzykY
Just.... not quite what you might be expecting.
I'm gently aspergic with a proper dose of ADD, so not really so firmly autistic, but I absolutely adore trains, travelling on trains, reading about trains and pretty much everything to do with them. The only reason I'm not a train spotter is that it requires a level of determination, organisation and effort that isn't really my strong suit.
Passage to Bangkok - Rush
So many Johnny Cash songs:
Special Streamline by Bukka White.
Blue Railroad Train by Doc Watson
Choo Choo Train by the Box Tops
Downbound Train by Chuck Berry
Take the A Train by Esquivel
There are SO many songs about trains.
L & N Special by Christine Kittrell
Good list, but not crediting either Duke Ellington (who made it famous), Strayhorn (who wrote it), or mingus (who has a banger version of it) for Take the A Train is wild!
I'm a sucker for that amphetamines-and- cocktail-fueled level of mid-century pep that comes from Esquivel.
Oh yeah, it's a wild trip. Just gave it a listen, thanks for the culture
Didn't see this here yet (though maybe I missed it)
Train Song - Vashti Bunyan
The fact that he's driving that train comes up a lot.
A couple old folk songs about trains are "People Get Ready" and "Railroad Bill"
There's also Bob Dylan, "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" and The Band, "Just Another Whistle Stop."
Bob Dylan “It Takes A Lot To laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry” is about riding a mail train and is a great song :)
Probably repeating here but this is my list: Canadian Railroad Trilogy - Gordon Lightfoot How Long Must I wait For You - Joe Jackson Chatanooga Choo Choo - ? Train In The Distance - Paul Simon The Gambler - Kenny Rogers (was he on a train or stagecoach, I can't remember) Orange Blosson Special - Johnny Cash Frankfurt Special - Elvis Presley The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - The Band (a bit of a stretch but a train and tracks are mentioned) Nobody - Ry Cooder (just a line or two)
Transcontinental by Pedro the Lion. Upbeat song, but the lyrics are a little dark.
The sandman, the brakeman, and me by Monsters of Folk
They're a super group of Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes), M Ward, and Jim James (My Morning Jacket). They only did one album, but it's brilliant.
Not sure how well it counts for being about trains, but the first one that leapt to mind for me was Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath
It's at least got a lot of train allegory.
One Slovenian (This train): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHtQ4ZF2rGQ
It sings about returning home with a train and how this train will leave without author and how author has enough of traveling.
Gambler from Kenny Rogers is also happening on a train, but is not about trains: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hx4gdlfamo
I don't see it in the comments so hopefully not a repost. King gizzard and the lizard wizard - road train It's so good.
princess of the night by Saxon (I think) it's my favorite one
I've got 16 songs about / relating to trains, but no idea how to export playlists from Poweramp:
And then one that isn't really about trains, but very good:
Honorable mentions (heard but don't own):
I never thought I'd see the Kleptones mentioned on here
Little Red Caboose (preferably the one performed by The Laurie Berkner Band): https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=OEUtoCv_ot8
"My Trains" by Lemon Demon
The Northern Boys - Sexy Train https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VXKhJfRQ7k
Zdob și Zdub & Advahov Brothers - Trenulețul (The Train) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGNT5Uh-WKw
The Longest Johns - On the Railroad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA5PvH8D4wQ&t=8
Electric Callboy - TEKKNO TRAIN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFlhlZbeKgE
Two of my favorites:
Blasting Company - Old black Train, this is from the "Over the Garden Wall" soundtrack. Both the soundtrack and show are great. If you like it then also give "Send me a peach" is also a great song.
Not strictly about trains, but it's prominent in the lyrics of "Casey Jones" by The Greatful Dead.
She caught the Katy - Blues Brothers or Taj Mahal*
Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
Midnight Special - Creedence Clearwater Revival or Leadbelly*
Love in Vain - Robert Johnson*
Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull
Barricades and Brickwalls - Kacey Chambers
Train to Nowhere - Savoy Brown
Hear My Train A Comin - Jimi Hendrix*
*There have been loads of songs about trains or that mention trains in American blues history.. I'm barely scratching the surface, here. In the early days of the 20th century the blues artists used to travel around by hopping on freight trains to get from town to town, so they featured in many, many songs. There would have been even more songs written to the rhythm of a rolling carriage, too, that don't even mention trains at all.
I was thinking how much does friend like blues, for that reason.
Dethklok - Murder train a comin
Not autistic, probably, but trains are pretty cool. I've hopped trains before and that was fun, but I also don't recommend it.
Edit: just remembered, Townes Van Zandt - Desperados waiting for a train
