Today we have a train story instead of a train song. I hope you’ll forgive me for varying from my usual format. I referenced this in the recent post about the Gandy Dancer’s Ball. It’s an excellent story I know you will enjoy, by the late U. Utah Phillips, the golden voice of the great south-west.

OK, OK, you want a song, not a story, so here’s the train song of the day. You asked for it, you got it. Here she is, Little Eva, on Shindig in 1965, performing her hit, The Locomotion. This is a train song and a dance craze all in one. You just can’t beat that.

http://youtu.be/xufxKCC1NJ8

Update

I’m adding to this post at the request of my pal East Texas Red. East likes the trains songs OK but he’s pining in his heart for a mining song. I feel your pain East. So here’s The Miner’s Lullaby…