Sometimes nothing will do but I have to listen to train songs. I hope you understand.
Railroad Bill. They don’t name people after trains much these days. Here’s Hobart Smith.
A brakeman double-tough…
Here’s the late U. Utah Phillips, Golden Voice of the Great Southwest. This song makes me think of my dad who grew up in a family business making gloves for railwaymen in the West Toronto Junction.
Here’s, here’s a tune I’ve posted before. It deserves a lot of play, though. It’s Rosalie Sorrels covering her friend Utah’s wonderful Starlight on the Rails. This song sends shivers down my spine. A defining performance of a truly great song.
Mr. Fireman won’t you listen to me, I got a pretty mama down in Tennessee, keep movin’ me on….. When Mr. Snow said they were trying out this new song, I wonder if he realized he had one of the all-time great country songs. I’ll bet Hank and the Boys knew full well it was one of great ones the first time they rehearsed it.
27th Street 
Dinah…won’t you blow your horn