If you ever get the idea in your noggin that you’d like to chuck everything and live a hobo life, now you can get a taste for what that’s like without ever having to go near a train yard. Hobo Shoestring regularly posts videos of… Read More
I posted some train songs earlier, as I do from time to time. The train song may be the perfect folk song genre. Trains bring you to your baby; they get you away from your baby; they take you to the Promised Land (let’s just… Read More
I find myself excited that the new UP Express – the express train from Union Station in downtown Toronto to Pearson Airport – started rolling today, even though, as someone who lives at the far west side of the amalgamated Toronto, it isn’t a very… Read More
We took a drive today to Jarvis Ontario, home to Nice Old Stuff, a store and a yard and a garage and a couple sheds full of just about anything. We loaded up the car with all kinds of stuff we “needed”, including material for… Read More
Thanks to my pal East Texas Red for sending along a link to a great set of photos of the Norfolk and Western Railway. Click on the images to see them large scale. Let’s have a little train song. Here’s Hank Snow singing the Wreck… Read More
Have you ever been on the ACR? East Texas Red and I rode it a few years back with a couple packs and a canoe for a trip down the Sand River. This song is by Stompin Tom Conners. Here are the lyrics: She’s on… Read More
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