Two songs with trains, one bound for nowhere, and another that had it's own name.

[Swede]

Ad another if you have one in the back of your mind.

[Joinfortmill]

1. Beautiful voice.

[ZDU]

2. Trainspotting

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[happybird]

9. Trainspotting 2 version

It’s a helluva gut punch.

[ZDU]

26. F*cking BRILLIANT

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[Tanuki]

3. This Train.... Sister Rosetta Tharpe

[Tanuki]

4. Orange Blossom Special... Vassar Clements and Del McCoury band

[ultralite001]

5. Nancy Griffith...

Southbound Train...

[ultralite001]

6. Midnight Train to Georgia...

Gladys Knight + the Pips...

[ultralite001]

7. Gordon LIghtfoot...

Canadian Railroad Trilogy...

[Cirsium]

8. People Get Ready

Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions - (1965)

[LuvLoogie]

10. Emmylou. This is so good...

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[LuvLoogie]

11. Aerosmith, of course...

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[ProfessorGAC]

14. Same Idea!

Except I grabbed the Yardbirds' version. Now we have both!

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[LuvLoogie]

15. Yup!

I often play them back to back

[ProfessorGAC]

17. I Actually Prefer...

...the version you posted. It's bigger sounding & they do the cool gear change in the middle.
Tighter, too.

[happybird]

12. A couple

[LuvLoogie]

13. Tull...

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[LuvLoogie]

16. Blackfoot...

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[Maninacan]

18. Downbound Train

Ken Colyer Jazz trumper. Chuck Berry also did it. I prefer the Colyer version

[happybird]

19. One more...

Thinking about train songs and the opening lines of this kept popping into my head. Had listening fatigue from years of overplay on classic rock radio but damn. It’s a stellar song. Glad to rediscover it.

[Tanuki]

20. Bob Dylan's Dream

[Cirsium]

21. A few more

The Rock Island Island
Lead Belly

The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Johnny Mercer

Wreck of the Old 97
Vernon Dalhart

Chattanooga Choo-Choo
The Nicholas Brothers and Dorothy Dandridge

Alabamy Bound
Layton and Johnstone

The Atlantic Coastal Line
Charley Pride

Take The 'A' Train
The Delta Rhythm Boys

This Train
The Staple Singers

Dixie Flyer Blues
Bessie Smith

Hobo's Lullaby
Woody Guthrie

Waitin' For A Train
Merle Haggard

Wabash Cannonball
Boxcar Willie

The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore

Lonesome Whistle
Hank Williams Sr.

[Tanuki]

28. Wonderful selections! Thanks, Cirsium! 🚂

[Wiz Imp]

22. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry

[Wiz Imp]

23. Last Train to Clarksville

[Prairie_Seagull]

24. Johnny Cash.

[Tanuki]

25. Rosanne Cash: My baby thinks he's a train

[ZDU]

27. Train in Vain

[sestina]

29. Rod Stewart - Downtown Train

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[sestina]

30. Ozark Mountain Daredevila - Chicken Train

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[sestina]

31. Tom Rush - Panama Limited

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[Wiz Imp]

32. Long Train Runnin' - The Doobie Brothers

[Wiz Imp]

33. Trains and Boats and Planes - Dionne Warwick

[Wiz Imp]

34. Morning Train (Nine To Five) - Sheena Easton

[Swede]

35. Spanish Train - Chris de Burgh

[sestina]

36. Soul Asylum - Runaway Train

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[Wiz Imp]

37. Dixie Flyer - Randy Newman

[Wiz Imp]

38. Marrakesh Express - Crosby, Stills & NAsh

[Figarosmom]

39. Train Kept A Rollin - The Yardbirds

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With Shapes of Things as a bonus

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Shit I just saw the Professor posted it ...

Here Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Metallica

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Here's 2 I don't see listed. LOVE AND PEACE, MAN...


Love Train - The OJays ( on Soul Train)

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And of course Peace Train - Cat Stevens

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Had Gladys but noticed it was posted already

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