Train songs

[heirflick]

love this song by charlie hope called - (wait for it) - 'train song' great bit of american railroad models aswell! turn up the volume and relax!

[Broithe]

[Broithe]

[heirflick]

[where is bala lake railway ? i presume wales but where exactly? lovely little engines and stock there!

[heirflick]

gareth put this one up on the old site - pure class!

Edited December 10, 2012 by heirflick

[Broithe]

where is bala lake railway ? i presume wales but where exactly? lovely little engines and stock there!

 

Here - https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=bala+lake&hl=en&ll=52.884855,-3.618973&spn=0.005419,0.009645&hnear=Bala+Lake&gl=uk&t=h&z=17&layer=c&cbll=52.884855,-3.618973&panoid=XLhRMhBQJRKsC-OzdAERrQ&cbp=12,299.8,,0,0 - a nice run alongside the lake, too..

[Garfield]

 

Pick of the bunch, Broithe!

 

 

 

Johnny Cash was known to sing a few songs about trains...

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabash_Railroad#Wabash_Cannon_Ball

 

 

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Blossom_Special_(passenger_train)

 

 

 

I'd put 'Fulsom Prison Blues' in there as well, only the train mentioned in that song isn't the main subject...

[Broithe]

Pick of the bunch, Broithe!

 

Indeed.

 

Got a week to spare next year? They're doing all the albums, in order, over an eight day period - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20606886 .

[Garfield]

Indeed.

 

Got a week to spare next year? They're doing all the albums, in order, over an eight day period - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20606886 .

 

Who do I have to kill to get tickets?

 

 

 

 

I'm serious...

[Broithe]

Who do I have to kill to get tickets?

 

 

 

 

I'm serious...

 

Set your alarm clock - http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/music-and-live-performance/kraftwerk-catalogue-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8

[heirflick]

Who do I have to kill to get tickets?

 

60 sterling for an 8 show concert? thats increadable!

[Broithe]

60 sterling for an 8 show concert? thats increadable!

 

Indeed, it is - because that's sixty quid a show, really...

 

They won't let you book for all eight anyway..

[josefstadt]

'The City of New Orleans' by Steve Goodman. This version by Willie Nelson, but numerous other artists also preformed it.

[minister_for_hardship]

[video=youtube;3VMSGrY-IlU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VMSGrY-IlU

 

Charlie on the MTA - Kingston Trio

 

Hal and the 'Gentlemen Callers' did a version in Malcolm In The Middle! Heard a sh*t-hot band from Carlow do a cover of it in Kilkenny one night, surprised to hear it on this side of the pond.

Edited December 10, 2012 by minister_for_hardship

[Broithe]

[minister_for_hardship]

[Broithe]

A whole 'performance' - including the famous poem..

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkLoDg7e_ns

[minister_for_hardship]

 

Putting the 'fun' into funicular.

[heirflick]

A whole 'performance' - including the famous poem..

 

first time to see a tpo working...even if it is on BR! top marks for an interesting clip!

[heirflick]

 

now you have me in tears with that one!

 

 

minister...if only i was down the pub when they were singing that ballad:cheers:

[Broithe]

now you have me in tears with that one!

A lot of the stations named were around me here - hardly even a mark left from some of them...

[Garfield]

Anyone remember 'Classic Trains' back in the '90s, narrated by John Peel? The thread triggered a memory of this song, which was featured in it...

 

[josefstadt]

[video=youtube;3VMSGrY-IlU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VMSGrY-IlU

 

Charlie on the MTA - Kingston Trio

 

Hal and the 'Gentlemen Callers' did a version in Malcolm In The Middle! Heard a sh*t-hot band from Carlow do a cover of it in Kilkenny one night, surprised to hear it on this side of the pond.

 

The modern day MTA, the MBTA, has a contactless smart card called the 'CharlieCard ' named after the hero of the song.