Songs about trains.

[sakura1969]

Wabash Cannonball

[glencairn]

Train A-Travelin' -- Bob Dylan
Steel Rail Blues -- Gordon Lightfoot
Slow Train to Nowhere --- John Mayall
Night Train to Memphis -- Roy Orbison (and many others)
Last Train to London --- E.L.O.
How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone --- The Supremes

Glencairn

[Lancastrian]

I have just come across this:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_train_songs

[PanzerJohn]

Last Train to Transcentral by the KLF... great model railway in the video.

[Joker56]

Travelling in style by Free

[DonB]

I'm surprised that no-one's mentioned these yet:

9 to 5 (Morning Train) - Sheena Easton
Ticket to Ride - The Beatles
Morningtown Ride - The Seekers
The Gambler - Kenny Rogers

The Day We Caught the Train - Ocean Colour Scene
Driver 8 - REM
Homeward Bound - Simon & Garfunkel
Under Your Thumb - Godley & Creme
Runaway Train - Soul Asylum
She'll be Comin' Round the Mountain - ?

One I "sing" when I'm working on my layout:
I've Been Working on the Railroad - ?

One from my DJ days:
Don't Stop the Train - Phyllis Nelson

[Lancastrian]

Bob Cort Skiffle Group - Six Five Special. also recorded my many others.

[ODRAILS]

All Aboard - Chuck Berry
Downbound Train - Chuck Berry
Let It Rock (aka Rocking On The Railroad) - Chuck Berry
I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow - Johnny Cash
Smokestack Lighning - Howlin Wolf
California Zephyr - Hank Williams
Streamline Train - Vipers Skiffle Group
6-5 Special - Bob Cort Skiffle Group
Orange Blossom Special - various / Johnny Cash
Night Train - James Brown
Rock Island Line - various /Lonnie Donegan
Freight Train - various / Chas McDevitt & Nancy Whiskey

[allan]

"Honky Tonk Train Blues" and "Chicago Flyer" - Mead Lux Lewis.

[Firefly16]

'Petticoat Junction' Theme song US 1960s sitcom.
'The Old Pull And Push' Theme song early 1960s TV children's serial filmed on now long gone Hawkhurst, Kent branch.

[PanzerJohn]

Folsom Prison Blues by Roy Clark
https://www.facebook.com/CountryDaily/v ... 043932029/

[Ken Shabby]

White Room by Cream
"You said no strings could secure you at the station
Platform ticket, restless diesels, goodbye windows
I walked into such a sad time at the station"

[PanzerJohn]

The Thomas the Tank Engine TV theme song.

[Firefly16]

'Model Railway' Yes, really. A short piece by Charles Williams I came across while looking for something else by this composer this afternoon.

[DonB]

Whist watching an 80s Top of the Pops earlier, I was (unfortunately) reminded of:

Ridin' On A Train - The Pasadenas