train themed/inspired songs please..

as above… what you got? i’m stuck at the Thomas the Tank Engine theme song….

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Pat Metheny Last Train Home. Lots of big steam train in the vid too 🙂 My boy loves it.

Homeward Bound

Or many others from the man in black

Trans – Europe Express Kraftwerk
Mystery Train Billy Swan

Princess of the Night by Saxon

The Ballard of John Axon – Ewan McColl

Engine number nine by Wilson Pickett, it has a truly funky walking bass line.

Railroad man by the Eels, drum pattern sounds like a train.

Stop the train, early Bob Marley track.

National Express by the Divine Comedy.

Anything by Blyth Power.

National Express by the Divine Comedy.

Sheena Easton 9-5
Supertramp – Rudy

Wabash Cannonball by Woody Guthrie and others.
Folsom Prison Blues, Orange Blossom.Special by JR Cash

Not trains as such, but the railways…

Different Trains – Steve Reich

Ronnie Biggs was doing time til he done a bunk!

Rock Island line – Buddy Holly

Train In The Distance – Paul Simon

Crazy train – ozzy osbourne

Half man, half biscuit – Time flies by (when your the driver of a train)

Don’t forget to label your songs for those viewing on mobiles.
Thank you.

(obviously) Trans Europe Express – Kraftwerk

Last Train to Lhasa – Banco de Gaia

Train to Skaville – The Ethiopians

Love in Vain – Robert Johnson or Rolling Stones

of course this:

OCS – the day we caught the train
Gladys night – midnight train to Georgia
KLF – last train to transcentral.

John Fahey’s Railroad album.

The Farm – Groovy train
KLF – Last train to trancentral

and about half of the Blues ouevre from the mid twentieth century 🙂

The Cure: jumping someone else’s train.

Train in vain: The Clash

Mercury Rev: Hudson Line.

Features some lovely sax by Garth Hudson of The Band.

inspired stuf, guys thanks!

just stumbled across the “wedding website” from a cousin of mine who’s fella is a bit of a train nerd. they’ve a page for suggesting songs. problem is i am now running out of Thomas the Tank Engine characters.

If its for a wedding there has to be a joke about the Fat controller in there somewhere.

the Fat Controller has already suggested two sings….