Railway music

[Agrippa]

There's also "Last train to San Fernando", parodied by Billy Connolly as "Last train to Glasgow Central"
with the line "Ah wis hidin' in the lavvy when the ticket man came ...".

[cwh]

Interesting topic - let m e add a few to the list:
Leaving Nancy - Dubliners or Fureys
Hans Christin Lumbye - Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop
I also have a CD called 'Lomotiv Music(a musical train ride) which includes amongst others
Railway Delight Waltz by J Strauss Jnr
Locomotive Galop by Philip Fahrbach
Railway Steam Galop by J Gungl
Pleasure Train Polka by E Strauss
Just a few and I'm sure there are a few others
CVlive Hughes

[scotsoft]

Albert Hammond - I'm a train
Orange Blossom Special

[Sprintex]

The original Bonkers album (happy hardcore):-

"Thumper" by Hixxy

closely followed by

"Steam Train" by Hopscotch & Dougal




Paul

[Newportnobby]

A classic from 'Hard Days Night' filmed on a train.....


The Beatles - I Should Have Known Better Lyrics

[Komata]

A tune which may not be familiar to the membership is the Earnslaw Steam Theme by Ron Goodwin.

The T.S. S. Earnslaw is a  coal-fired passenger steamer ship that was built in 1912, and still operates commercially on Lake Wakatipu (Wha-car-tip-ooh) in New Zealand's South Island. She is now the only such vessel in the Southern Hemisphere  With Queenstown as her home port, some of the membership may have travelled on her.

The connection with railways is that  the Earnslaw was built for and operated by the NZ Government Railways Department for most of her life. 

The following is a 1970's-era clip off Youtube (hence the poor colour). 

Hope that you enjoy it.


T.S.S. Earnslaw Theme

[Jools]

Funnily enough, Bernard Docherty on Planet Rock yesterday did a listomainia - hour or so of connected tracks, yesterday's theme being trains & railways!

Listen again here for the next few days.. 

[Newportnobby]

Funnily enough, Bernard Docherty on Planet Rock yesterday did a listomainia - hour or so of connected tracks, yesterday's theme being trains & railways!

Listen again here for the next few days..

Connected tracks being the operative words, I guess

[Jools]

Funnily enough, Bernard Docherty on Planet Rock yesterday did a listomainia - hour or so of connected tracks, yesterday's theme being trains & railways!

Listen again here for the next few days..

Connected tracks being the operative words, I guess

Bugger, missed my own pun! 

[Komata]

Jools

I know it isn't railway-related, but pun-wise you also overlooked Franz (List) (although I doubt he would be railey very concerned concerned...)

Thought you should know...

[cycletrak9]

On the classical side there is "Pacific 231" by Honneger

[Dock Shunter]

One of my faves......

Railroad Man - The Eels........(listen to the lyrics...........wonderful)


Eels - Railroad Man

Also The Festival Express......


Festival Express - movie

[GroupC]

"Night Mail" by Public Service Broadcasting trumps everything else. Check it out on Youtube - classic footage, classic poem given a modern revival.


PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING - NIGHT MAIL

I bet no other song has ever mentioned "Beattock".

[GroupC]

Not forgetting Kraftwerk's Trans Europe Express...


Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express (live) [HD]

And anything by 1990's Manc guitar band The Railway Children,

[Sipat]

Wasn't there also a song about 3801?

Edited - Here it is.


http://youtu.be/YRQg_IxNmGg