Rock Songs about Trains - How many can you think of?

[Newportnobby]

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AFAIK, New Delhi is in India, while Jesse James was an American who never went beyond the shores of the USA, so make of the words as you will.  Perhaps Terry Allen (the composer) was 'geographically challenged...?'

There is more than one 'New Delhi' in the USA so the reference was probably one of those.
Checking 'New Delhi US' will give a couple of Wickedpedia notes.

[Richard @ N'Tastic Scale Models]

The last train to Trancentral By KLF

Kasabians Underdog includes lyrics about being on a train.

[bridgiesimon]

a couple more -
Locomotive Breath by Jethro Tull
Train Train by Blackfoot
Train in Vain by The Clash
Blue Train by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant
Slow Train Coming by Bob Dylan

Best wishes
Simon

[Trainfish]

Not sure if it has been mentioned or if it qualifies but David Gilmour's Rattle that Lock has the SNCF station announcement sound in it several times 

[Jerry Howlett]

Slightly depressing but 10 cc's under your thumb is about a stationary train. Not a newspaper train cause that would be a stationery train......

Already mentioned Jethro Tull Locomotive breath fantastic memories...

Jerry

[EtchedPixels]

Don't forget "Big Big Train" either

[Komata]

Three more

Last Train to San Fernando (Johnny Duncan).

What am I doin' hangin' round? (The Monkees).

Steam Engine (The Monkees).

[EtchedPixels]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_train_songs

has billions...!

[ijmsmith]

[smg id=33658 type=preview align=center caption="Howzabout 'Train Train' by the Count Bishops?"]

[ijmsmith]

To go back to the original posting, Motorhead also used to cover 'Train Kept a-Rollin' in their early days. I have a flex-single somewhere which was given away with a music publication at that time (about 1977-78)

[Webbo]

"Silverton" is my one of my favourites by C.W. McCall with a great little video to with it.

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Bob Dylan has "Duquesne Whistle" in which a train noise is frequently referenced.

Webbo

[OwL]

Surprised that nobody has got the Guns'N'Roses 'Night Train'


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCdgDG4s1Y4

[marco neri]

A passage to Bangkok - RUSH

[D1042 Western Princess]

Hardly a rock song but Flanders and Swann made a record of the Beeching cuts and many of the branch lines he lopped off.
It's called "The Slow Train" and is on You Tube along with many pictures of our lost past.
Attempts to paste the link here have failed, but it is worth a listen for those interested in the era.

[Agrippa]

Not a rock song but "The City of New Orleans " by Willie Nelson is
about the best train song and it's all about the train itself.