bottino
Lower Slower Delaware
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 | | 02/07/2008 5:51 PM |
| Bruce, you are finally getting this discussion over to my style. Bluegrass first. Get the CD by the Seldom Scene, "Old Train" , Besides the theme song, another cut "Pan American" is awesome. I think they also do "City of New Orleans" My favorite album.
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rusty spikes
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| | 02/10/2008 11:14 AM |
| Johnny Cash range Blossom Special,Folsum Prison Blues,Hey Porter,The Wreck Of The Old 97,Rock Island Line,Waiting For A Train,Casy Jones,The Legend Of John Henry's Hammer',I've Been Working On The Railroad,Wabash Cannonball | | | |
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stumpycc
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| | 02/10/2008 11:28 AM |
| Great songs guys, let's keep it going. I have made a couple of discc already, but I figure I will end up with quite a few. Then I wil put all the songs on one CD and creat a playlist from that. then we can choose at random which songs we want to play. We did thai at the last trrain show e did Feb.3rd, and it turned out great, I was running my Annie and playing the "Peticoat Junction " theme song and there was lady sitting on the floor with her husband and she was really enjoying it.
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I think the old Steamers are the best and coolest looking of ALL the trains!!!!
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Mike Rogers
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| | 02/10/2008 2:28 PM |
| Only one answer to this as we all love to run trains:
"Love Train" The O'Jays
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stumpycc
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| | 02/10/2008 4:56 PM |
| Posted By Mike Rogers on 02/10/2008 2:28 PM
Only one answer to this as we all love to run trains:
"Love Train" The O'Jays
You know, I have heard that on the radio quite a few times here lately, and it never dawned on me. Thanks for the suggestion. I guess I have begun to associate it with the "Silver Bullet Train" for Coors lite.
Thanks mike
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CapeCodSteam
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| | 02/27/2008 2:39 PM |
| Semper,
I agree with your comment about the music. It doesn't always have to be the words, it could by the tune and beat. For me, the best driving CD (not train related) is Pink Floyd Animals. I put that in the player... I gotta be careful. I've missed an exit more than once while gellin' in a mindless place.
Though music related, I mean what I'd love to run a loco to, or begin a run.
The title song from "Midnight Express" Soundtrack.
And the musical score when Jon Voit and Eric Roberts first spy the train coming out of the steam cloud in "Runaway Train"
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Greg Vocks
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| | 03/13/2008 11:45 AM |
| My favorite version of "Wabash Cannonball" is by Claire Lynch and the Front Porch String Band.
"Way Out There" by Sons of the Pioneers (Pete Seeger's version is good, too.)
Rhonda Vincent's "Kentucky Borderline" has already been mentioned, but is one of my favorites.
"Steel Rails"
"Bloodline" by Glen Campbell is rather obscure, but a GREAT train song.
"Choo-choo-cha-boogie/ Freight Train Boogie" by John Denver
For a fun take on this, check out this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P-sSaEiwIk | |
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stumpycc
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| | 04/10/2008 7:37 AM |
| | That was a cool video and the music was good too. A great instrumental. Sorry it has taken so long to respond, I have benn a little busy. I have discovered that when at a train show, it is very hard to hear the train music over the crowd and other trains running. So, I will just play the music thru the train at home. Thanks for the video link. Cliff | |
I think the old Steamers are the best and coolest looking of ALL the trains!!!!
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dawinter
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| | 04/10/2008 1:02 PM |
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The Orangeville Station by the Rankin Family is my favourate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOJqH8s9EO8
Wish I could find a better, more complete video but it tells the story of a station that is closed. No trains stop here any more.
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stumpycc
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| | 04/12/2008 9:24 AM |
| Posted By dawinter on 04/10/2008 1:02 PM
The Orangeville Station by the Rankin Family is my favourate. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOJqH8s9EO8
Wish I could find a better, more complete video but it tells the story of a station that is closed. No trains stop here any more.
Must be a few of them around.
That was a pretty good song. It has a great beat to it. Thanks Dave. I have also discovered that i can adjust the speed of the train to match the beat of a song. It gets a little frustraring butn it can be done.
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I think the old Steamers are the best and coolest looking of ALL the trains!!!!
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pete
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| | 04/13/2008 11:26 AM |
| I like the country and blue grass train songs but where can you find them. Wouldn't it hard to get a cd with just that type of music on it  | | | |
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stumpycc
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| | 04/13/2008 2:50 PM |
| Pete,
I don't think it would be. Almost all of the music that was originally on 8-track,cassette, and Album has been changed to digital format, by now. If you can find the song on the internet ( best place to look ), you should be able to download it and burn it to a CD. I use BearShare, A file sharing program and alot of the songs are free to download. I limit what files are shared on my computer, (music only ), and I use Zone Alrm as my virus protection.
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I think the old Steamers are the best and coolest looking of ALL the trains!!!!
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rusty spikes
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| | 04/27/2008 8:48 AM |
| | try Limewire if you don't mind a filesharing website. | | | |
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stumpycc
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| | 04/27/2008 9:24 AM |
| Posted By rusty spikes on 04/27/2008 8:48 AM
try Limewire if you don't mind a filesharing website.
Thanks Rusty, I use BareShare. I tried limewire a few years back on an old computer, when I had dial-up. I guess I could try it now that I have cable, it would probably work better.
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I think the old Steamers are the best and coolest looking of ALL the trains!!!!
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| | 04/27/2008 11:48 AM |
| | "Trains Up In The Sky" by Mylon LeFever and Broken Heart. | |
 "If Christianity was something we were making up, of course we could make it easier. But it is not. We cannot compete, in simplicity with people who are inventing religions. How could we? We are dealing with Fact. Of course anyone can be simple if he has no facts to bother about."-- C. S. Lewis | |
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