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01/06/2025 8:51 am
The Log Train
Hank Williams
“The Log Train" was written by American country music singer-songwriter Hank Williams in 1952 as a tribute to his father Lon's days as an engineer . Hank recorded it at KWKH studio in Shreveport on December 3, 1952, just weeks before his death.
Alabama logging railroads once featured dozens of operations from small, one mile (or less) lines to those that featured nearly two dozen miles of track. Most of these railroads began operating around the turn of the century and lasted just a few years. However, some like the Alabama Central Railroad, operated for nearly six decades, accumulating quite a network of track and offering minor passenger service.
HiramKing "Hank" Williams (September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953) was an American singer-songwriter. He is regarded as one of the most significant and influential American singers and songwriters of the 20th century. Williams recorded 55 singles that reached the top 10 of the Billboard Country & Western Best Sellers chart, five of which were released posthumously, and 12 of which reached No.1.
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Frank Reed
Chesapeake, VA
01/06/2025 4:36 pm
@frank I was remembering how much fun it was discovering and adding to your list when this song popped into my head; incredibly it's not on your list yet!
Then I looked at my music library and realized there are about 75 songs more to add! I will have to figure out how to do that in small doses. 
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01/06/2025 6:00 pm
@paul-rouffa it’s on my at home playlist, great tune, I’ll add it right now to the YouTube list. Thanks. 🚂👍
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Chesapeake, VA
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01/06/2025 6:05 pm
@paul-rouffa it was there already, I’d been adding as I go. Anymore suggestion just give me a list, I’ll find the video. There’s 329 songs on there now. 🥴🚂🎶
Frank Reed
Chesapeake, VA
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02/06/2025 1:07 pm
Careful what you wish for.
I wasn't sure if you needed more versions of "Mystery Train" or "It Takes a Lot to Laugh...", so I left them off. And there still may be some here that are already on your list...it's a long one!
Been on a Train - Laura Nyro
Blue Train - Maura O'Connell or Linda Ronstadt or Trio (Harris/Parton/Ronstadt)
Burnin' Train - Springsteen
Coal Train Robberies - Elvis Costello
Down There by the Train - Tom Waits or Johnny Cash
Downbound Train - Springsteen
Electric Trains - Squeeze
Evening Train - Van Morrison
The Lonesome Train - Leadbelly
Fast Train - Van Morrison
Fright Train (parody of Freight Train leading in to Don't Sit on my Jimmy Shands) - Richard Thompson
The Getaway (Lonesome Train) - Ray Davies
Ghost Train - Elvis Costello
Ghost Train - Rickie Lee Jones
Gone Dead Train - Randy Newman
I Love a Train - Jools Holland
Just Like This Train - Joni Mitchell
Last of the Steam-Powered Trains - The Kinks
Last Train - Mavis Staples
Leavin' Train - Springsteen
Let the Train Blow the Whistle - Johnny Cash
Midnight Train - Spencer Davis Group
Move Along Train - Mavis Staples & Levon Helm
New Train - John Prine
Night Train - Rickie Lee Jones
Night Train - Steve Winwood
On the Evening Train - Johnny Cash
Poverty Train - Laura Nyro
Slow Train - Dylan
STOPTHISTRAIN - Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL
Take the "A" Train - Duke Ellington
This Train - Sandy Denny or Jools Holland w/Ruby Turner (same song with different lyrics)
This Train - The Roches
Train Breakdown - Woody Guthrie
Train Don't Leave - Richard Thompson
Train Song - Tom Waits
Tucson Train - Springsteen (who knew he had so many train songs?)
Waiting for a Train - Johnny Cash
Woody and Dutch on the Slow Train to Peking - Rickie Lee Jones
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02/06/2025 7:02 pm
@paul-rouffa I added a bunch, skipped only a few, had a couple already. Check it out 🚂👍🎶
Frank Reed
Chesapeake, VA
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02/07/2025 10:05 pm
Model Railroad Museum “train song” of the month (July)
Freight Train Blues
Bob Dylan (1962)
Other notable versions:
Red Foley 1935
Roy Acuff 1947
"Freight Train Blues" was the last song Bob Dylan recorded to appear on his debut album, Bob Dylan(1962). The recording session took place at Columbia's studios in New York City on November 22, 1961. The album notes indicate that the song "was adapted from an old disk by Roy Acuff".
John Lair's 1930s composition is identified as the base for the song.
Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Considered by many as one of the greatest songwriters of all time.
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Chesapeake, VA
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