Music Mondays and Train Tuesdays [combined this week] Thanks for making 2011 a record year for The Low-Tech Times. Looking back, my favorite acoustic music release for the year was the collaboration of Chris Thile and Michael Daves. And being an easterner, my top railfan event was Norfolk Southern’s return to steam at TVRM Railfest. [...]
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Here are a few pictures from the Christmas parade in Front Royal, Virginia held December 3, 2011. Tweet (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = “//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1″; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, “script”, “facebook-jssdk”));
Monday, December 19, 2011
Music Mondays and Train Tuesdays [combined this week] I’m continuing the “good music and trains go together” theme again this week. Some good train songs recorded by Ralph Stanley include: I Hear a Choo Choo Coming Ridin’ That Midnight Train (with Iris DeMent) I’ll Just Catch a Train and Ride (featuring Keith Whitley) He’s Coming [...]
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Tagged bluegrass train songs, he's coming to us dead, i hear a choo choo comin, i'll just catch a train and ride, iris dement, keith whitley, old time pickin, ralph stanley, riding on that midnight train, train 45, train songs
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Sunday, December 11, 2011
Music Mondays and Train Tuesdays [combined this week] Good music and trains go together. First, here’s a good cover of Hurt by Johnny Cash. It’s not a train song, but the music video for Hurt shows Johnny Cash riding in the cab of Southern 4501. Railroad songs by Johnny Cash include: Folsom Prison Blues I [...]
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Tagged 4501, down there by the train, folsom prison blues, hurt, johnny cash, johnny cash train songs, let the train blow the whistle, life is like a mountain railway, life's railway to heaven, orange blossom special, railroad songs, train songs, wreck of the old 97
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Train Tuesdays Previously reported luxury rail service slated to start next summer between DC and WV has been delayed due to federal regulations on the passenger cars. Evan Brandt of The Mercury reports: …The problem, Rowland said, is rules issued by the Federal Railroad Administration that require that the equipment and furnishings in the cars [...]
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