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. [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]