FUN TRAIN SONGS
MORE RAILROAD MISC.
SAN DIEGO & ARIZONA RR 56:49
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id2y3eT5dC8
SKUNK TRAIN "THE TRAIN SINGER" 2:02
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_wSPBtEios
SNOWSTORM STRANDS DOZENS IN DONNAR PASS IN 1952 3:42
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG59X7bMDpA
SOUNDS OF SODOR AN ORIGINAL SONG 4:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdH85HSrVfY
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SALUDA GRADE TRAINING 21:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IABM8UPplY
SPECTACULAR 1913 TRAIN COLLISION 1:14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUc3wd4It8g
STEAM AND DIESEL ON THE GOOD OL' SANTA FE 3:08
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2rTjTrEQRI
STEAM LOCOMOTIVE - PRIDE OF AFRICA EMMYLOU HARRIS 3:37
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3XOg_mEL1Q&list=RDI3XOg_mEL1Q&start_radio=1
STEAM RACE-STEAM TRAINS- DAMPFOLK 24:08
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t5hraJTkn8
STEAM TRAINS AT SPEED 45:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mcDsY0TwcA
STORY OF THE SOUTHERN PS-4 & THE CRESCENT LIMITED 5:37
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xIFM1g6Mas
TAKE A RIDE - ROYAL GORGE SCENIC RAILWAY MINIATURE TRAIN RIDE 25:31
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUHEAkEkJgI
TELL ME ABOUT WOODY AGAIN GEORGE MANN 7:10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGuFR9Hv8yI
TENAHA TIMPSON BOBO BLAIR TEX RITTER 3:25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jur409DzINo
TIE HACKS 1:39
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ7Zf27Sdhk
TRAIN GONE WILD - LOCOMOTIVE CHASE (SILENT MOVIE AND A REALLY GOOD ONE) 9:31
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLr3ZgtHEuk
TRAIN OF LIFE SUSAN BOYLE 3:26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmtyvQw5ROk
TRAINS UNDER THE CHRISTMAS TREE: REMEMBERING ELECTRIC
TRAINS OF CHRISTMAS PAST 13:57
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSRcJCOQTGQ
TRANS-SIBERIAN BY PRIVATE TRAIN 35:22
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NtdmNVNosA
TRAVELS WITH JOHN A RARE RIDE ON THE CP KETTLEVALLEY 18:24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXiEQMyczFY
TROLLEY TALK WITH DON MCKAY PT1 (KENNETT TO HOCKESSIN, DE.) 43:29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ5IugWiajA
UNION STATION | MEMORIES OF DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE 7:34
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBWgti8iLvk
U.S. STEAM STREAMLINER MONTAGE 7:30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DslfYhk_Atk
VASTLY SCENIC FEATHER RIVER CANYON 4K AERIAL 31:02
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHvJZuGeZSc
VENICE SIMPLON ORIENT EXPRESS VIDEO GUIDE 7:39
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJQ_8hWH0Sk
WABASH CANNONBALL RONNIE WOLFGANG ROLOFF 3:16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blwkBIEkcMo&list=RDblwkBIEkcMo&start_radio=1
WHITE PASS & YUKON STEAM #73 WITH AERIAL VIDEOS 39:35
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffaiEhVZKAg
WILD RIDE GLACIER EXPRESS 2:24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bADR5QowGXc
WILMINGTON & WESTERN RAILROAD THE 302#20 (SEASON 2) 23:04
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zlmSXuS5Sk&t=12s
WILMINGTON & WESTERN RAILROAD TO HOCKESSIN 22:35
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBt84vJgXrA
WIND RIVER VALLEY WYOMING AMERICAS MOST DANGEROUS TRAIN ROUTE!! #JBO 30:24
WORLDS MOST EXTREME TRAINS 29:15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gfdMr5C744
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBk4nP5w3hg
WRECK OF CASEY JONES AND TOLD BY HIS FIREMAN SIMS WEBB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OMx2zlmYF0
YANKEE FLYER 2:53
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJbZI1_G5VA
4K PACING BIGBOY 4014 & 844 THROUGH WEBER CANYON 7:53
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqQdoISXDLE
82 hrs. ON AMTRAKS MOST SCENIC TRAIN 43:37
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA5QbK3C98Q
3801 A LEGEND IN STEAM (AUSTRALIA) 4:47
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJYi5LPQltc
ART WORK AND ARTISTS
AMAZING MODEL RAILROAD GIL BENNETTS NARROW GAUGE `4:08
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR-p2NRfT4c
ART BY DAVID ORAM on twitter; @artbydavidoram
ART DECO'S IMPACT ON THE RAILROADS 17:41
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW9g44fvjrM
ART OF RAILROAD PHOTOGRAPHY 2:19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og0wUkFUVVM
BEAUTIFUL MIND OF OTTO KUHLER 4:23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdc436LGKQg
BOX CARS MY HOME BOXCAR WILLIE AND WILLIE NELSON 3:44
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueJdwh8XIiU
COLLECTION INSPECTION; ART OF GRIF TELLER 2:16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4S6dMAtEsE
CHRISTMAS TRAIN DALE HANSEN 4:12
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFTRs1Kae_A
CHRISTMAS TRAIN PATRICK MICHAEL KARNAHAN 4:05
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCSI4t8qHUU
CUNEO PAINTER OF THE CENTURY CUNEO SOCIETY 7:32
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hUthHOZyKs&t=11s
DEAN HANSON RAROAD ARTIST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4Rs9YE_ue4
DONNER PASS BREAKDOWN KARNAHAN 3:14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbUByVnZkn4
ENYA - TRAINS AND WINTER RAINS 3:44
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuDDPF6vE6Y
FOR THE LOVE OF STEAM ENGINES ROBERT BOUSKILL 2:40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aOJFbSLoTs
HISTORY OBERT WEST PAINTING RAILROAD HISTORY 3:29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idtIplDEdFU
JIM MATUSKA ART 1:16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjBpXUTHSDw&list=PL91IF41lLg71qcFnFAowqCWWheZ_fA2yC
LIFE IS LIKE A MOUNTAIN RAILROAD PATSY CLINE AND WILLIE NELSON 2:58
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOkYH6sV9lw
LOGGING RAILROAD PAINTINGS KARNAHAN 3:17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxpHpnygwDE
NICKEL PLATE RAILROAD PAINTING 0:43
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rNIfamY2y8
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD TRIBUTE 2:31 (MANY GRIF TELLER PAINTINGS)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8KK2nvaAs4
RAILROAD ART (KETTLE VALLEY R.R. MUSEUM TALK) 2:57
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syizk7mT1Iw
RAILWAY ART BY STEVE WYSE ENGLAND, UK. MILKY WAY 3:20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTEcaou0gvg&list=RDpTEcaou0gvg&start_radio=1
RAILWAY ART OF JOE ROOT SIMON ZONEMBLICK 2:40
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CxV3Hz1m18&list=RD6CxV3Hz1m18&start_radio=1
RAILWAY ARTISTS GUILD OF 2025 EXHIBITION PREVIEW 8:24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiBCBq5TT7U
RALPH'S BANJO SPECIAL KRISTIN SCOTT BENSON 3:19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1ZqOTDbaOs&list=OLAK5uy_l0YF6E6sJcnx-QIB3hceWvBxlF4a5rZCI
RAYMOND AND THE PRR 5:17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDAUqJri76U
REDISCOVERING THE RAILROAD PHOTOGRAPHS OF ALFRED HART 5:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvSNaosgP2Y
SANTA FE BLUES LIGHTNIN HOPKINS 3:16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0Vbe3Pru2E
SIERRA RAILROAD THEME SONG 4:06
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOGY6s9qtlg
SHORTLINE RAILROAD PAINTINGS 3:57
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK62goCRCvg
STEAM LOCOMOTIVE PAINTINGS FROM NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM 4:27
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KiFXNiJ_LA
"STREAMLINED" STREAMLINE MODERNE 1930'S RAILROAD PROMO FILM 9:34
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWxOta5n1Iw
SUBWAY DIRECTIONS - RIDE THROUGH THE NIGHT SYDNEY CHAPLIN 4:29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMTy5htRdfA
TERENCE CUNEO RAILROAD ART 7:20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hUthHOZyKs
THROUGH THE LENSE OF J.J. YOUNG JR. 1:12:38
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ8Tm9Y9tjk
TRAIN ART BY HOWARD FOGG 4:27
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9Bo2K2dIe0
TRAIN TO UTAH 4:38
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHqWJNNhaZM
TROLLEYOLOGY: RAILROADS, AART AND AMERICAN LIFE 1:25:41
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lh05VOm3Xio
TWEETSIE GHOST TRAIN BLOWING ROCK NC USA 1:48
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkE3wS3aCHM&list=RDLkE3wS3aCHM&start_radio=1
WHEELS BY BILLY VAUGHN 2:16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wap13V9ZQcc
YOSEMITE VALLEY RAILROAD (SONG AND ART) 3:21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah75CFsacA8
YOSEMITE VALLEY RAILROAD REQUIEM 3:10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UvqPvoMsrQ
A STUDY OF THE MELODY OF THE "WABASH CANNONBALL"
May 13, 2026
I have been toying with this idea of just how many songs use the melody of the WAVASH CANNONBAL or an adaptation of that music. It is a rather interesting, “I didn’t know that” fact, and I thought it might fit well in your historical information. A little history is in this video by Carol Collins; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PCLaQNNhYw&list=RD8PCLaQNNhYw&start_radio=1 Some will be immediately recognisable with different arrangements and others will be a little harder to find the connection but they are here because other music scholars have mentioned them. Some songs are in different languages. I think a few are a real stretch but enjoy.
The very best and thanks for your continued interest in this project.
Sincerely, Bob Biehn (aka; Railroad Bob), train songs website wix.
ACTUAL OR SIMILAR ADAPTATIONS OF THE WABASH CANNONBALL
First, one of the origins artists
Wabash Cannonball Roy Acuff 2:34
1 - Grand Coulee Dam Woodie Guthrie 2:14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lu8UeLK9gk&list=RD1lu8UeLK9gk&start_radio=1
2 - Farmer labor Train Woodie Guthrie 2:51
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQWhnqtBpg0&list=RDQQWhnqtBpg0&start_radio=1
3 - The Great Rock Island Route Keith and Rusty McNeil 1:54
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5t2xMljNS0&list=RDw5t2xMljNS0&start_radio=1
4 - Uncle Sams Farm Douglas B. Green 3:31
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RPje0Kz7To&list=RD2RPje0Kz7To&start_radio=1
5 - Promised Land Chuck Berry 2:24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vJ3w5JcXSw&list=RD2vJ3w5JcXSw&start_radio=1
6 - Big Wheel Cannonball Dick Curless 2:37
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JZv_jF3r40&list=RD1JZv_jF3r40&start_radio=1
7 - Wabash Cannonball (German) Wolfgang Roloff 3:15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blwkBIEkcMo&list=RDblwkBIEkcMo&start_radio=1
8 - Wabash Cannonball Front Porch String Band 5:48
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeVQiz-eg-A&list=RDEeVQiz-eg-A&start_radio=1
9 - Night Train To Memphis Lisa McHugh 2:51
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KH-QvOUY-U&list=RD5KH-QvOUY-U&start_radio=1
10 - Fireball Mail Roy Acuff 2:31
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MpcGILLyJY&list=RD-MpcGILLyJY&start_radio=1
11 - Rattlin’ Cannonball Wilf Carter 2:18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr61Jb8H3bI&list=RDMr61Jb8H3bI&start_radio=1
12 - Oscars Cannonball The Goose Island Ramblers 3:23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqlBS_-SRR8&list=RDKqlBS_-SRR8&start_radio=1
13 - The German Cannonball Rudeyared/watchman 3:07
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWMxAHaNU88&list=RDSWMxAHaNU88&start_radio=1
14 - Fesaci Peter Novotny 2:46
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8dTCY82IN8&list=RDG8dTCY82IN8&start_radio=1
15 - 568/ Peter Rezek Ty jsi Ze Vsech nejlepsi Czech 2:38
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDSFE72Bqno&list=RDWDSFE72Bqno&start_radio=1
16 - Gospel Cannonball Marantha music 3:13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dyy7WqUU08w&list=RDDyy7WqUU08w&start_radio=1
17 - The Cardinal Cannonball Mickey Clark 4:04
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDTvlQTJVdg&list=RDnDTvlQTJVdg&start_radio=1
18 - The Waitress at Norway Hall Stan and Doug 1:47
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZVM3c8JnyE&list=RDIZVM3c8JnyE&start_radio=1
19 - Ralsbussen till Ostersund Bachman (Swedish) 2:34
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nQbJ5-EEac&list=RD8nQbJ5-EEac&start_radio=1
20 - Geister Nacht Express County Roads (German) 2:47
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF7jM36i-_M&list=RDcF7jM36i-_M&start_radio=1
21 - La Terre Promise J.L. Hallyday (French) 2:31
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T1--dDwJCs&list=RD9T1--dDwJCs&start_radio=1
22 - Tagresan Vizex (sweden) 2:34
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzmx8tX5TW4&list=RDtzmx8tX5TW4&start_radio=1
23 - Heavenly Cannonball Lee Moore 1:32
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKyQAHYODM0&list=RDmKyQAHYODM0&start_radio=1
24 - Pinball Wizard The Juggernaut Band 3:02
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX-562vzBLc&list=RDUX-562vzBLc&start_radio=11
25 - Wabash Cannonball Paul Eakins Mortier Belgian Band Organ 1:40
https://open.spotify.com/track/7bVL9wPhMg4o2HX6gKA4ds
26 - Bierkeller Boys Oompah Band Polka Brunch Sunday September 29, 2019 0:59
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAR5Ff7ozwg
27 - Wabash Cannonball Erling Landsverk Norwegian 1:37
https://open.spotify.com/track/2D38XRsgReCIWJgxMXKQ2p
28 - I’ve Been Working on the Wabash Cannonball (2-part choir) Arranged by Cristi Cary Miller 2:20
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pakYz-RZAMA&list=RDpakYz-RZAMA&start_radio=1
29 - Wabash Cannonball Danny Davis 2:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbmKhq7dHgI&list=RDXbmKhq7dHgI&start_radio=1
30 - Wabash cannonball The Ventures (Instrumental) 2:42
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeHuJ3hR9tI&list=RDxeHuJ3hR9tI&start_radio=1
31 - Wabash Cannonball Boots Randolph 2:31
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktB890Squpw&list=RDktB890Squpw&start_radio=1
There are more but this is enough for now as it is time to do my chores.
A side note the train, THE WABASH CANNONBALL provided by American-rails.com
The Wabash Cannon Ball was a fast, luxurious passenger express on the Wabash Railroad (later Norfolk & Western) that ran between Detroit and St. Louis from 1950 to 1971. Named after the popular folk song popularized by Roy Acuff in 1936, the train covered a 488.8-mile Midwest route with stops including Fort Wayne, Lafayette, and Decatur. Passengers enjoyed air-conditioned coaches, reclining seats, a diner-lounge, and an observation parlor. Despite the 1964 N&W merger and attempts to drop the name, public support kept the Cannon Ball running
INSTRUMENTALS
C&TS WINTER SPECIALS 1974 TO 1978 GOTHPAPA 17:41
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybqDMsoSCnk
ELIZABETHAN EXPRESS CLIFTON PARKER 5:29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O5SRdiWZG4&list=RD1O5SRdiWZG4&start_radio=1
EXPRESSBROWN LOCAL IAN FLECK 3:37
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jtbzq_phrc
GORDONS CONCERT SUITE FINAL REVISED EDITION H. HASTINGS 4:49
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eflu1iaMLQ8
MCABEE'S PIECE PALMER MCABEE 3:10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-HyMEvihro&list=RDj-HyMEvihro&start_radio=1
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD TRIBUTE, THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE EDITION 2:33
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv1o-Va_vNw
SLOW FREIGHT GLEN MILLER 3:10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrofdasZuXM&list=RDFrofdasZuXM&start_radio=1