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jwb Wrote:A cigarette break on Train 59, the City of New Orleans, at Greenwood, MS
This had 3 coaches, a sightseer lounge, a diner, and two sleepers, and was pulled by a single P42. The northbound Train 58 that day did have two units, although one was a P32BWH.
Who was it that sang the song "The City of New Orleans"..??
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Steamtrains Wrote:Who was it that sang the song "The City of New Orleans"..??
Gus; That would be Arlo Guthrie who did that song back in the 70s and then later Willie Nelson did his own (bad) version of the song. Hey Willie - put down the weed and leave well enough alone!
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FCIN Wrote:Steamtrains Wrote:Who was it that sang the song "The City of New Orleans"..??
Gus; That would be Arlo Guthrie who did that song back in the 70s and then later Willie Nelson did his own (bad) version of the song. Hey Willie - put down the weed and leave well enough alone!
Thanks for the info...I think I've heard the Willie Nelson version...Gonna look for the A.G. one.
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youtube version: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvMS_ykiLiQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvMS_ykiLiQ</a><!-- m -->
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Are we O/T yet?
I remember a comment that Amtrak showed beautiful timing by cancelling the train either two weeks before or after the song became a hit.
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Ralph...Thanks for the link. I think I like this version better..
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So, my wife says, "Wanna see what knowing you all these years made me do?"
She took this with her phone while passing near New Brighton Yard. She hadn't seen BC Rail there before...neither had I!
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So another railfan is born.....
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You're a lucky man Ralph.I caught the same locomotive last week as it passed through my hometown
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One of the BC unit similar to them was doing switching for a short while earlier this year in Limoilou. There was something "exotic" in spotting it about 3000 km from "home"!
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Hey look at that!
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Shoving the cut down the street became much more safe since the Bluford shipments arrived on the other side of the pond.
Job done, pulling back
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