Some of my favourite love songs also involve trains, so I am sharing some songs that mention the word “train.” I have ridden lots of trains in my life, and the experiences have brought back many wonderful memories for me, and one painful one. Once I got on the wrong train and I jumped off.
- A Railroad bum – Jim Reeves
- Blou Trein – Charles Jacobie (Afrikaans language)
- Blue train – John D. Loudermilk
- Engine Engine Number Nine – Roger Miller
- Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
- Freight Train – Peter, Paul and Mary
- Give my love to Rose “live” – Johnny Cash
- Golden Rocket – Hank Snow
- Green green grass of home – Tom Jones
- I’ve got a thing about trains – Johnny Cash
- I’ve got a thing about trains – Bobby Bare – extra verse
- I’ve got a thing about trains – Jack Clement (Composer of this song – he wrote lots of hit songs)
- I’ve been working on the railroad – Kids
- Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry and Julian Lennon
- Little toy trains – Charles Jacobie
- My love affair with trains – Merle Haggard – my favorite train love song
- Mystery Train – David Scott (Elvis actor)
- Mystery Train – Elvis Presley
- Orange blossom special – James Last and his orchestra
- Orange blossom special – Johnny Cash
- Route #1, Box 144 – Johnny Cash
- Train song medley – Boxcar Willie
- Waiting for a train – Charles Jacobie
- Waiting for a train – Jim Reeves
- Waiting for a train – Jimmy Rodgers
- Wayward wind – Frank Ifield
- Wayward wind – Patsy Cline
- Wreck of the Number 9 – Jim Reeves
- Yonder comes a sucker – Jim Reeves
- Train songs that have a spiritual flavor
- Join the Gospel Express – This song was written by Hugh Mitchell. I grew up in a church organization where the people wrote their own songs, and this was one of Hugh Mitchell’s compositions. He lived somewhere in the United Kingdom.
- Last train to heaven – Boxcar Willie
- Life is like a mountain’s railroad – Jerry Lee Lewis
- Life is like a mountain’s railroad – Jimmy Swaggart
- Life’s railway to heaven – Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys
- Life’s railway to heaven – Brad Paisley
- Life’s railway to heaven – Charley Daniels Band
- Life’s railway to heaven – Crow Hill
- Life’s railway to heaven – George Hamilton 1V
- Life’s railway to heaven – Jim Ed Brown
- Life’s railway to heaven – Johnny Cash
- Life’s railway to heaven – Oak Ridge Boys
- Life’s railway to heaven – Patsy Cline
- Railway to heaven – Boxcar Willie
- This train – Beartracks
- This train – Louis Armstrong
- This Train – Randy Travis
- This Train – Peter, Paul and Mary
- This Train – Roy, Johnny, Carl and Jerry
- This Train – Tennessee Ernie Ford
- This Train – The Seekers
- There are plenty more favourite love songs about trains, but I am just sharing the ones that I am used to hearing. Also, with some of these songs there are about 50 other singers who sing them too! I invite you to check out another website called: Country Gospel and Bible.
