Canadian Railway Songs
While listening to CBC Radio's Vinyl Cafe, listener, James Ray thought about the number of Canadian songs with a railway theme. He decided to compile a list of such songs and invites others to add to the list.
19Y On the Fly by Jim Downey
49 Tons by Fred Eaglesmith
A Canadian Hobo's Lullaby
Algoma Central #69
by Stompin' Tom Connors
Te Answer to Te Newfoundland
Express
B.C. Rail
Bad Day for Trains
by Patricia Conroy
Te Ballad of Volcanic Brown
Bill Miner's Jailbreak
Te Brakeman Boogie
Te Brakemen's Breakdown
C.P.R. Line
Canadian Pacifc by Ray Grif
Canadian Railroad Trilogy
by Gordon Lightfoot
Te Caribou
by Jim Downey
Te Champlain and St. Lawrence
Line
by Orval Prophet
Climb Aboard Tat Kettle Valley
Train
Coquihalla Slide
Dear Train
by Doug Parks
Delicate As a Flower
Didn't Hear the Train
by Barra MacNeils
Te Donnybrook in Midway
Dreams of the Hobo
by Glen Reid
Drill Ye Tarriers, Drill
Te E&N Won't Run Here Anymore
by Dave Baker
E&NA Track by "Stevedore Steve" Foote
Te Electric Railway Line
by Bruce Coughlin
End of the Line
by John Andrew Robertson
Fast Freight by Gordon Lightfoot
Five Two Twelve
by Bobber Gibbs
Te Flat Creek Wreck
Te Flyin' CPR
by Stompin' Tom Connors
Gandy Dancer's Ball
by Dave Baker
Ghosts of Myra Canyon
by Dave Baker
Gold Dust (Te Bill Miner Story)
by Patrick Smith
Goodbye Railway
by Jim Downey
Te Guysborough Train
by Stan Rogers
Harvest Train
Te Hobo's Blues by Wilf Carter
Hobo's Song to the Mounties
by Wilf Carter
Hockey Train
by Jim Downey
Hudson Bay Line
by John Leeder
I Loved Working on the Railroad
by Jim Downey
I'm Gonna Ride to Heaven on a
Streamlined Train
Iron Horse
by Stevedore Steve Foote
Kettle Valley Blues
Kettle Valley Line
by Ean Hay
Kettle Valley Memories
Kettle Valley Railroad
by Dave Baker
Kootenay Cannon Ball
by Mel Hynes
Last Train Before Christmas
by Jim Downey
Le Train du Nord
by Felix Leclerc
Little Town Lost
by Dave Baker
Log Train
by Stompin' Tom Connors
Log Train
by Stevedore Steve Foote
Maritime Express
by Eddie Legere
McCulloch's Ghost Train
Movin' In
by Stompin' Tom Connors
Myra's Majesty
Te Mysterious Jessica Wreck
Mystery Train
by Herman Parker, Jr.
Never Did Like Tat Train
by Murray McLaughlin
Newfoundland Cowboy
by Jim Downey
Night Train
by Oscar Peterson
Nobody Cares About the Railroad
Anymore
by Reid Jamieson
Norman's Ride
by Peter Deachman
One Way Track Prairie Oyster
Orangedale Whistle
by Jimmy Rankin
Our Island's Lament
by Jim Downey
P.E.I. Express
Te Padre
by Jim Downey
Passion Train
by Jim Downey
People of the Rupert Rocket
Politically Bartered Affair
by Jim Downey
Prairie Harvester's Song
Rail
by Reid Jamieson
Railroad Boy
Railway Tune
by James Keelaghan
Rattlesnake Rain
Restless
by Gordon Lightfoot
Ridin' on Tat Kettle Valley Train
Riding on the Railway
by David Newland
Te Rocket
by Fred Eaglesmith
Royal Hudson
by Dave Baker
Salvation Train
Section Men
by Jim Downey
Sixteen Miles
by Gordon Lightfoot
Te Stag Creek Wreck
Steam Above Trout Creek
Steel Rail Blues
by Gordon Lightfoot
Storm of '74 by Jim Downey
Talken' Freight
by Gordon Lightfoot
Te Fireman's Lament
Te Jitney Blues
Tirty Seven Sixteen
by Dave Baker
Train Trough A Northern Town
Train Wreck at Almonte
by Beattie John
McNab
Trainyards Washboard Hank
Te Trans Canadian Super Continental
by Fred Penner