When I worked as a conductor I had a crossing a couple of blocks from home. That whistle woke me up and I was bouncing off the walls in panic. As a railroader hearing a whistle when it’s not expected can be a very bad thing. I am now a composite mechanic and operations is a distant memory. I now can sleep right through any whistle no matter how close. It just isn’t my problem anymore.
@@fasteddie1033 It only took me two years to come to the same conclusion. I am still in the industry but in a completely different job. I now have complete control of my track and have scolded train crews for getting on blue flagged locomotives. Now they come straight to me.
My dorm is on a hill where there are train tracks further down below and every morning I hear the train whistle. Once woke up minutes before my alarm to the sound of a whistle at 4:24 am. Great way to wake up, it takes me back in time to an era I've never lived in.
Growing up in the mid fifties, living in a small Kansas town, I witnessed the demise of the steam engine. I was fortunate to ride a Santa Fe passenger train pulled by a steam locomotive for about 100 miles to Kansas City. In those days the rails were short, and when the trains wheels crossed each joint, they made a clickety clack sound that was very audible for quite a distance. The greatest sound though, was the lonely sound of a steam whistle from a distant train late at night. I also loved the sounds that the engine made, especially when they started moving. The diesel/electric engine is a far superior engine, but i'll always remember the old steam engine fondly.
What's the name of Boxcar Willie's album this track from it? That I know of I grew up listening of kinds of this country music I'm 43, and kinds of great artists of music ever.. For EVER L.O.V.E! of M.U.S.I.C!
Super Coverfoto von dem Hobo !! Nicht zu glauben, aber da hätte man gerne auch selber ein Hobo sein wollen,.......vielleicht alleine schon beim Anblick dieses Wagons.....Ha ha....!!!
Der Hobo, ich glaube Jimmie Rodgers und dann viele Jahre später Boxcar Willie haben dieses spezielle Genre mehr als andere in ihren Liedern beschrieben...und das Boxcar Anfang der 80er sogar in Europa so einen großen Erfolg hatte...das gibt es nicht wieder, dazu haben sich die Zeiten zu sehr geändert.....RIDE THIS TRAIN.....LG RALF
One of my father's favourite musicians. This is such a wonderful song full of hope and optimism. God bless you Boxcar Willie! ❤️
Great American music; I am glad I heard this type of song and music as a teenager. "Kentucky"
We sure miss you Travis ! Sound your horn big man 👨
You listen to this song and picture that Hobo riding that Iron horse in heaven
When I worked as a conductor I had a crossing a couple of blocks from home.
That whistle woke me up and I was bouncing off the walls in panic. As a railroader hearing a whistle when it’s not expected can be a very bad thing.
I am now a composite mechanic and operations is a distant memory. I now can sleep right through any whistle no matter how close.
It just isn’t my problem anymore.
Be glad you don't do it anymore. 27 years pounding the ballast. I had enough.
@@fasteddie1033
It only took me two years to come to the same conclusion.
I am still in the industry but in a completely different job. I now have complete control of my track and have scolded train crews for getting on blue flagged locomotives. Now they come straight to me.
He was the first concert I went to at the blue hen mall concert hall in Dover Delaware.
My first as well; Harrison county fair, Ohio. Circa 1984
My dorm is on a hill where there are train tracks further down below and every morning I hear the train whistle. Once woke up minutes before my alarm to the sound of a whistle at 4:24 am. Great way to wake up, it takes me back in time to an era I've never lived in.
Growing up in the mid fifties, living in a small Kansas town, I witnessed the demise of the steam engine. I was fortunate to ride a Santa Fe passenger train pulled by a steam locomotive for about 100 miles to Kansas City. In those days the rails were short, and when the trains wheels crossed each joint, they made a clickety clack sound that was very audible for quite a distance. The greatest sound though, was the lonely sound of a steam whistle from a distant train late at night. I also loved the sounds that the engine made, especially when they started moving. The diesel/electric engine is a far superior engine, but i'll always remember the old steam engine fondly.
@@glennkramer2922 thanks for sharing! I enjoyed reading about your experience
Ya didn’t miss much.alright music wise but we treated woman and minorities like crap.In a war we didn’t belong in.Etc.
In camp, Boxcar and crew sang to my old friend GLORIA. Her own song by firelight.🔥 She is a very special person in her own rite.👍
And to think he cycled everywhere - never boarded a train in his life.
Mašinka, která dobře jezdí a výborně houká, parádní country.😊
Loving it.. 😅
Love train songs!
I love he's songs
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Omg....I was just a six year old chocolate nugget when that song came out.😢
Love this it’s fucking perfect
Love this!
What's the name of Boxcar Willie's album this track from it? That I know of I grew up listening of kinds of this country music I'm 43, and kinds of great artists of music ever.. For EVER L.O.V.E! of M.U.S.I.C!
The name of the album is "My Daddy Was A Railroad Man". I put the wrong cover on.
Super Coverfoto von dem Hobo !! Nicht zu glauben, aber da hätte man gerne auch selber ein Hobo sein wollen,.......vielleicht alleine schon beim Anblick dieses Wagons.....Ha ha....!!!
Der Hobo, ich glaube Jimmie Rodgers und dann viele Jahre später Boxcar Willie haben dieses spezielle Genre mehr als andere in ihren Liedern beschrieben...und das Boxcar Anfang der 80er sogar in Europa so einen großen Erfolg hatte...das gibt es nicht wieder, dazu haben sich die Zeiten zu sehr geändert.....RIDE THIS TRAIN.....LG RALF
I love boxcar wheelie but my friend loves trains so he'll love boxcar wheelies songs about trains
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