Something for the weekend - Part 81- "The train now standing at platform 3...."

[davescm]

Hi

The train standing at platform 3 of Aviemore station, in the highlands of Scotland, runs on the Strathspey steam railway. Situated in the Cairngorms national park, Aviemore is popular with walkers and cyclists in the summer and snowsports enthusiasts in the winter.

For this weeks challenge, you have an empty station scene, what will you do with it?

Anything goes as long as it meets the forum rules on decency, copyright etc.

Anyone and everyone is welcome to have a go - whether you are a complete beginner or a Photoshop expert.

There are no prizes apart from the chance to practice, show off, or bring a bit of humour and fun. Don't be shy, join in and have a go!

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Have fun

Dave

[jane-e]

Hahaha, Dave, I am!  

I listened to all of your songs, but I'm pretty sure you answered before you had time to listen to any of mine.

But we didn't define terms, did we? Is a Train Song a song about trains? Or does it just have to have the word "train" in it? I'm willing to listen to your line of reasoning!

Cheers,

Jane

[Trevor.Dennis]

davescm  wrote

You're a harsh judge Jane

Dave

Blimey, ain't that the truth. 

One or two what I thought obvious train songs:

The runaway train came over the hill and she blew...

Chattanooga Choo Choo

Last Train to Clarksville

One from Dave's era

Last of the Steam Powered Trains by the Kinks

And one from my era

And some close

Railway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin

Train Wheels on Fire

Let's Do the Locomotive

Light My Boiler Fire by The Doors

Railway Bridge Over troubled Water

[Ussnorway]

I think railway to heaven is the Canadian tourist train with the glass top, yes?

[jane-e]

davescm   wrote

You're a harsh judge Jane

Trevor.Dennis  wrote

Blimey, ain't that the truth. 

Apologies to both of you — sincere ones!

And look! I've found a British train song: "The Beatles Train Song", in the midst of this clip:

Beatles complete "the train song" from A Hard Day's Night film - video dailymotion

~ Jane

[SJRiegel]

And then there's Arlo Guthrie's City of New Orleans

Arlo Guthrie City Of New Orleans.wmv - YouTube

[jane-e]

Yes, that from Arlo, and here are a few from Arlo's dad:

Train Blues

Train Blues - Woody Guthrie - YouTube

Railroad Blues

Railroad Blues - Woody Guthrie - YouTube

Little Black Train

Little Black Train - Woody Guthrie - YouTube

This Train is Bound for Glory

Bob Dylan - This Train Is Bound For Glory (1961) - YouTube

Farm Labor Train

Farmer Labor Train - Woody Guthrie - YouTube

Train 45

Train 45 - Woody Guthrie - YouTube

Hobo's Lullaby

Hobo's Lullaby - Woody Guthrie - YouTube

[Jacob Bugge]

Jane, Susan, others over there,

Here is an unmistakably British train song, maybe the first rap ever from 83 years ago, with highly relevant destinations, and (hints of) the well known chuffing:

"This is the night mail" - WH Auden - YouTube​

No mentioning of the pistons, though.

[davescm]

After an evening of listening to obscure music, the trains, like the songs, became just memories.......

Dave

[jane-e]

Nice, davescm​!

[Jacob Bugge]

Very nice indeed, Dave.

And obviously created on a tablet.

[Semaphoric]

As a Chicagoan, I have to point out that City of New Orleans is a Steve Goodman song.

And lest we forget, the classic Down by the Station. ​Does any other song have the word "Pufferbellies" int it?

And in the world of classical, there's Arthur Honegger's ​Pacific 231.

[Jacob Bugge]

Dave,

Jacob , are those animals hitching a ride or did they get caught up on the train's journey through nearby farmland?

I am afraid it is worse than it may look: they had heard the song of The Great Train Robbery, so they decided to form an international gang of wily waylayers: the winged, the woolly, and the wee ween wraiths, striking at the stop on the stretch most obvious, close to home and easy to hold.

[Semaphoric]

Jacob —

Reminiscent of the Bremen Town Musicians.

[Jacob Bugge]

Thank you very much for sharing, John, and right you are.

At least some of us learn something new this week.

[Semaphoric]

Americans of a certain age will remember these TV ads: 1950s Good N Plenty "Coo-Choo Charlie" Commercial - YouTube

[jane-e]

The tune for the G&P commercial is, of course, The Ballad of Casey Jones:

Casey Jones Pete Seeger - YouTube

[Semaphoric]

I like this Casey Jones better: Grateful Dead - Casey Jones - 10/13/80 - Warfield Theatre (OFFICIAL) - YouTube

[jane-e]

Semaphoric​ wrote:
I like this Casey Jones better

Casey Jones by the Dead and The Ballad of Casey Jones (traditional) are totally different songs and should never be confused with each other. I like both!

[DaveJCummings]

I'm loving all of the submissions so far.  If I have the opportunity, I'll throw something in there

[Jacob Bugge]

Dave,

Remember that the weekend runs from Friday to Friday, so you have three days still.

[jane-e]

From my nine-year-old granddaughter:

"Dr. Who is fixing the rainbow portal while Donna watches impatiently."

[davescm]

Hi

We've not seen a post from her for a while. Will the train appear in another part of the universe when the portal is working again?

Dave

[jane-e]

From the artist herself:

"Yes, it will!"

[Trevor.Dennis]

jane-e  wrote

From the artist herself:

"Yes, it will!"

I love their imagination Jane, but I really love how direct young children can be.  It's fascinating how their minds work.

Dave is right about the dark and scary Manga images.  Is that a severed head on the tracks?  I think I told you about the time a PJ budy of mine took a picture of a rodeo rider whose hat was in the air, and the angle was perfect for me to move the rider's head back into the hat and show the bloody stump of his neck.  I uploaded it the camera club FB group, and it somehow got to the rider's parents who went crazy.  What I had not realized from the picture was that this was a junior event, and the rider was just ten years old.     I had to delete thee post, and much to my regret, I didn't keep a copy.

[jane-e]

From my 12-year-old granddaughter:

"UwU"