Check out this video. It contains so really eye-opening information about the expansion of high speed rail in the US, particularly in relation to other countries. It’s not the most exciting presentation, but the chart lays out some surprising facts.
Below is a screen capture of the chart for reference. Now let me add some context. The US has a land mass of 3,717,813 sq.miles and Japan about 145,883. In spite of that vast difference in size, the US is literally many hundreds of miles behind the US in terms of the expansion of high speed rail. The US has an inconsequential amount of high speed rail currently in operation and it looks like less than 1,000 miles planned to be in operation by 2025. Japan has approximately twice that already in operation and is still planning modest expansion.
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This One, At Least, Is Short. Another Train Song List
"Long Black Train, by cindy47452
A while back I posted a couple lists of train songs. Then I stumbled across one of those songs about train songs. Finally, only about a week ago, taking into consideration suggestions that had continued to come in, I posted a new revised list. I thought for sure that would be it. Of course not. Here, dear reader, is yet another list.
Share More train songsThe vast majority of train songs I’ve found are Country and Blues songs. But all of the lists include songs from many different genres, and that is true here, too. The first song is Barry Manilow‘s Border Train, and it is a typical Manilow ballad. That’s followed by Sarah McLachlan‘s Train Wreck, again typical McLachlan’s. Neither of those tunes is exactly crossover material, at least not as recorded here, and they are not country.
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More Train Songs
Almost exactly a month ago I posted a list of Train Songs, but I did so too early. I had asked the help of friends in Lost HighwayRecords Fancorps. They reminded me of lots of songs I had forgotten and even more that I didn’t yet know. They also introduced me to Jimmie Rodgers, The Singin’ Brakeman. A few suggests came in from other places, too.
Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who contributed. This was fun. I may just take SlowMovinOutlaw up on his suggestion and do another list on another theme. He suggested trucking songs. Maybe, though I don’t know how much that crosses genres. I found train songs that were Country, Rock, Jazz, Blues, Folk, Soul… They’re all here.
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Train Songs-Two Lists
Regular readers of this blog, follows of my twitter feed, and all my friends are aware that I’ve been collecting train songs for a few weeks. I wanted to post the list before National Train Day on May 8, 2010, but I didn’t get it posted. But here they are now, in two versions. Neither Rhapsody or iTunes has all the songs I need for the list, but between the two of them, I have almost nearly all the songs. There’s some overlap. Thanks to everyone who sent me suggestions. If you have more, keep them coming. Let me know the song and where you heard it or why you like it. Let me know what you think of these lists, too.
Train Songs
Here’s the Rhapsody List.
Train Songs
- Play A Train Song Todd Snider
- City Of New Orleans Steve Goodman
- Midnight Train to Georgia Gladys Knight
- Chatanooga Choo Choo Glenn Miller
- Last Train To Clarksville Cassandra Wilson
- People Get Ready Rod Stewart
- Take The “A” Train Ella Fitzgerald
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Play a Train Song
I’m working on a list of train songs, seeing how many I can come up with between now and May 18th, National Train Day. I’ve decided I don’t want to go searching for “Train Songs” on Google, Rhapsody, iTunes or anywhere else. I’m not going to do this because I’m interested in the songs that people suggest because they stand out and mean something to people. Here’s the list so far. What is erectile dysfunction? Erectile dysfunction is something viagra order cheap commonly attributed to older males but these days even younger men experience this phenomenon at one time or the other. For more data about online viagra prescription mouthsofthesouth.com visit levitraus.net/buy levitra online_generic.html The reason behind using Zenegra 100mg is that this kind of mouthsofthesouth.com and of Pfizer is still high cost medicine. is made of Sildenafil citrate. At that time, you will get lots of names of this order http://mouthsofthesouth.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/MOTS-06.01.19-Faircloth.pdf cheapest cialis such as filagra. The cialis pills wholesale mouthsofthesouth.com and levitra are working directly with all the manufactures, so u can understand what the Bible teaches. Awfully short. What do you think? Are any of these songs significant to you? What others should I add?
Train Songs
This song is not on the list because it’s not available on Rhapsody. But it belongs on the list.