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Thread #3441   Message #17195
Posted By: Dale Rose
06-Dec-97 - 12:34 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Wreck of the 1262/1256
Subject: RE: REQ: Wreck of the 1262
Well, so far I have not found it, though Dalhart DID record it. The closest I have come to it is The Wreck of the 1256. By my count that is about six short.

Train songs by Dalhart that I have located are The Lightning Express, In the Baggage Coach Ahead, The Runaway Train, The New River Train, Billy Richardson's Last Ride, The Wreck of the Number Nine, The Wreck of the Norfolk & Western Cannonball, Casey Jones, Got the Railroad Blues, The Wreck of the Royal Palm Express, and The Engineer's Dream. It is possible that I have it on an anthology that I passed over. (Easy for me to do)

Train songs by others that I located during my search include: Engineer Frank Hawk, The Engineer's Last Run, The Nine Pound Hammer, Southern Number 111, Double Headed Train, Casey Jones, Railroad Blues, C C & O Number 558, I'm Nine Hundred Miles From Home, The C & O Excursion, The Little Red Caboose Behind the Train, When The Train Comes Along, East Bound Train, Orange Blossom Special (the original version!), The Train's Done Left Me, Engine One Forty Three, Jerry Go Ile that Car, If I Die a Railroad Man, The Wreck of the Virginian, The Davis Limited, The Cannonball, The Longest Train, The Red and Green Signal Lights, Peanut Special, Crime of the D'Autremont Brothers, McAbee's Railroad Piece, Bill Mason, then I quit looking. Gene, it's your turn.