I have heard of these 2 songs. The wreck of the 1256, and Train No.1262.
Here are the lyrics.

WRECK OF THE 1256

On a cold and dark, cloudy ev'nin'
Just before the close of day
There came Harry Lyle and Dillard
And with Anderson they rode a way.

From Clifton Fort they started
And their spirits were runnin' high
And they stopped at Iron Gate and waited
'Til Old Number 9 went by.

Down the main line once more they started
Down the James River cold, dark and drear
And they gave no thought to the danger
Or the death that was waiting so near.

They were gay and they joked with each other
As they sped on their way side by side
And the old engine rocked as she travelled
Through the night on that last fatal ride.

In an instant the story was ended
On here side in that cold river bed
With poor Harry Lyle in the cabin
With a deep, fatal wound in his head.

Railroad men you should all take a warnin'
From the fate that befell this young man
Don't forget that the step is a short one
From this earth to that sweet, promised land.


TRAIN NO.1262

She'd just left the point at kittanning
The freight number 1262
And on down the mountains she traveled
So brave were the men in her crew.

The engineer pulled at the whistle
For the brakes wouldn't work when applied
And the brakeman climbed out on the car top
For he knew what that whistle had cried.

With all of the strength that God gave him
He tied in those brakes with a prayer
But the train went right on down that mountain
Her whistle still piercing the air.

He traveled at sixty an hour
Gaining speed every foot of the way
And then with a crash it was over
And there on the track the freight lay.

It's not the amount of the damage
Or the value of what the wreck cost
It's the sad scene they found in the cabin
Where the lives of two brave men were lost.

They found them at their post in the wreckage
Where they died when the engine had fell
The engineer still held the whistle
And the fireman still clung to the bell.

Now this story is told of a freight train
But it should be a warning to all
We need to be prepared every moment
For we can never tell when He'll call.

Wreck of the 1256 I heard by Curly Fox on the CD ''Train 45,''
and the song Train No.1262 I heard on the tape, Flatt & Scruggs
sing songs of Rivers and Rails.
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