Lyr Req: Train songs about Utah's Heber Creeper?

Subject: Train songs about Utah's Heber Creeper?
From: katlaughing
Date: 27 Jun 02 - 01:19 AM

Has anyone ever heard any songs about what was supposed to be the slowest train in the nation? They featured it on a PBS program, Trains of the American West, tonight, and it just seems there ought to be some songs. It is in Utah and has been featured in quite a few tv productions according to their website: please click.

For those not familiar with the name, Heber, it is pronounced with a "long e" as in Hee - burr. The old joke about it going to slow was that a young couple could get married on it, when they boarded it and by the time they reached the other end, they would have had their first child!

Thanks,

kat

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Train songs about Utah's Heber Creeper?
From: katlaughing
Date: 29 Jun 02 - 02:26 PM

refresh

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Train songs about Utah's Heber Creeper?
From: Haruo
Date: 29 Jun 02 - 05:50 PM

If there aren't any extant, this should be a song challenge item.

Liland

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Train songs about Utah's Heber Creeper?
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 01 Jul 02 - 09:08 PM

If anyone is inclined to write a song about the Heber Creeper, you could borrow some of the "slow train" jokes from these threads:

RE: Bloody Gore -- But Just For Laughs
Arkansas Traveler
ADD: More words to The Dummy Line
BS: Train Songs
BS: Railroad Nicknames

And here's THE DUMMY LINE in the DT.