The Best Country Songs About Trains

They make George Strait “lonesome”, Johnny Cash has got “a thing” about them and Roseanne Cash’s baby even thinks he is one.

Ever since Jimmie Rodgers picked up a guitar on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad and became "The Singing Brakeman" in the 1920s, country singers have been writing and singing songs about their enduring love affair with locomotives.

Whether they’re hopping them, catching them, or just waiting for them, it seems like trains will always be chugging their way into the hearts of country songwriters. We’ve collected together enough songs to make Francis Bourgeois go all giddy in our playlist of The Best Country Songs About Trains. All aboard!

See the full tracklist for Holler's Best Country Songs About Trains Playlist below:

1. 1.

   I've Got A Thing About Trains

   Johnny Cash

2. 2.

   My Love Affair With Trains

   Merle Haggard

3. 3.

   I Been To Georgia On A Fast Train

   Billy Joe Shaver

4. 4.

   Freight Train

   Alan Jackson

5. 5.

   Desperados Waiting For A Train

   Guy Clark

6. 6.

   Runaway Train

   Little Big Town

7. 7.

   Long Black Train

   Josh Turner

8. 8.

   Railroad of Sin

   Sturgill Simpson

9. 9.

   Let The Train Blow The Whistle

   Johnny Cash

10. 10.

    Wabash Cannonball

    Roy Acuff

11. 11.

    Mystery Train

    Emmylou Harris

12. 12.

    Trains Make Me Lonesome

    George Strait

13. 13.

    City Of New Orleans

    Willie Nelson

14. 14.

    Waiting For A Train

    Jimmie Rodgers

15. 15.

    Hey Porter

    Johnny Cash

16. 16.

    Freight Train

    Aaron Watson

17. 17.

    Midnight Train To Memphis

    Chris Stapleton

18. 18.

    Robbin' Trains

    Justin Moore

19. 19.

    Train Leaves Here This Morning

    Eagles

20. 20.

    On The Evening Train

    Johnny Cash

21. 21.

    Two Trains

    Lowell George

22. 22.

    Fast Movin' Train

    Restless Heart

23. 23.

    Folsom Prison Blues

    Johnny Cash

24. 24.

    Night Train

    Jason Aldean

25. 25.

    The Midnight Special

    Creedence Clearwater Revival

26. 26.

    Engine Engine #9

    Roger Miller

27. 27.

    Rock Island Line

    Johnny Cash

28. 28.

    Railroads

    Holly Williams

29. 29.

    Raised by the Railroad

    Chris LeDoux

30. 30.

    Play A Train Song

    Robert Earl Keen

31. 31.

    Railroad Lady

    Willie Nelson

32. 32.

    Railroad Cars

    Boy Named Banjo

33. 33.

    I Heard That Lonesome Whistle

    Johnny Cash

34. 34.

    That Atlantic Coastal Line

    Charley Pride

35. 35.

    Train Yard

    Ray Wylie Hubbard

36. 36.

    Nowhere Train

    Carlene Carter

37. 37.

    Freight Train Boogie

    Willie Nelson

38. 38.

    Leaving Train

    Gillian Welch

39. 39.

    Train Travelin'

    Dierks Bentley

40. 40.

    Slow Train

    Tyler Booth

41. 41.

    Same Old Train

    Marty Stuart, Earl Scruggs, Merle Haggard, Patty Loveless, Joe Diffie, Alison Krauss, Pam Tillis, Ricky Skaggs, Emmylou Harris and Clint Black

42. 42.

    Blue Smoke

    Dolly Parton

43. 43.

    Life Rides The Train

    Porter Wagoner

44. 44.

    On The Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe

    John Denver

45. 45.

    The Train Never Stops

    Merle Haggard

46. 46.

    This Train

    Randy Travis

47. 47.

    Ghost Trains

    Hank Snow

48. 48.

    My Baby Thinks He's A Train

    Roseanne Cash

49. 49.

    Daddy Loved Trains

    Keith Whitley

50. 50.

    Come Along and Ride This Train

    Johnny Cash

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