RAILROAD SONGS

RAILROAD SONGS The railroad played a key role in opening up rural America to outside influences between the mid-nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth century. It, and the workers who manned the trains, also became the subject of many country songs. In the early days of railroading, when timetables were at best approximations and time zones were not clearly established, accidents caused by two trains being on the same track at the same time (and heading in opposite…