From the Vault: Train Kept a Rollin’

Released from the Ear Candy Update vault, a show originally released Sept. 12, 2010. “Some men are searching for the Holy Grain, but there ain’t nothing sweeter than ridin’ the rail.” - Tom Waits Passenger trains the most idyllic and fanciful names in the American lexicon. A run down of my favorites: The American Royal Zephyr from Chicago to Kansas City The Choctaw Rocket from Memphis to Amarillo The Flying Yankee from Bangor to Boston The Gulf Coast Rebel from St. Louis to Mobile The Knickerbocker from New York to Boston The Midnight Special from Chicago to St. Louis The Motor City Special from Detroit to Chicago The Orange Blossom Special (Yes, of Johnny Cash fame) from New York to Miami The Southwest Chief – from L.A. to Chicago The Twin Star Rocket – from Minneapolis to Houston The Wabash Cannonball – from Detroit to St. Louis So now, as I type this, I have an image in my head of rocketing down the rails, huge steam locomotive grinding through the Rockies, blistering up and down the eastern seaboard, plowing through the big Midwest. This is America and I’m going to see every inch.