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"Last of the Steam-Powered Trains" [nb 1] is a song by the English rock band the Kinks from their 1968 album The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society. Written and sung by Ray Davies , the song was recorded in October 1968 and was among the final tracks completed for the album.
Most powerful steam locomotive ever static tested. PRR S1: Pennsylvania Railroad: 6100 Altoona Works: 1939 Steam 6-4-4-6: 487 tonnes (537 short tons) 340 kilonewtons (76,403 lbf) 5,369 kilowatts (7,200 hp) Fast passenger steam locomotive; the magazine Popular Mechanics cites 1941 a speed of 133.4 mph (214.7 km/h) PRR S2: Pennsylvania Railroad: 6200
The train livery is painted chocolate with grey roofs and SL Hitoyoshi motifs and lettering in gold. In 2020, JR Kyushu repainted the SL Hitoyoshi black to replicate the Mugen Train from the anime film Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train for a limited run from Kumamoto Station to Hakata Station from 1 to 26 November.
Steam locomotives have been present in popular culture since the 19th century. Folk songs from that period including "I've Been Working on the Railroad" and the "Ballad of John Henry" are a mainstay of American music and culture. Many steam locomotive toys have been made, and railway modelling is a popular hobby.
DSB PR 908 with restored train. This is a list of locomotives and multiple unit classes of the DSB, the primary train operator in Denmark. Steam locomotive classes were usually designated by a single capital letter, whereas diesel locomotives and DMUs are named with two (occasionally, three) letters, the first being an M for "motor"; electric locomotives and EMUs are given two-letter ...
A train song is a song referencing passenger or freight railroads, often using a syncopated beat resembling the sound of train wheels over train tracks.Trains have been a theme in both traditional and popular music since the first half of the 19th century and over the years have appeared in nearly all musical genres, including folk, blues, country, rock, jazz, world, classical and avant-garde.
on YouTube on the Film Australia YouTube channel. Two excerpts at Film Australia's On the Rails site (select clip title) 3801 at Georges Plains, 4 July 1974 during filming of A Steam Train Passes, photo by Dennis Rittson; A Steam Train Passes at the National Film and Sound Archive; A Steam Train Passes at Oz Movies
Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by the American rock band Train, released on November 9, 2018, through Columbia Records. [1] It includes a cover of Wham!'s "Careless Whisper" featuring saxophonist Kenny G, [1] as well as the single "Call Me Sir" and tracks from all their studio albums.