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Table of Contents:

• Run from Keystone to North Fork, West Virginia
• Casey Jones (Johnny Cash)
• Rock Island line (Johnny Horton)
• The wreck of the Old '97 (Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs)
• I've been working on the railroad (Mitch Miller and the gang)
• Nine hundred miles (New Christy Minstrels)
• Switch engine in Roanoke station
• Merchandise time freight leaving Bedford, Virginia
• Bringin' in the Georgia mail (Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs)
• The legend of John Henry's hammer (Johnny Cash)
• Fire ball mail (Jim and Jesse)
• The Wabash Cannon Ball (the Carter family)
• Lonesome whistle (Stonewall Jackson)
• Fork, West Virginia.

Contributors:

Link, O. Winston (Ogle Winston), 1914-2001

Cash, Johnny , performer

Horton, Johnny , performer

Flatt, Lester , performer

Scruggs, Earl , performer

Miller, Mitch , performer

Jackson, Stonewall , performer

New Christy Minstrels , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Jim and Jesse , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Carter Family (Musical group) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Ford Porter Collection

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Included Works:

Casey Jones

Rock Island line

Wreck of the Old '97

I've been working on the railroad

Nine hundred miles

Bringin' in the Georgia mail

Legend of John Henry's hammer

Fire ball mail

Wabash Cannon Ball

Lonesome whistle

Related Works:

American heritage

Subjects:

Norfolk and Western Railway Company

Railroads — Songs and music

Folk songs, English — United States

Country music

Locomotive sounds

Railroad sounds

Railroads

Folk songs, English

United States

Genres:

Country music

Railroad sounds

Songs and music

Performers:

Performed by Johnny Cash, Mitch Miller, New Christy Minstrels, and others.

General Notes:

(C.2) From the collection of Steve Smolian.
Norfolk and Western steam locomotive sounds, recorded by O.W. Link, and songs, by various artists.
"Produced in association with Columbia Special Products and O. Winston Link Railway Productions."
Program notes on container.
Forms part of: Ford Porter Collection.
From the collection of Steve Smolian.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, stereo ; 12 in.

Physical Characteristics:

vinyl; 12 in.; 33 1/3 rpm

Audio Characteristics:

analog; 33 1/3 rpm; stereo

Call Numbers:

LPZ

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Columbia Special Products: P 12716

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

75750063

OCLC Numbers:

3818050