"KXUA 88.3":http://www.kxua.com/ is my local college radio station. It started in 1999. There's a history on "wikipedia":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KXUA. I like my station and I don't. There's some really great DJ's on the station but for the most part there's a lot of dredge on the air. It seems like lately what you might hear for the most part is really really slow metal (like a guitar...
So in the course of this morning's research I have been fortunate to find quite a few compilations of classic railroad songs. In fact, Rounder Records alone has put out four volumes of such songs. I also found this wonderful rendition of "Train 45" by The New Lost City Ramblers as I was browsing Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways, the disc I'll likely buy. But for the nonce, I ha...