# A Train Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 29, 2006, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-train-game/354741 "2006-04-29T14:51:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-train-game/354741/1 "2006-04-29T14:51:25Z")
In the [Good Morning America How Are Ya?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=369454) thread started by **Sgt Schwartz** , I commented that there ought to be a game where trains are involved. Let’s do one. Identify the songs or movies from these clues and then post your own clues to others: 1. Farley Granger and Ruth Roman 2. Cary Grant and Martin Landau 3. Frank Sinatra and Trevor Howard 4. …the midnight train is moaning low… 5. …Hear dat lonesome whistle blowin’ 'cross the trestle… 6. Albert Finney and Ingrid Bergman 7. …sixteen coaches long… 8. …Gotta keep on pushing mama… 9. …We’ll have time for coffee flavored kisses… ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-train-game/354741/2 "2006-04-29T17:17:00Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > 1. …Gotta keep on pushing mama… Long Train Running, by the Doobie Brothers. Er… 1. … please don’t miss this train at the station… ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-train-game/354741/3 "2006-04-29T18:08:22Z")
1. Strangers on a Train 2. North by Northwest 3. Von Ryan’s Express Here’s a clue: 1. Ernest Borgnine and Lee Marvin ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-train-game/354741/4 "2006-04-29T18:13:14Z")
1. Murder on the Orient Express ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-train-game/354741/5 "2006-04-29T18:16:25Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > 1. Farley Granger and Ruth Roman _Strangers on a Train_ > [@](#): > > 1. Cary Grant and Martin Landau _North by Northwest_ > [@](#): > > 1. Frank Sinatra and Trevor Howard _von Ryan’s Express_ > [@](#): > > 1. …the midnight train is moaning low… _Midnight Special_? > [@](#): > > 1. …Hear dat lonesome whistle blowin’ 'cross the trestle… _Orange Blossom Special_? > [@](#): > > 1. Albert Finney and Ingrid Bergman _Murder on the Orient Express_ > [@](#): > > 1. …sixteen coaches long… _900 Miles_ > [@](#): > > 1. …Gotta keep on pushing mama… _Long Train Runnin’ Late_ > [@](#): > > 1. …We’ll have time for coffee flavored kisses… I have no idea. I realize I’m a total Train Geek when I think of how many I could think of: 1. The Rembrandt letters. 2. Southern Pacific #4449 3. …shovel all the coal in… 4. A car gets launched into the air at a grade crossing. 5. “Lionel Joseph!” ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-train-game/354741/6 "2006-04-29T19:26:03Z")
> [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > 1. The Rembrandt letters. _Silver Streak_ > [@](#): > > 1. …shovel all the coal in… …gotta keep it rollin’. (Specifically, the _Chattanooga Choo Choo_.) ---
**Author:** ![Antonius\_Block](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Antonius\_Block](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antonius_Block)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-train-game/354741/7 "2006-04-29T19:59:09Z")
Some that haven’t yet been answered correctly AFAIK: 1. …the midnight train is moaning low… **I’m so Lonesome I Could Cry**. 2. …Hear dat lonesome whistle blowin’ 'cross the trestle… **Blues in the Night** 3. …We’ll have time for coffee flavored kisses… **Last Train to Clarksville** E\_K 11) Ernest Borgnine and Lee Marvin **Emperor of the North Pole** Here are mine: 16} So we went down to the Union Station and made our getaway. 17)All on board the train, All on board the train, All on board! _[these are just about the only lyrics in the entire song that don’t give it away immediately]_ ---
**Author:** ![Antonius\_Block](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/51bf81/32.png) [@Antonius\_Block](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antonius_Block)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-train-game/354741/8 "2006-04-29T20:03:41Z")
**Eonwe** ’s 10) … please don’t miss this train at the station… is **Love Train**. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-train-game/354741/9 "2006-04-29T20:20:55Z")
> [@](#): > > **Zeldar** : 8) …Gotta keep on pushing mama… Responses: > [@](#): > > **Eonwe** : Long Train Running, by the Doobie Brothers. > [@](#): > > **MonkeyMensch** : Long Train Runnin’ Late I suppose you are both right, but doesn’t **Throw Mama from the Train** seem like it _should_ have been the answer? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-train-game/354741/10 "2006-04-29T20:38:52Z")
> [@Antonius Block](#): > > 17)All on board the train, All on board the train, All on board! Marrakesh Express > [@](#): > > _these are just about the only lyrics in the entire song that don’t give it away immediately_ You thought _Animal carpet wall to wall, American ladies five-foot tall in blue._ would have been too easy? ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-train-game/354741/11 "2006-04-29T20:41:34Z")
> [@Antonius Block](#): > > 17)All on board the train, All on board the train, All on board! _[these are just about the only lyrics in the entire song that don’t give it away immediately]_ Don’t you know we’re riding on the **Marakesh Express**? ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-train-game/354741/12 "2006-04-29T20:42:44Z")
Dang, I see **Robot Arm** beat me to it, both in terms of time _and_ spelling. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-train-game/354741/13 "2006-04-29T23:35:50Z")
My #7 is _Mystery Train_ recorded by Elvis before he left Sun Records. The music and lyrics are by Junior Parker and Sam Philips. There’s some variation in the number of coaches depending on who else recorded the song over time. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-train-game/354741/14 "2006-04-29T23:47:48Z")
1. “…think you got enough dynamite there, …?” 2. Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier 3. Eric Roberts and Jon Voight 4. Charlton Heston and Betty Hutton 5. “…on the train that is passing through…” 6. “…to get to Sugar Hill way up in Harlem…” 7. Sean Connery and Donald Sutherland 8. Alec Guinness and William Holden ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2006, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-train-game/354741/15 "2006-04-30T01:04:05Z")
_19) The Defiant Ones 20) Runaway Train 21) The Greatest Show On Earth_ Here’s mine: 1. …Men on horses, Men with guns, but no sign of the law. We know what happened to the train, but what was the name of the engineer who had “40 years on the line?” 2. What band recorded a song that said," She’s more a roller coaster than the train I used to know?" 3. What was Shorty Medlocke’s destination, according to the song? I know these are hard. Good luck! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2006, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-train-game/354741/16 "2006-04-30T01:27:18Z")
1. **Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid** 2. **The Great Train Robbery** 3. **Bridge on the River Kwai** 4. Memphis Some new ones: 29)… Inside outside, leave me alone, inside outside, nowhere is home 30)… LA proved too much for the man 31)… So alone I keep the wolves at bay, And there’s only thing I can say 32)… Trouble ahead, trouble behind 33)… I bet there’s rich folks eatin’, In a fancy dining car ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2006, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-train-game/354741/17 "2006-04-30T04:43:00Z")
23- Take the “A” Train 27- Tons of Steel 29- 5:15 30- Midnight Train To Georgia 31- Train In Vain 32- Casey Jones 33- Folsom Prison some more 1. in the home of the brave, Jefferson turning over in his grave 2. illusion it is just the same conclusion 3. each time you pass you’re older than the last 4. it wasn’t what you thought, just some dreams that you bought 5. get your bags together ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2006, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-train-game/354741/18 "2006-04-30T04:48:51Z")
1. Now baby’s got that bottle filled up with lightning and rain… And 36 was **Old Train** by John Denver ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-train-game/354741/19 "2006-04-30T14:17:05Z")
1. Ghost Train - Marc Cohn And **Eonwe** is correct on 36 , although I didn’t know that John Denver had covered it also. I remembered it as a Herb Pederson song performed by the Seldom Scene and several other bluegrass groups. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-train-game/354741/20 "2006-04-30T14:37:35Z")
My #22 is from _Laura_, lyrics by Johnny Mercer who had a thing for trains. My others have all been guessed correctly. Scenes from movies that would fit many titles: 1. somebody runs along the top of the train, jumping from car to car 2. approaching a tunnel the person has to either hang off the side of the train or lie down on his/her belly to pass through the tunnel 3. the bad guys knock out the engineer and the guy who shovels the coal and have to wind up doing the stoking and driving themselves 4. in a near collision with the oncoming train there’s a sidetrack they take just in time to avoid the wreck 5. there’s a fight on top of the train or on a flatcar or on the landing on the back of the caboose and they beat each other pretty much senseless until they approach a trestle or a bridge at which point the good guy knocks the bad guy off the train so he can plummet to his death below 6. somebody blows up the bridge or trestle and the whole train tumbles off into a ravine or river (already alluded to in _Bridge on the River Kwai_) 7. people who barely know each other wind up sharing a berth in a Pullman 8. somebody asleep in a Pullman berh gets folded up into the wall If you feel like putting in some titles that fit these stock sequences, be my guest. Either that or add some cliches of your own.