Listen With Mother, 1950s, railway music

I don’t remember the programme but there’s an amazing piece of music by a South African artist Hugh Masakela called The Coal Train that has the huffing and the puffing and the screeching of brakes in it.Its a fantastic song and we were lucky to see him sing it in Edinburgh and have photos taken with him.A real highlight in my life as I love his music

Apologies for posting on a thread 9 years later but I’m an American doing research on British train music and was wondering if the piece could be Monday: Early morning train by Vivian Ellis

www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-icHBIuLoM

This was used for Thomas the Tank Engine but I don't know when it was written so could have been used on LWM

Does anyone remember Devils Gallop, which was the Dick Barton theme tune. Very exciting when you're little!

Coronation Scot is one of my all time favourites - I said to someone the other day that I wanted to go out to it at my funeral "The train now leaving platform 3 is the Coronation Scot"! I have it on a Children's Favourites CD along with Puffing Billy, which is GS's favourite, and The Runaway Train went Down the Track which my dad used to sing to me.

I'd forgotten all about that, feetle. I was very young in Paul Temple days so most of it went over my head but I did wonder why he had a wife called Steve until it was explained it was her pen name.

Coronation Scot was a much requested record on Children's Favourites.

@merlotgran - Coronation Scot was used as the sig tune for 'Paul Temple',
but it wasn't the first. Before it came something, I think Russian and ballet-ish. I thought 'Scheherezade', but I've been through it and couldn't find the piece!

Aha - thank you Google: It WAS from Sheherezade, the second part of the second movement (Rimsky-Korsakov)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=f03wesOMIOI

Percy Grainger wrote a piece about trains but it was for full orchestra.

stories !

Anyone remember the stries about the rather large lady who loved eating lots of cream buns? I so envied her!

There is a link to the introductory music of Listen with Mother in this article here

I can't listen because my speakers have stopped working. It probably doesn't tell you the name of the musice. but it might help.

I was wondering about The Flying Scotsman, too.

Wasn't the Paul Temple theme Coronation Scot, Michael?

Hilarious!! (if I could understand a flippin' word!)

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Just found this A popular piece of light orchestral music celebrating this train was composed by Vivian Ellis. This was used as the theme tune for the BBC Radio programme, Paul Temple.[3]

I can remember the piece of music in the OP and it's going round in my head but I can't think of the name. The Flying Scotsman comes to mind.

I also remember Larry the Lamb and his friend Dennis the Dachshund. I used to do an impersonation of them when I was about 8. There was a Mayor and an Inventor involved.

Does anyone remember a cat on the radio called Monty and his friend the dog whose name escapes me.?

You have me thoroughly intrigued now, jellybeanjean!

A beautiful piece of music, but sadly not the one I'm thinking of! Thanks anyway, Greyduster x

Do you remember "Larry the Lamb" on children's hour on the radio? I always thought he was quite annoying!!!

Not the Countryman, the Caipira!!!

Try a piece called "Little Train of the Countryman" by Villa Lobos.

Puffing Billy and Coronation Scot are the only ones I can think of, I'm afraid.