Songlists: OLC, NLC, and both!

The *ed titles are linked, as you will notice. Click that link to compare how those songs have changed between shows. To the left is the OLC, and to the right the NLC. Remember, this page is about the two primary SOUNDTRACKS only.

OLC
Call me Rusty
A Lotta Locomotion
There's me
Belle the Sleeping Car
Rolling Stock (Reprise)
C.B.
He Whistled At Me (Reprise)
No Comeback
Only He
Only You

Both!
Overture*
Rolling Stock*
He Whistled At Me/He'll Whistle At Me*
Freight*
AC/DC
Pumping Iron
Poppa's Blues
Starlight Express
The Rap*
U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D.
Right Place, Right Time*
I Am The Starlight/Starlight Sequence
One Rock 'n' Roll Too Many*
Light At The End Of The Tunnel
and the various Races of course

NLC
Entry of National Trains
Coda of Freight
Crazy
Make Up My Heart
Next Time You Fall In Love
Starlight Express Mega Mix

Overture

Each Overture differs in matters of orchestration, but since they're instrumentals, I can't quite go in-depth.

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Rolling Stock

This song has only minor lyrical changes, what with line order and such.

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He Whistled At Me

Pearl:
Woo woo woo woo
Nobody can do it like a steam train
Woo woo woo woo
Nobody can do it like a steam train
I was waiting at the station
I was all anticipation
I was painted I was polished
I was shining like a star
And then he whistled at me woo woo
He looked in my direction
He whislted at me woo woo
This could be my connection
All because he whistled at me woo woo
He sure knew how to woo me
He whistled at me woo woo
They're gonna hitch him to me
I'd been out of circulation
I had lost my motivation
Neglected and dejected then he was on the line
In the atmosphere all steamy he said things
I thought were dreamy
He said I was good looking said I was divine
Then he started getting fresher
Started putting on the pressure
From the sounds that he was making
I could tell that he was mine
Because he whistled at me woo woo
I knew he had to choose me
He whislted at me woo woo
And now he'll never lose me
All because he whistled at me woo woo
Now every time you'll find him
He whistled at me woo woo
You'll find me right behind him
Woo woo woo woo
Nobody can do it like a steam train
Woo woo woo woo
Listen to the rhythm of a steam train
He whistled at me woo woo
He sure knew how to do it
He whislted at me woo woo
This time he really blew it
All because he whistled at me woo woo
He sure knew how to woo me
He whistled at me woo woo
Now they can't undo me
Mm I'm sure he whistled at me woo woo
Now every time you'll find him
He whislted at me woo woo
You'll find me right behind him
All because he whistled at me woo woo
He sure knew how to woo me
He whistled at me

Pearl & Coaches:
Whoo-whoo, whoo-whoo - nobody can do it like a steam train
Whoo-whoo, whoo-whoo - everybody's waiting for their dream train

Pearl:
I'll know him when I see him
For long before I see him
I will hear the far off signal
I will hear the distant call
And then he'll whistle at me,
He'll send a note and woo me.
He'll whistle at me,
I'm gonna hitch him to me.
Some day soon he'll whistle at me,
That's how I'll recognise him
And maybe I will whistle at him -
That should surprise him.

Don't give me insistent humming,
Horns and bells and distant drumming,
I want steam that's under pressure
As it rises to a scream,
Somebody whistle at me,
I'm all anticipation.
I need someone to whistle at me,
I'm waiting at the station.
Come on, someone whistle at me,
I'm longing to be near him.
I need someone to whistle at me -
I'll know him when I hear him.

He'll whistle at me.

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Freight

These songs are for the most part the same, but in the OLC, C.B. has a solo verse (the last one). As he was cut from the new version, this verse is cut from the song. In the NLC, the coaches tease the trucks between lines.

C.B.:
At the back on every piece of track
I'm right behind you
Can I be of help at all
Then simply call C.B.
All:
Hello C.B. Hello
C.B.:
The Red Caboose would like to be of use
To every truck and show the world that
All:
Freight is great!
(And so on and so forth)

(These lines are a prelude to the song)
Dinah:
Oh no!
Buffy:
Oh shucks!
Pearl:
It's the freight trains.
Ashley:
The dumb trucks!
Buffy:
Forty tones of empty chrome.
Dinah:
The lights are on
Ashley:
But nobody's home!
Buffy:
Let's show them who's boss.
Dinah:
Let's play a joke.
Pearl:
Yeah, let's have some fun.
Ashley:
Let's have a smoke!
Dinah:
Here they come...
Buffy:
To fill our station...
Pearl:
With witty, sparkling conversation!

(These comments are inserted between the trucks' lines)
That's brilliant!
Don't you wish you'd thought of that?
One more time!
Did you think of that all by yourself?
It's so profound!
Well I certainly learned something today!
You just listen to what the coach says!

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The Rap

Rockies:
Hey you - Who me? Yes you - Race you
Hey you - Who me? Yes you - Race you
Rusty's gonna race Rusty's gonna race Rusty's gonna
race Rusty's gonna race race in the final
Rusty's gonna race
Greaseball::
No he ain't No he ain't
Belle:
Who says?
Greaseball:
I say he ain't gonna race but
Belle:
Poppa won a place Poppa won a place
Poppa won a place Poppa won a place
a place in the final Poppa can't take it
He's half dead - chosen Rusty to go instead
Belle and Rockies (to Greaseball):
Hey you - Yes you - Rusty can race you
Hey you - Yes you - Rusty can race you
Dinah:
Yes let him race you
Greaseball:
Shut it Dinah
Dinah:
Let him race you in the final
Buffy:
Let him race what harm can it do?
Ashley:
You know he's no match for you
All:
Let him race
Greaseball:
No
Electra:
No No questions
won't even listen to your suggestion
Pearl and me will never be seen
racing against yesterday's machine
Components:
Electra won't share a circuit with him
needs water and coal and still needs a chimney
Electra & Components:
No style
Pearl:
No that's not fair
Whaddaya prove if he ain't there?
Belle:
Right
Buffy, Ashley:
Yes
Rockies:
That's right
Greaseball:
That's true
OK Pearl - I'm with you
Pearl:
Hey you - Yes you - Rusty can race you
C.B. (to Electra):
Hey you - Yes you - Rusty can race you
Must be a steamer Poppa was a steamer
Rusty is a steamer - he has a right
Rocky:
Who'll go with him? Can't take a heavy turuck
Dustin:
Look what happened
C.B.:
I'll go - I'm light
Electra:
No
Bobo:
No
Flat Top:
No
Dustin:
Why not?
Leaving out steam trains isn't fair
steam trains ought to have their share
Electra & Components:
No
Bobo:
No
Flat Top:
No I hate steam trains
don't look the same and have different smoke
eat strange things keep the rhythm going all night we 'ad some next door jus' a joke
Poppa:
Steam will be there
Steam will race you
Hey you, yes you
Rusty can race you
All:
Hey you, yes you
Rusty can race you
Electra:
No
Bobo:
No I was second I should have won
I'm incredibly fast no body bears me
Everybody beats him, where's the point
He'll only be last
Dinah:
He has a point there
All:
Shut it Dinah
ARGUE
Bobo:
Somebody listen to what I say
Electra:
Quiet
Yes CB.?
C.B.:
You ought to take on Rusty and me
if the French train runs then I'm not in it
could go wrong at the last minute
Trust me I'll sort it out
tell you later what it's all about
Greaseball:
Let him race against Pearl and me
if he wants he can have C.B.
you take Dinah
Tank:
That'd be good
Tank, Bell, & Dustin:
That's how it's gonna be understood?
Dinah:
I don't want to
All:
Shut it Dinah
Greaseball:
Electra all this fuss you've made
don't tell me you're a little bit afraid?
Electra:
Hey you
Rusty:
Who me?
Electra:
Yes you race you
All:
Hey you - Yes you Electra's gonna race you
Hey you - Yes you
Electra:
I'll erase you you'll be the last!
The future's duty to rub out the past
All:
Hey you - Yes you Hey you
Hey you - Yes you Hey you
Hey you - Yes you Rusty
Hey you - Yes you race you Race you

Rockies:
Lead to the left and box to the right
The Rockies in the house were here tonight
R. O. C. K. I. E. S.
Put your hands together, you know we're the best!
Motivatin'! (acceleratin'!)
Devastatin'! (galvinatin'!)

Boys:
Diesel. D-d-d-d Diesel.
E. L. E. C. Elec-Elec-Electricity
Electricity is not for free.
Electra & Components:
So don't mess with me (so don't mess with me)

Rocky I:
Are you ready?
Rocky II & Rocky III:
Ready, check it out, check it out.
Rocky I:
Are you ready?
Rocky II & Rocky III:
Ready, check it out, check it out.
Rocky I:
Are you ready?
All:
Ready!
Rockies:
Are you ready for the big one?
All:
Ready!
Rockies:
Are you ready for the big one, starting any minute?
We're in it
Rocky I:
You gotta be in it to win it!
Rockies:
Gotta be in the frame if you're gonna win the game
Are you ready for the big one?
All:
Ready!

Boys:
Check it out, Check it out.
Girls:
Can you believe this?

Components:
Hey, I make Electra the one they gotta beat. Gang:
Nah - Diesel's wicked!
Buffy & Ashley:
Yeah - Diesel's neat!
Poppa:
What about Rusty?
All:
You can't be serious.
Greaseball:
Hasn't got a chance against his superiors.

Rockies:
Check it out - boy.
All:
Are you ready for the big one, starting any minute?
We're in it - you gotta be in it to win it.
Gotta be in the frame if you're gonna win the game
Are you ready for the big one? Ready!
Are you ready for the big one? Ready!
Are you ready for the big one? Ready!

Rusty:
If I was the winner of tonight's big fight
Pearl would come back.
Dustin:
Yeah, that's right.
Flat-Top:
Well then, win it. That's all you gotta do.
Electra:
Hey Greaseball - I'm talking to you.
You still got that Dinah hanging on a lead?
A new set of wheels is what you need.

Rockies:
Check it out.
All:
Are you ready for the big one?
Engines:
Ready!
Rockies:
Check it out.
All:
Are you ready for the big one?
Engines:
Ready!

Rockies:
Check it out.
Boys:
Check it out.
Girls:
Can you believe this?
Boys:
Check it out, Check it out.
Girls:
Can you believe this?
Boys:
Check it out, Check it out.
Girls:
Can you believe this?
Boys:
Check it out, Check it out.
Girls:
Can you believe this?

Greaseball:
Any car here - any car you can see would be proud
Gang:
Yeah, proud.
Greaseball:
To ride with me.
Rusty:
But not Pearl.
Greaseball:
Oh, no? Pearl's like any other.
She knows I'm a fast movin' mother.
Pearl knows she's a winner. She won't risk
Racing with that floppy disk.

Electra & Components:
Check it out, check it out.
Can you believe this?
Greaseball & Components:
Check it out, check it out.
Can you believe this?

Dinah:
Greaseball, stop it!
Greaseball:
Shut it, Dinah.
Electra:
All my software is designer.
Greaseball:
Pearl, you know that he don't cut it.
Dinah:
Greaseball, stop it!
All:
Dinah - shut it!
Greaseball:
Pearl - come on - it's time to choose.
You wanna biol with the oil or lose with the fuse?

All:
Are you ready for the big one? Ready!
Are you ready for the big one starting any minute?
We're in it - you gotta be in it to win it.
Unless your name's in the frame you ain't in the game.
Ready for the big one? Ready!
Check it out, check it out.
Can you believe this?
Check it out, check it out.
Can you believe this?
Are you ready for the big one starting any minute?
We're in it - you gotta be in it to win it.
Unless your name's in the frame you ain't in the game.
Ready for the big one? Ready for the big one? READY!

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Right Place, Right Time

In the OLC, there is an extra verse (the third one) which is not featured in the NLC.

Never beat the system
Never beat the tap
Don't believe the liars
Don't believe the crap
Dice are always loaded
Every time you roll
Got a winner's body
Got a loser's soul
'Cause I wasn't in the right place at the right time
Didn't have the rhythm
Didn't have the rhyme
I wasn't in the right place at the right time

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One Rock 'n' Roll Too Many

This song went under minor lyrical changes between shows, and is sung by Greaseball and Electra in the NLC instead of Greaseball and C.B..

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Overture Each Overture differs in matters of orchestration, but since they're instrumentals, I can't quite go in-depth.
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Rolling Stock This song has only minor lyrical changes, what with line order and such.
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He Whistled At Me
Pearl: Woo woo woo woo Nobody can do it like a steam train Woo woo woo woo Nobody can do it like a steam train I was waiting at the station I was all anticipation I was painted I was polished I was shining like a star And then he whistled at me woo woo He looked in my direction He whislted at me woo woo This could be my connection All because he whistled at me woo woo He sure knew how to woo me He whistled at me woo woo They're gonna hitch him to me I'd been out of circulation I had lost my motivation Neglected and dejected then he was on the line In the atmosphere all steamy he said things I thought were dreamy He said I was good looking said I was divine Then he started getting fresher Started putting on the pressure From the sounds that he was making I could tell that he was mine Because he whistled at me woo woo I knew he had to choose me He whislted at me woo woo And now he'll never lose me All because he whistled at me woo woo Now every time you'll find him He whistled at me woo woo You'll find me right behind him Woo woo woo woo Nobody can do it like a steam train Woo woo woo woo Listen to the rhythm of a steam train He whistled at me woo woo He sure knew how to do it He whislted at me woo woo This time he really blew it All because he whistled at me woo woo He sure knew how to woo me He whistled at me woo woo Now they can't undo me Mm I'm sure he whistled at me woo woo Now every time you'll find him He whislted at me woo woo You'll find me right behind him All because he whistled at me woo woo He sure knew how to woo me He whistled at me	Pearl & Coaches: Whoo-whoo, whoo-whoo - nobody can do it like a steam train Whoo-whoo, whoo-whoo - everybody's waiting for their dream train Pearl: I'll know him when I see him For long before I see him I will hear the far off signal I will hear the distant call And then he'll whistle at me, He'll send a note and woo me. He'll whistle at me, I'm gonna hitch him to me. Some day soon he'll whistle at me, That's how I'll recognise him And maybe I will whistle at him - That should surprise him. Don't give me insistent humming, Horns and bells and distant drumming, I want steam that's under pressure As it rises to a scream, Somebody whistle at me, I'm all anticipation. I need someone to whistle at me, I'm waiting at the station. Come on, someone whistle at me, I'm longing to be near him. I need someone to whistle at me - I'll know him when I hear him. He'll whistle at me.
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Freight These songs are for the most part the same, but in the OLC, C.B. has a solo verse (the last one). As he was cut from the new version, this verse is cut from the song. In the NLC, the coaches tease the trucks between lines.
C.B.: At the back on every piece of track I'm right behind you Can I be of help at all Then simply call C.B. All: Hello C.B. Hello C.B.: The Red Caboose would like to be of use To every truck and show the world that All: Freight is great! (And so on and so forth)	(These lines are a prelude to the song) Dinah: Oh no! Buffy: Oh shucks! Pearl: It's the freight trains. Ashley: The dumb trucks! Buffy: Forty tones of empty chrome. Dinah: The lights are on Ashley: But nobody's home! Buffy: Let's show them who's boss. Dinah: Let's play a joke. Pearl: Yeah, let's have some fun. Ashley: Let's have a smoke! Dinah: Here they come... Buffy: To fill our station... Pearl: With witty, sparkling conversation! (These comments are inserted between the trucks' lines) That's brilliant! Don't you wish you'd thought of that? One more time! Did you think of that all by yourself? It's so profound! Well I certainly learned something today! You just listen to what the coach says!
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The Rap
Rockies: Hey you - Who me? Yes you - Race you Hey you - Who me? Yes you - Race you Rusty's gonna race Rusty's gonna race Rusty's gonna race Rusty's gonna race race in the final Rusty's gonna race Greaseball:: No he ain't No he ain't Belle: Who says? Greaseball: I say he ain't gonna race but Belle: Poppa won a place Poppa won a place Poppa won a place Poppa won a place a place in the final Poppa can't take it He's half dead - chosen Rusty to go instead Belle and Rockies (to Greaseball): Hey you - Yes you - Rusty can race you Hey you - Yes you - Rusty can race you Dinah: Yes let him race you Greaseball: Shut it Dinah Dinah: Let him race you in the final Buffy: Let him race what harm can it do? Ashley: You know he's no match for you All: Let him race Greaseball: No Electra: No No questions won't even listen to your suggestion Pearl and me will never be seen racing against yesterday's machine Components: Electra won't share a circuit with him needs water and coal and still needs a chimney Electra & Components: No style Pearl: No that's not fair Whaddaya prove if he ain't there? Belle: Right Buffy, Ashley: Yes Rockies: That's right Greaseball: That's true OK Pearl - I'm with you Pearl: Hey you - Yes you - Rusty can race you C.B. (to Electra): Hey you - Yes you - Rusty can race you Must be a steamer Poppa was a steamer Rusty is a steamer - he has a right Rocky: Who'll go with him? Can't take a heavy turuck Dustin: Look what happened C.B.: I'll go - I'm light Electra: No Bobo: No Flat Top: No Dustin: Why not? Leaving out steam trains isn't fair steam trains ought to have their share Electra & Components: No Bobo: No Flat Top: No I hate steam trains don't look the same and have different smoke eat strange things keep the rhythm going all night we 'ad some next door jus' a joke Poppa: Steam will be there Steam will race you Hey you, yes you Rusty can race you All: Hey you, yes you Rusty can race you Electra: No Bobo: No I was second I should have won I'm incredibly fast no body bears me Everybody beats him, where's the point He'll only be last Dinah: He has a point there All: Shut it Dinah ARGUE Bobo: Somebody listen to what I say Electra: Quiet Yes CB.? C.B.: You ought to take on Rusty and me if the French train runs then I'm not in it could go wrong at the last minute Trust me I'll sort it out tell you later what it's all about Greaseball: Let him race against Pearl and me if he wants he can have C.B. you take Dinah Tank: That'd be good Tank, Bell, & Dustin: That's how it's gonna be understood? Dinah: I don't want to All: Shut it Dinah Greaseball: Electra all this fuss you've made don't tell me you're a little bit afraid? Electra: Hey you Rusty: Who me? Electra: Yes you race you All: Hey you - Yes you Electra's gonna race you Hey you - Yes you Electra: I'll erase you you'll be the last! The future's duty to rub out the past All: Hey you - Yes you Hey you Hey you - Yes you Hey you Hey you - Yes you Rusty Hey you - Yes you race you Race you	Rockies: Lead to the left and box to the right The Rockies in the house were here tonight R. O. C. K. I. E. S. Put your hands together, you know we're the best! Motivatin'! (acceleratin'!) Devastatin'! (galvinatin'!) Boys: Diesel. D-d-d-d Diesel. E. L. E. C. Elec-Elec-Electricity Electricity is not for free. Electra & Components: So don't mess with me (so don't mess with me) Rocky I: Are you ready? Rocky II & Rocky III: Ready, check it out, check it out. Rocky I: Are you ready? Rocky II & Rocky III: Ready, check it out, check it out. Rocky I: Are you ready? All: Ready! Rockies: Are you ready for the big one? All: Ready! Rockies: Are you ready for the big one, starting any minute? We're in it Rocky I: You gotta be in it to win it! Rockies: Gotta be in the frame if you're gonna win the game Are you ready for the big one? All: Ready! Boys: Check it out, Check it out. Girls: Can you believe this? Components: Hey, I make Electra the one they gotta beat. Gang: Nah - Diesel's wicked! Buffy & Ashley: Yeah - Diesel's neat! Poppa: What about Rusty? All: You can't be serious. Greaseball: Hasn't got a chance against his superiors. Rockies: Check it out - boy. All: Are you ready for the big one, starting any minute? We're in it - you gotta be in it to win it. Gotta be in the frame if you're gonna win the game Are you ready for the big one? Ready! Are you ready for the big one? Ready! Are you ready for the big one? Ready! Rusty: If I was the winner of tonight's big fight Pearl would come back. Dustin: Yeah, that's right. Flat-Top: Well then, win it. That's all you gotta do. Electra: Hey Greaseball - I'm talking to you. You still got that Dinah hanging on a lead? A new set of wheels is what you need. Rockies: Check it out. All: Are you ready for the big one? Engines: Ready! Rockies: Check it out. All: Are you ready for the big one? Engines: Ready! Rockies: Check it out. Boys: Check it out. Girls: Can you believe this? Boys: Check it out, Check it out. Girls: Can you believe this? Boys: Check it out, Check it out. Girls: Can you believe this? Boys: Check it out, Check it out. Girls: Can you believe this? Greaseball: Any car here - any car you can see would be proud Gang: Yeah, proud. Greaseball: To ride with me. Rusty: But not Pearl. Greaseball: Oh, no? Pearl's like any other. She knows I'm a fast movin' mother. Pearl knows she's a winner. She won't risk Racing with that floppy disk. Electra & Components: Check it out, check it out. Can you believe this? Greaseball & Components: Check it out, check it out. Can you believe this? Dinah: Greaseball, stop it! Greaseball: Shut it, Dinah. Electra: All my software is designer. Greaseball: Pearl, you know that he don't cut it. Dinah: Greaseball, stop it! All: Dinah - shut it! Greaseball: Pearl - come on - it's time to choose. You wanna biol with the oil or lose with the fuse? All: Are you ready for the big one? Ready! Are you ready for the big one starting any minute? We're in it - you gotta be in it to win it. Unless your name's in the frame you ain't in the game. Ready for the big one? Ready! Check it out, check it out. Can you believe this? Check it out, check it out. Can you believe this? Are you ready for the big one starting any minute? We're in it - you gotta be in it to win it. Unless your name's in the frame you ain't in the game. Ready for the big one? Ready for the big one? READY!
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Right Place, Right Time In the OLC, there is an extra verse (the third one) which is not featured in the NLC. Never beat the system Never beat the tap Don't believe the liars Don't believe the crap Dice are always loaded Every time you roll Got a winner's body Got a loser's soul 'Cause I wasn't in the right place at the right time Didn't have the rhythm Didn't have the rhyme I wasn't in the right place at the right time
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One Rock 'n' Roll Too Many This song went under minor lyrical changes between shows, and is sung by Greaseball and Electra in the NLC instead of Greaseball and C.B..
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