{"id":1494,"date":"2024-05-02T18:14:55","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T18:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wynchar.com\/c24\/?p=1494"},"modified":"2024-05-02T18:14:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T18:14:55","slug":"and-the-rhythm-of-the-rails-is-all-they-feel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wynchar.com\/c24\/2024\/05\/02\/and-the-rhythm-of-the-rails-is-all-they-feel\/","title":{"rendered":"And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"2160\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 3840 \/ 2160;\" width=\"3840\" controls src=\"https:\/\/wynchar.com\/c24\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_3389.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We had a delightful train trip from Naves to Oviedo, 58 miles. It was on a train they call the \u201cFEVE\u201d, part of RENFE, the Spanish rail company. It has some aspects of metro that serves rural areas and towns all along the north coast in Spain. We have taken the FEVE before and just love it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The train goes mostly through forests and farmland, along rivers and streams, by high mountains and smaller hills, through tiny towns and larger towns, past people\u2019s back yards \u2014 basically everything we love about Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We love the gentle beat of the rails. It makes you feel relaxed. And all the greenery you pass adds to the mood. The trip was two hours and 40 minutes and we didn\u2019t look at our phones at all, it was too entertaining to watch the world go by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conductor did not \u201csing his songs again\u201d like in \u201cCity of New Orleans\u201d but he was very nice and helped us with the train switch in the middle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We passed lots of cows and horses in the fields and saw, again, lots of calves and colts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We went along a wide (30-40 feet) river with lots of canoes and kayaks and one big launching place with over a hundred people in wet suits getting ready to take off. I couldn\u2019t get any good shots from the train. You can see the canoes if you tap and photo and enlarge it. You can also see my hand reflected in the glass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wynchar.com\/c24\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_3386-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/wynchar.com\/c24\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_3386-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wynchar.com\/c24\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_3386-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wynchar.com\/c24\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_3386-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wynchar.com\/c24\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_3386-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wynchar.com\/c24\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_3386-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wynchar.com\/c24\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_3386-1-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wynchar.com\/c24\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/img_3386-1.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve Goodman \u201cCity of New Orleans\u201d: one of the best train songs ever, Arlo Guthrie has a killer version. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Arlo Guthrie - City of New Orleans\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TvMS_ykiLiQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Riding on the City of New Orleans<br>Illinois Central, Monday morning rail<br>15 cars and 15 restless riders<br>Three conductors, 25 sacks of mail<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All along the southbound odyssey<br>The train pulls out of Kankakeei<br>Rolls along past houses, farms, and fields<br>Passing trains that have no name<br>An&#8217; freight yards full of old black men<br>And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good morning, America, how are ya?<br>Said don&#8217;t you know me? I&#8217;m your native son<br>I&#8217;m the train they call the City of New Orleans<br>I&#8217;ll be gone 500 miles when the day is done<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dealing card games with the old men in the club car<br>Penny a point, ain&#8217;t no one keeping score<br>Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle<br>Feel the wheels rumbling &#8216;neath the floor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the sons of Pullman porters<br>And the sons of engineers<br>Ride their fathers&#8217; magic carpets made of steel<br>Mothers with their babes asleep<br>Are rockin&#8217; to the gentle beat<br>And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good morning, America, how are ya?<br>Said don&#8217;t you know me? I&#8217;m your native son<br>I&#8217;m the train they call the City of New Orleans<br>I&#8217;ll be gone 500 miles when the day is done<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nighttime on the City of New Orleans<br>Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee<br>Halfway home, we&#8217;ll be there by morning<br>Through the Mississippi darkness, rolling down to the sea<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But all the towns and people seem to fade into a bad dream<br>And the steel rail still ain&#8217;t heard the news<br>The conductor sings his songs again<br>The passengers will please refrain<br>This train got the disappearing railroad blues<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good night, America, how are you?<br>Said don&#8217;t you know me? I&#8217;m your native son<br>I&#8217;m the train they call the City of New Orleans<br>I&#8217;ll be gone 500 miles when the day is done<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a delightful train trip from Naves to Oviedo, 58 miles. It was on a train they call the \u201cFEVE\u201d, part of RENFE, the Spanish rail company. It has some aspects of metro that serves rural areas and towns all along the north coast in Spain. We have taken the FEVE before and just &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wynchar.com\/c24\/2024\/05\/02\/and-the-rhythm-of-the-rails-is-all-they-feel\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wynchar.com\/c24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wynchar.com\/c24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wynchar.com\/c24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wynchar.com\/c24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wynchar.com\/c24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1494"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wynchar.com\/c24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1505,"href":"https:\/\/wynchar.com\/c24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1494\/revisions\/1505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wynchar.com\/c24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wynchar.com\/c24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wynchar.com\/c24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}