- Written by
- Carson Robison
- Language
- English
- ISWC
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T-070.280.927-5 ASCAP, ISWC
- Comments
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It tells the fictionalized story of a brave engineer who takes his train out on a stormy night after kissing his sweetheart goodbye, promising to marry her the next day, but he is killed in a head-on collision with another train. Unlike many songs in the "train wreck" subgenre, it is not based on a real incident.
Song starts "On a cold winter night...."
Robison wrote a very similar song The Wreck of the 1256 that Vernon Dalhart also first recorded.
There is another very similar themed train song called The Wreck of the C&O / Engine 143 - Published by
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UNIVERSAL MUSIC CORPORATION
ASCAP
UNIVERSAL ON BACKSTREET MUSIC INC GEMA
- Licensing
- Request a synchronization license
Versions
The Wreck of the Number Nine written by Carson Robison English
The Wreck of the Number Nine written by Carson Robison instrumental
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| i | The Wreck of Number Nine | Buck Ryan | 1980 |