Railroads have often been the subject of popular songs, most notably Arlo Guthrie’s The City of New Orleans and Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Midnight Special. While those particular hits were written about actual railroads, many other songs have been given metaphorical train titles.

Bob Dylan, who won a Noble Award for his writing, once compared judgment day to the arrival of a slow train. Here are ten other songs that have names that use that old-fashioned romantic mode of transportation as a metaphor.

O Jays Love Train

Recording in the anti-war era of the post-Vietnam 1970s, the R&B hitmakers sang about a love-filled railroad car.

Cat Stevens Peace Train

The war was in the headlines when this folk rock hit took over the radio, offering a vision of a world without violence.

Elvis Costello ghost train

Maureen and Stan are a couple that nobody ever pays attention to, as if they were intangible spirits. The tune has a typical Costello pun, like “She gave a waitress a black eye, she doesn’t see any stars.”

Slow train at dawn by the

Matt Johnson used the concept to emphasize a long night he suffered, and it ended up being one of the highlights of his second album Infected.

Ghost train by Los Bongos

This title track comes from an album alternative rockers recorded in 1986, only to be put on hold for only about thirty years.

Woody Guthrie’s Little Black Train

Like it or not, the popular legend says here, this metaphor of death will come to everyone at some point.

Silver Rolling Stones Train

Here’s the railroad car depicting a prostitute the singer became involved with during the recording of Sticky Fingers, but the song didn’t appear until the Goatshead Soup album.

Ozzy Osborn’s Crazy Train

When the former Black Sabbath singer confesses that he is getting off the subject of the title, most fans had already taken up that idea years before.

Johnny Burnette’s Lonely Train

This country classic is told from the perspective of an obviously lonely man waiting for a director to bring him someone to love.

Bob Welch Mystery Train

“Ebony Eyes” and “Sentimental Lady” are the greatest hits from the French Kiss album, but this track describes a difficult woman to understand.