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Very much in the Flanders and Swann Slow train mode, this is included in the stage playscript version of the Titfield thunderbolt.

The Ferroequinologist's Lament

At Adlestrop and Ampleforth,
Leaves lie on the line
At Cockermouth, for Buttermere,
At Luton Hoo and Swine,
The train is late at Bassenthwaite,
At Oyne and Auchmacoy,
Holmfirth and Hay on Wye,
Haydock, Ide, Knock and Hoy.

Oswestry, Usk, Mangotsfield,
Blyth, Bottisham and Lode.
Now no trains go from Edwinstowe
Or from Clackmannan Road.
At Ullesthorpe and Lutterworth,
Pant, Parsley, Hay and Brock
At Thornton for Clevelys,
No-one waits, and no-one winds the clock.

From Billingb'rough and Horbling.
Claypole and Commondyke,
From Daisy Bank and Bradley
And Irlams 'o th' Height.
From Eclefechan, Limpley Stoke,
From Box and Bamfurlong,
Audenshaw, Burra Tor,
Banff, Bovey, Birkenshaw and Tong.

From Brampford Speke and Bluntisham,
From Gresford Halt (for Llay),
From Diggle, Delph and Saddleworth,
From Nigg and Gaminglay,

From Campsie Glen, Heckmondwike Spen,
From Shap and Abbeydore,
Plympton and Pimlico,
Stockbridge and Spooner Row,
Kelso and Westward Ho!
Oh we shall go,
We shall go no more....