Old Train

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Old Train | type = Album | artist = The Seldom Scene | cover = 1974_oldtrain.jpg | alt = | released = 1974 | recorded = 1974 | venue = | studio = | genre = Bluegrass, progressive bluegrass | length = | label = Rebel | producer = Gary B. Reid | prev_title = Act III | prev_year = 1973 | next_title = Live at The Cellar Door | next_year = 1975 }} {{Music ratings |rev1 = Allmusic |rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r95548|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref> }}

'''''Old Train''''' is the fourth album by American progressive bluegrass band The Seldom Scene. The album offers the group in their original lineup and features their trademark songs "Wait a Minute", "Old Train" and "C & O Canal". The record is a mixture of progressive, traditional bluegrass and folk material and also features guest musicians as Ricky Skaggs on violin or Linda Ronstadt on vocals.<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r95548|pure_url=yes}} Album review on www.allmusic.com]</ref><ref>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120729201240/http://www.countysales.com/php-bin/ecomm4/products.php?category_id=&product_id=1574&prev_id=1576&next_id= Album info on www.rebelrecords.com]}}</ref>

==Track listing== # "Appalachian Rain" (Paul Craft) – 2:38 # "Wait a Minute" (Herb Pedersen) – 3:31 # "Different Roads" (John Starling) – 2:31 # "Old Train" (Herb Pedersen, Nikki Pedersen) – 2:15 # "Through the Bottom of the Glass" (Paul Craft) – 2:22 # "Old Crossroads" (Traditional) – 3:08 # "Pan American" (Williams) – 2:40 # "Working on a Building" (Traditional) – 3:33 # "Walk Through This World With Me" (Kaye Savage, Sandra Seamons) – 2:02 # "Maybe You Will Change Your Mind" (Don Reno) – 2:32 # "Traveling On and On" (Traditional) – 2:43 # "C & O Canal" (John Starling) – 2:35

==Personnel== ;The Seldom Scene * John Starling - vocals, guitar * John Duffey - mandolin, vocals * Ben Eldridge - banjo, guitar, vocals * Mike Auldridge - Dobro, guitar, vocals * Tom Gray - bass, vocals

with * Ricky Skaggs - fiddle, viola * Bob Williams - harmonica * Paul Craft - guitar * Linda Ronstadt - vocals

==Artwork== The cover art depicts a steam locomotive, with number 5303 clearly visible. Locomotive 5303 was a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad class P Locomotive (4-6-2) named ''President Madison'', built in 1927 and retired in 1957.<ref>{{cite web |title=B&O Railroad Class P Locomotive No. 5303 President Madison (4-6-2) |url=https://collections.digitalmaryland.org/digital/collection/bomu/id/101/ |website=Digital Maryland |publisher=Maryland State Library Resource Center, Enoch Pratt Free Library |accessdate=7 May 2020}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.seldomscene.com/ Official site]

Category:1974 albums Category:The Seldom Scene albums Category:Rebel Records albums