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[SharkE]

What do you all call 'the katy' ? Is that a bus, train ?

Blues Brothers song "she caught the Katy left me a mule to ride"

What is 'Katy' ?

[MezzieStarr]

Nothing to do with Chicago.

It's the K-T train line, which connected Kansas to Houston.

[just bee]

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@SharkE wrote:

What do you all call 'the katy' ? Is that a bus, train ?

Blues Brothers song "she caught the Katy left me a mule to ride"

What is 'Katy' ?

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@SharkE 

Quick online search reveals...

"The Katy, or the MKT, is the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway."

[qbetzforreal]

"She Caught the Katy (And Left Me a Mule to Ride)" is a blues standard written by Taj Mahal and James Rachell.[1] The song was first recorded for Taj Mahal's 1968 album The Natch'l Blues,[2] and is one of Mahal's most famous tunes.[3] It has since been covered many times, and is included on the soundtrack for the 1980 movie The Blues Brothers (the song plays over the opening credits, as Jake Blues leaves prison)

source: wikipedia

[SharkE]

Oh man I was way off. Blues Bros. was filmed in Chicago and I bought the soundtrack to that movie. I just figured it was that train that roared past the boys windows all the time.

ROFL  That's how you learn U asked questions !

Thanks you all !

[scatcat]

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@SharkE wrote:

Oh man I was way off. Blues Bros. was filmed in Chicago and I bought the soundtrack to that movie. I just figured it was that train that roared past the boys windows all the time.

ROFL  That's how you learn U asked questions !

Thanks you all !

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That train is called the "El" (L) short for elevated