Do you hear that whistle down the line?   I figure that it's Engine Number 49   She's the only one that'll sound that way   On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe      See the ol' smoke risin' 'round the bend   I reckon that she knows she's gonna meet a friend   Folks around these parts get the time of day   From the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe      Here she comes   (Ooh, ooh, ooh)   Hey, Jim, you better get the rig   (Ooh, ooh, ooh)   She's got a list of passengers that's pretty big   And they'll all want lifts to Brown's Hotel   'Cause lots o' them been travelin' for quite a spell      On the way to Californiay   On the Atchison, Topeka   On the Atchison, Topeka   On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe      Ooh ee, Atchison, Topeka, Santa Fe   Atchison, Topeka      On the roads back East are mighty swell   The Chesapeake, Ohio and the ASL   But I make my run and I make my pay   On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe      Goin' back and forth along these aisles   My land, you must've walked about a million miles   It's a treat to be on your feet all day   On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe      Here she comes   (Comin' down the line)   Raa du raa, du raa du, raa raa raa   (On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe)   She really racin' down the line   Looky, looky, looky, look, look, look   (Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe)   Oh, boy, we're huffin' and a puffin' on the 49      In this day and age, girls don't leave home   But if you get a hankerin', you wanna roam   Our advice to you is run away   On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe      What a lovely day, I'm feeling so fresh and alive   And I'm so glad to arrive, it's all so grand   It's easy to see you don't need a palace   To feel like Alice in Wonderland      Back in Ohio, where I come from   I've done a lot of dreamin' and I've traveled some   But I never thought, I'd see the day   When I ever took a ride on the Santa Fe   (Wanna take a ride on the Santa Fe)      I would lean across my window sill   And hear the whistle echoin' across the hill   Then I'd watch the lights till they'd fade away   On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe      What a thrill   (What a great big wonderful thrill)   With the wheels a-singin' 'Westward ho'   (With the wheels a-singin' hum, ho)      Right from the day I heard them start   (I heard the wheels a-singin')   'Cross the Kansas plains through New Mexico   (Across the plains, hum, ho)   I guess I've got a little gypsy in my heart      When I'm old and gray and settled down   If I ever get a chance to sneak away from town   Then I'll spend my busman's holiday   On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe      All aboard   (We came across the country lickety-split)   Goin' ninety miles an hour, fit to be tied)   I can't believe I'm here at last      Woo oo ooo   (When you go travelin', it's natch for you)   (To take the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe)   Can't believe that anything would go so fast      Then you pull that throttle, whistle blows   A huffin' and a puffin' and away she goes   All aboard for Californiay, hey   On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe