Thursday 6th August 2015 by James Moore | Photos by WENN

Soundtrack to the tube strike: 7 great songs about trains

We've really missed them today

Here's our collection of the greatest songs about trains for you to sample before soon facing the prospecting of entering the tubeless, outside world.

Bob Dylan - 'It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry': Over rich guitars and a whining harmonica, Dylan shouts "Don't say I never warned you, when your train gets lost." How did you know Bob, how did you know!?

The Jam - 'Going Underground': No, we're not. Paul Weller and the boys really know how to rub salt in the wound, don't they?

Bob Marley and the Wailers (Featuring Peter Tosh) - 'Stop That Train': Many believe this to be a Bob Marley song, but it was actually written by The Wailers guitarist Peter Tosh before he left that band. The song's melancholy chorus of "Stop that train, I'm leaving" almost hits too close to home in these dire hours.

Grateful Dead - 'Casey Jones': Casey Jones is a something of a folk-hero - a railroad engineer who lost his life attempting to save the passengers on his train. We're betting no train attendants would risk their lives for us poor commuters. Isn't it so selfish of them to demand fair pay so they can pay for their homes?

The Velvet Underground - 'Train Round The Bend': "Ohhhh, train coming round the bend" screeches Lou Reed over twanging guitars and smooth bass. Ohhhh, how wrong you were Lou.

The Band (Feat. Paul Butterfield) - 'Mystery Train': An all too fitting title for today's events. Where do all those tubes sleep when they're not shipping a sea of miserable faces across London? It really is a mystery.

Gorillaz - 'Ghost Train': Dark and soaked in bass whomping atmosphere, the chaotic nature of this track combined with desperate screams of "Come on, come on, come on" perfectly captures the state of mind for anybody in London today.

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The day is upon us. Yesterday was a small teaser of the chaos that will ensue when we depart from our desks in an hour or so.

In order to celebrate the riots that will soon unfold on the streets, we thought we’d collect our favourite songs about trains and provide your weary brains with a few cheap (but amusing) puns.

Click ahead for our favourite songs about those big rolling, steaming machines that have been of absolutely no use to us today. From Damon Albarn's Gorillaz to Bob Marley and the Wailers, everybody has something to say about them.