I was just joking with a friend that I have no idea how he took so long to be diagnosed with autism when he has a playlist dedicated to songs about trains; he made this playlist after randomly having 3 songs about trains come on in a row when he put his music on shuffle, and decided to start collecting them in a playlist. There aren’t too many on there at the moment, and he’d like to collect more, if anyone has any suggestions.
I will share the resulting playlist on here afterwards as either an edit to this post, or a comment reply. If you want to be pinged about this, let me know in your comment, and I’ll make sure you receive a link to the playlist.
Bonus question: if you’re autistic, what are your opinions on trains? I’m personally ambivalent about trains, but they also feel like they’re my culture, because of how many of my fellow autistic nerds like trains.
What a superb question.
I admit these may not be what you’re looking for, but there’s a tale of railway hubris here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmCA2yJHGfs
And a cheery celebration of train travel here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yT4F8hzykY
Just… not quite what you might be expecting.
I’m gently aspergic with a proper dose of ADD, so not really so firmly autistic, but I absolutely adore trains, travelling on trains, reading about trains and pretty much everything to do with them. The only reason I’m not a train spotter is that it requires a level of determination, organisation and effort that isn’t really my strong suit.