I figure that it's engine number forty-nine
 She's the only one that'll sound that way
 On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe

 See the old 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, woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-woo
 Hey Jim, you better get out the rig, woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-woo
 She's got a list of passengers that's pretty big

 And they'll all want lifts to Brown's Hotel
 'Cause lots of them been travellin' for quite a spell
 All the way from Philadelphia
 On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe

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 Do you hear that whistle down the line
 I figure that it's engine number forty-nine
 She's the only one that'll sound that way
 On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe

 See the old 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, woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-woo
 Hey Jim, you better get out the rig, woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-woo
 She's got a list of passengers that's pretty big
 And they'll all want lifts to Brown's Hotel
 'Cause lots of them been travellin' for quite a spell
 All the way from Philadelphia
 On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe

 On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
 On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
 On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
 Doo-doo-da, The good old A.T. and the Santa Fe