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2 unusual facts about Blue Train


Bill Lancton

Jay Harvey, from The Indianapolis Star, in reviewing A Tribute To Blue Note, one of Bill's shows, writes: "Lancton evoked the best of Grant Green, Kenny Burrell...Lancton's melody driven solo on Green's Miss Ann's Tempo demonstrated that a distinctive style can be affectionately inhabited without narrow mimicry....on Blue Train, Lancton in particular was able to find a smooth balance of virtuosity and soulfulness in his solo".

Ivy St. Helier

She also starred in Coward's revue Words and Music As a lyricist, she wrote additional songs for The Street Singer, and for The Blue Train, the London musical by Reginald Arkell, Dion Titheradge and Robert Stolz.



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Rover Light Six

The act to promote the new Rover Light Six in a headline-grabbing campaign was the brainchild of former motorcycle tester and pioneer publicist Dudley Noble, in which a Light Six was to race the Blue Train across France from Calais to St Raphael on the Côte d'Azur.

South African Class 6E

After four of these blue Class 6E1 locomotives were damaged in a collision between two Trans Karoo passenger trains at Gouda, the Bellville Depot was authorised to repaint eight Class 6E locomotives in Spoornet’s orange era Blue Train livery.

Trane's Blues

Lee Morgan — trumpet on "Locomotion," "Blue Train," "Smoke Stack"

Kenny Drewpiano on "Trane's Blues," "Locomotion," "Blue Train"