Freight Train combines the speed of a train with nostalgic remembrances of places traveled. "There's one more place I'd like to see... to watch those Blue Ridge Mountains climb while I ride Old Number Nine." The text delivers the message that the rider feels the most at home when riding the train, and for his final resting place he wishes to be buried where he can hear the train rumbling by. The accompaniment - the train -  is particularly lively and "mobile" in this song.