# Train Running Low on Soul Coal guitar solo

> Andy Partridge's guitar solo on Train Running Low on Soul Coal by XTC (1984) starts at about 2:40. From the album The Big Express.

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XTC, 1984, from *The Big Express*. Solo by *Andy Partridge*.

A chugging, locomotive rocker with dense, clanking guitar textures. The lead lines screech like brakes.

Train Running Low on Soul Coal by XTC is #17 in our ranking of the best XTC guitar solos. The solo is played by Andy Partridge and the song was released in 1984.

## In our lists

- [The Best XTC Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/xtc-guitar-solos/) — #17

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on Train Running Low on Soul Coal?

Andy Partridge played the solo on XTC's Train Running Low on Soul Coal (1984).

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