Vintage Guns N Roses Nightrain T-Shirt. 2006 licensed reproduction, Concert Tour Promo t-shirt. "Nightrain" (pronounced Night Train) is a song by Guns N' Roses. It is the third song on the band's debut studio album, Appetite for Destruction (1987). Although it was released as a single, the song was not included in their best-of album. It reached #93 on the US Billboard charts. The song is a tribute to an infamous brand of cheap Californian fortified wine, Night Train Express, which was extremely popular with the band during their early days because of its low price and high alcohol content. The title is spelled differently, omitting a T and removing the space, making a portmanteau of the two words. The song was ranked eighth on Guitar World's list of the "Top 10 Drinking Songs"