The Musical Numbers, changes throughout the years.
1984[]
| Act 1 | Featured Characters |
|---|---|
| Overture | (Instrumental) |
| Rolling Stock | Greaseball and the Gang |
| Taunting Rusty | Rusty, Greaseball, Gang |
| Call Me Rusty | Rusty, Pearl, Dinah, Buffy and Ashley |
| Rusty, You Can't Be Serious | Rusty, Pearl, Dinah, Buffy and Ashley |
| A Lotta Locomotion | Dinah, Ashley, Buffy and Pearl |
| Pumping Iron | Greaseball, Pearl, Ashley, Dinah, Buffy, 2nd and 3rd class Sleepers |
| Freight | Pearl, Ashley, Dinah, Buffy, Rocky I, Rocky II, Rocky III, C.B., Dustin, Flat-Top |
| Entry of the National Engines | National Engines and Marshals |
| AC/DC | Electra, Krupp, Wrench, Purse, Joule, Volta and Company |
| Coda Freight | The Company |
| Hitching and Switching | The Company |
| Pearl, You've Been Honoured | Purse, Pearl, Rusty |
| He Whistled At Me | Pearl |
| Race: Heat One | Greaseball and Dinah, Espresso and Buffy, Hashamoto and C.B. |
| That was Unfair | Dinah, Greaseball, C.B. |
| There's Me | C.B. |
| Poppa's Blues | Poppa, Rocky I, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rusty |
| Belle the Sleeping Car | Belle |
| Starlight Express Introduction | Poppa, Rusty, Belle |
| Race: Heat Two | Electra and Pearl, Weltschaft and Joule, Rusty and Belle |
| Boy, Boy, Boy | Poppa, Rusty, Belle, Trucks |
| Race: Heat Three | Poppa and Dustin, Turnov and Wrench, Bobo and Ashley |
| Laughing Stock | The Company |
| Starlight Express | Rusty |
| Act 2 | Featured Characters |
|---|---|
| The Rap: Hey You! | The Company |
| Pearl Twirl | Greaseball, Pearl, Dinah, Buffy, Ashley |
| U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D. | Dinah |
| Rolling Stock (Reprise) | Dinah, Belle, Ashley and Buffy |
| C.B. | C.B, Electra, Krupp, Wrench, Purse, Joule, Volta |
| Race: Uphill Final | Electra and Dinah, Rusty and C.B., Greaseball and Pearl |
| I Was Robbed | C.B., Rusty, Greaseball, Electra, Pearl, Gang |
| Right Place, Right Time | Rocky I, Rocky II, Rocky III |
| I Am The Starlight | Rusty, Starlight Express |
| Rusty and Dustin | Rusty, Dustin |
| He Whistled at Me (Reprise) | Dinah, Electra, Krupp, Wrench, Purse, Volta, Joule, C.B. |
| Race: Downhill Final | Rusty and Dustin, Electra and C.B, Greaseball and Pearl |
| No Comeback | Electra, Krupp, Wrench, Purse, Joule, Volta |
| One Rock & Roll Too Many | Greaseball, C.B. |
| Only He (Has The Power to Move Me) | Pearl, (Rusty) |
| Only You | Pearl, Rusty |
| Light at the End of the Tunnel | The Company |
| Light at the End of the Tunnel Finale | The Company |
1988[]
Some revisions imported from the Broadway production marked with *.
| Act 1 | Featured Characters |
|---|---|
| Overture | (Instrumental) |
| Rolling Stock | Greaseball and the Gang |
| Taunting Rusty | Rusty, Greaseball, Gang |
| * Engine of Love | Rusty, Pearl, Dinah, Buffy and Ashley |
| Rusty, You Can't Be Serious | Rusty, Pearl, Dinah, Buffy and Ashley |
| A Lotta Locomotion | Dinah, Ashley, Buffy and Pearl |
| Pumping Iron | Greaseball, Pearl, Ashley, Dinah, Buffy, 2nd and 3rd class Sleepers |
| Freight | Pearl, Ashley, Dinah, Buffy, Rocky I, Rocky II, Rocky III, C.B., Dustin, Flat-Top |
| Entry of the National Engines | National Engines and Marshals |
| AC/DC | Electra, Krupp, Wrench, Purse, Joule, Volta and Company |
| Coda Freight | The Company |
| Hitching and Switching | The Company |
| Pearl, You've Been Honoured | Purse, Pearl, Rusty |
| * Make Up My Heart | Pearl |
| Race: Heat One | Greaseball and Dinah, Espresso and Buffy, Hashamoto and C.B. |
| That was Unfair | Dinah, Greaseball, C.B. |
| There's Me | C.B., Dinah |
| Poppa's Blues | Poppa, Rocky I, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rusty |
| Belle the Sleeping Car | Belle |
| Starlight Express Introduction | Poppa, Rusty, Belle |
| Race: Heat Two | Electra and Pearl, Weltschaft and Joule, Rusty and Belle |
| Boy, Boy, Boy | Poppa, Rusty, Belle, Trucks |
| Race: Heat Three | Poppa and Dustin, Turnov and Wrench, Bobo and Ashley |
| Laughing Stock | The Company |
| Starlight Express | Rusty |
| Act 2 | Featured Characters |
|---|---|
| The Rap: Hey You! | The Company |
| Pearl Twirl | Greaseball, Pearl, Dinah, Buffy, Ashley |
| U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D. | Dinah |
| Rolling Stock (Reprise) | Dinah, Belle, Ashley and Buffy |
| C.B. | C.B, Electra, Krupp, Wrench, Purse, Joule, Volta |
| Race: Uphill Final | Electra and Dinah, Rusty and C.B., Greaseball and Pearl |
| I Was Robbed | C.B., Rusty, Greaseball, Electra, Pearl, Gang |
| Right Place, Right Time | Rocky I, Rocky II, Rocky III |
| I Am The Starlight | Rusty, Starlight Express |
| Rusty and Dustin | Rusty, Dustin |
| He Whistled at Me (Reprise) | Dinah, Electra, Krupp, Wrench, Purse, Volta, Joule, C.B. |
| Race: Downhill Final | Rusty and Dustin, Electra and C.B, Greaseball and Pearl |
| No Comeback | Electra, Krupp, Wrench, Purse, Joule, Volta |
| One Rock & Roll Too Many | Greaseball, C.B. |
| * Only You | Pearl, Rusty |
| Light at the End of the Tunnel | The Company |
| Light at the End of the Tunnel Finale | The Company |
1992 - The New Starlight Express[]
November 1992, the show was extensively re-written, shortened, and updated.
| Act 1 | Featured Characters |
|---|---|
| Entry of the National Engines | Bobo, Espresso, Ruhrgold, Turnov, Nintendo, Prince of Wales, Greaseball and Gang. |
| Rolling Stock | Greaseball, Nationals, Gang |
| Taunting Rusty | Rusty, Greaseball, Gang |
| Call Me Rusty | Rusty, Pearl, Dinah, Buffy and Ashley |
| Rusty Can't Be Serious | Pearl, Dinah, Buffy and Ashley |
| A Lotta Locomotion | Dinah, Ashley, Buffy and Pearl |
| * He'll Whistle At Me | Dinah, Ashley, Buffy and Pearl |
| Freight | Pearl, Ashley, Dinah, Buffy, Rocky I, Rocky II, Rocky III, Dustin, Flat-Top |
| AC/DC | Electra, Krupp, Wrench, Purse, Joule, Volta and Company |
| Pumping Iron | Greaseball, Coaches, Joule, Volta, Wrench. |
| Coda Freight | The Company |
| * Crazy | Rusty, Pearl, Dinah, Ashley, Buffy |
| Pearl, You've Been Honoured | Purse, Pearl, Rusty |
| Make Up My Heart | Pearl |
| Race: Heat One | Greaseball and Dinah, Electra and Pearl, Nintendo and Krupp, Espresso and Buffy |
| Poppa's Blues | Poppa, Rocky I, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rusty |
| Rusty Why You Looking Sad | Poppa, Rusty, Freight |
| Race: Heat Two | Bobo and Ashley, Ruhrgold and Joule, Turnov and Wrench, Poppa and Dustin |
| Laughing Stock | The Company |
| Starlight Express | Rusty |
| Act 2 | Featured Characters |
|---|---|
| * The Rap: Check It Out, Can You Believe This? | The Company |
| Pearl Twirl | Greaseball, Pearl, Dinah, Buffy, Ashley |
| U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D. | Dinah, Ashley, Buffy |
| Rolling Stock (Reprise) | Dinah, Ashley, Buffy |
| Dinah, You're Honoured | Dinah, Ashley, Buffy, Purse |
| Race: Uphill Final | Electra and Dinah, Greaseball and Pearl, Bobo and Ashley, Rusty and Buffy |
| I Was Robbed | Rusty, Greaseball, Electra, Pearl, Gang |
| Right Place, Right Time | Rocky I, Rocky II, Rocky III |
| I Am The Starlight | Rusty, Starlight Express |
| Rusty and Dustin | Rusty, Dustin |
| He Whistled at Me (Reprise) | Dinah, Electra, Krupp, Wrench, Purse, Volta, Joule, Buffy |
| Race: Downhill Final | Electra and Buffy, Greaseball and Pearl, Bobo and Ashley, Rusty and Dustin |
| One Rock & Roll Too Many | Greaseball, Electra |
| * Next Time You Fall In Love | Pearl, Rusty |
| Rusty King of the Track | Poppa, Company |
| Light at the End of the Tunnel | The Company |
| * Megamix | The Company |
Programmes from late 1992/early 1993 list Coda Freight between AC/DC and Pumping Iron, which may be a copyedit error.
He'll Whistle At Me was cut in 1997.