Appearances in Popular Culture
- The Desert Wind is mentioned in the song "Bone Against Steel" on the album of the same name by the rock band .38 Special.
- Michael Palin rides the Desert Wind in his Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days.
- The Desert Wind is the train that Raymond boards at the end of the film Rain Man.
- Desert Wind is described (though not mentioned by name) in Bob Segar's Long Twin Silver Line from the album Against the Wind.
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