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Coal Train

West Virginia


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kevin teter 30-Dec-2010 06:35
my families roots are based here but i'm so far away. this song and others like it help me to remember, and seeing these pictures help me to remember my heritage and where i'm from and never should be forgotten. thank you to who ever put this here and never let us forget the good and the bad that brought us to where we are.
Pete dozerman 16-Jan-2010 00:37
Wow I just looking for Paradise and peabody coal train song and I have found a treasure trove of stuff and things to read
Wow again
Pete Apasserbye@sbcglobal.net
MadeinParadise 03-Jul-2008 23:31
My family is from paridice. We were the last family to move and yes I am related to John P. I actually have the pistol referenced in the song it's a family dabloom. There is one wrong word in the lyrics. It's not Avery hill it is actually Aidrie Hill. Some of the buildings are still there. It never housed inmates. Inmates were used to construct the buildings, it was actually an iron foundry. The quality of the iron produced was very poor and it was quickly abandoned. Aidrie was also home to a famous Civil War general named Don Carlos Buell.
Gerard Quamby 21-Nov-2007 09:29
I first heard this song in the early Seventies on the John Denver, 'Rocky Mountain High' Album. I have since lost the tape of this and have been unable to find a copy. I looked in iTunes without sucess although I did find a very good version by Johnny Cash.
Gerard
M. Flowers 10-Feb-2007 01:14
My Eighth Grade class will be using your web page as a jumping off spot for researching "the truth" behind this Prine song and several others. Thanks for the info.
cowboyjake 28-Jun-2006 11:16
I think that John Prine is one of the biggest reasons I have started writing and performing my own songs ... it'll be a cold day in hell before anyone outwrites him ...just having somebody mention his name after I do one of my originals tells me I'm on the right track ...
Ben 18-Sep-2005 23:53
I love this song. I first heard it at a hayseed dixie concert. Their version is the best with the john prine version a very close second.
Guest 27-Oct-2004 14:19
If everyone who reads this gets the message...maybe they will take it with them.

And again, I LOVE John Prine!
Cheryl Hawkins25-Oct-2004 21:43
Keep going Karen, you are bringing attention to this travesty.
jeanb25-Oct-2004 19:54
Karen, this is a wonderful image. Thought-provoking and evocative, it reminds us that we are killing this planet called Earth.
Larry Ahern23-Oct-2004 15:36
I say let's not elect Bush again (actually we didn't last time either) ... maybe it will stick this time.
Elaine (etfitz)22-Oct-2004 00:51
Very important message - your photo brings to light a problem that many are unaware of. We need to do a better job of taking care of our environment.
jypsee21-Oct-2004 17:50
Karen.... you are my hero!! this is a wonderful essay and photo; and I am so with you on the MTR crap. I've just been reading "Crimes Against Nature" by Robert Kennedy, Jr. He has a whole chapter on King Coal. His book tells the truth about what the current administration is doing for big corporations at the expense of the rest of us.
You go girl!!
Argishti Khachik21-Oct-2004 17:02
Great shot Karen. Very nice composition and colors.
Very well done. cheers
Herb 21-Oct-2004 12:52
Karen, it is 5:45 AM and I am really upset. We were told long ago that strip mining was dead and that the land would be reforested.
Let's hope we come to our senses and protect our environment for future generations.
Gary Hebert21-Oct-2004 12:49
Great perspective and storyline Karen. I am a third generation railroader and old enough to remember using coal before natural gas. I really like the composition and the added documentary. Regards.
Shmuel Halevi21-Oct-2004 12:47
Very interesting notes Karen and a good photo too. I personally love the texture and color of wet coal. Actually, my front yard is covered by thin Basalt Garnulite which, when gets wet, resembles coal very much. Forunately though, there are no coal mines in Israel... (we still have other problems as you know) ;-((
Gayle P. Clement21-Oct-2004 12:39
Thanks for sharing this, Karen. I think that we each see the awful things done in our own areas and don't realize how wide-spread the destruction of our environment is. I thought strip-mining was no longer allowed. What you describe here is so much worse than the original strip mining. Southern Louisiana is forecast to disappear within the next 5o years partially because of the incursion of salt water in the swamps caused by the oil companies canals. The old-growth forests in the Northwest are almost gone because of lumbering practices. Pbase is one way of spreading the word.