Thoughts and ideas about coal trains:

New name could be Acid Rainy City, Decibellingham or Coalumbine - the site of environmental disaster.

New sayings could be "Where the weather is coal even when it's warm." "Don't ask, wear a mask" and "The muck stops here."

New movie titles could be "Coal Dust Falling on Priuses" and "Kill Bell."

A new joke, "Did you hear the one about the glue on the coal cars?"

A new song title, "Coal Dust in your Eyes."

And a new statistic, one new job equals 10 black lung victims.

Paul Graf

Bellingham