Old Coal Chute

Y'all know trains use to run on coal. And, of course, they had to pick up more coal along the way--they couldn't carry enough with them to make them long journeys they went on. One of the places what held coal for them to get along the way were McComb. When I were just a boy the old coal chute catched on fire and burnt up. It took more'n two weeks for it all to burn. I were crossing over the bridge called the overhead bridge and stood there to watch the flames. A fellow standing beside me got a hole burnt in his britches when a hot cinder come flying out (about 50 yards) and landed just above his knee. The hole were bigger than a 50c piece. Now they got a new coal chute made out of concrete. Ain't no trains using coal no more though.
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