YOUNGSTERS WALK ON TIES OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS THAT PASS THROUGH FIRECO, WEST VIRGINIA, NEAR BECKLEY. IN THE OLD MINING COMMUNITIES THE RAILROADS ALWAYS WENT THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE TOWNS WHICH WERE BUILT IN THE VALLEYS AROUND THEM. IT WAS THE RAILROADS WHICH MADE IT POSSIBLE TO SHIP OUT THE COAL, THE REASON THE TOWNS WERE BUILT. FIRECO WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A ONCE GREAT COAL AREA, BUT DECLINED AS THE MINES GAVE OUT

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