Can't You Hear the Whistle Blowin': Logs, Lignite, and Locomotives in Coos County, OregonA one of a kind readable history of the railroads that helped develop the timber and coal resources of Coos County, Oregon from 1850 to 1930. During the second half of the nineteenth century, the towns of Coos Bay, Oregon, grew from a few scattered homesteads to a bustling, ocean going port. The area's phenomenal growth was fueled by timber and coal. Nothing was more important in developing these resources than railroads. Can't You Hear the Whistle