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I agree... being younger, and if I was on password and the clue was “hooter”... whistle would not be my response😳

Christopher J. Bunsey
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> On Mar 30, 2021, at 1:30 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> For my part, I would like to know the origin of the nickname-word, **Hooter.*  In steam days, they were called whistles, and I never heard the term **Hooter**  back then.
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> So, this sounds like a railfan concoction to me.
>  
> Where and when did this term come into use ?
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> -- abram burnett
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