whistles

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Tue Mar 30 16:02:05 EDT 2021


I think "hooter" is an accurate description just as "Banshee" is for the PRR and "steam boat" for the Hancock.Jimmy LisleSent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> Date: 3/30/21  3:44 PM  (GMT-05:00) To: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> Subject: Re: whistles I agree... being younger, and if I was on password and the clue was “hooter”... whistle would not be my response😳Christopher J. BunseySent from my iPhoneOn Mar 30, 2021, at 1:30 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

  
   
 
 
  
   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.
   
  
    
   
  
   So, this sounds like a railfan concoction to me.
   
  
    
   
  
   Where and when did this term come into use ?
   
  
    
   
  
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