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Abe 
I don’t think it’s a rail fan thing .
I have talk to a lot old timer s around  the old N&W non railroaders they refer to them  as hooters not a better description . If you ever hear one in the 
WV mountains at night . This only applies to the 12 “  top I would suspect the earlier 7” top was has bad as those PRR banshee s

Larry Evans
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> On Mar 30, 2021, at 3:44 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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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😳
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> 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.
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>> Where and when did this term come into use ?
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>> -- abram burnett
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