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Abram and Jim's info about this practice with extras is really a neat piece
of history, and I also thank them for sharing this.

Now for the followup question... did other railroads use this whistle
signal, too?

Mike Rector

On Sat, Jul 15, 2023 at 2:28 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> Jim,
>
> That would be a terrific title for a RR novel if there ever was one:
> "Blowing Green".
>
> What a great RR term. I'd never heard it. You've probably increased the
> life of that term by 75 years just by sharing it on this list! Thank
> you.
>
> John Garner
>
>
>
> Thanks, Abe, for your recitation of "blowing green." That was something
> my father taught me 77 years ago, and it was nice to see that somebody
> else was familiar with it.
>
> Jim Nichols
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