Train
Toots
Thanks Jerry
Answer :
When a train
approaches a road crossing, it blows its whistle four (4) times :
Two (2) longs, one (1) short and one (1) long.
In Morse
code that is the letter "Q".
This dates
back to when the Queen of England would come into harbor aboard ships.
The ship
would blast
their horn the letter "Q" to let everyone know the Queen of England was
on board and to yield the right of way to it.
Trains
adopted this signal for everyone to yield to it.
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