…trains whistle the Morse Code at railroad crossings. They whistle the letter Q for here comes the queen, or train. The queen is coming, da da dit da." Here I've been a railfan most all of my life and an amateur radio general class who is most familiar with the Morse Code, and I never made the connection.
https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,1387522
wierdst part is that it was a touristy thing to do with my parents who are in town…I set them up with a room on 17th and Alice (without realizing it) and then the conductor comes out with that little tidbit on our train ride.
<tfw what does it all mean