[CBQ] Re: Question

["dieselpop1" <dieselpop1@msn.com>]

When I was a boy 60+ years ago cattle without horns were called muleys.
W. D. Hoy

--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, "Charlie Vlk"  wrote:
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> John-
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> I think you got itâ?¦..the only reference to â??Mulelyâ?? on the internet 
> that made sense was a name applied to a Holstein cow with no horns.   Mule 
> Deer are also so nicknamed and I donâ??t know if they have antlers or not 
> (being a city boy!).
> 
> Charlie Vlk
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> I think it was a carry over (most of the railroaders back then had been 
> raised on a farm) of the term used to discribe cows with no horns.
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> --- On Fri, 1/25/13, HOL WAGNER  wrote:
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> From: HOL WAGNER 
> Subject: [CBQ] Question
> To: "CB&Q Group" 
> Date: Friday, January 25, 2013, 9:07 AM
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> Here's a question that hopefully someone out there (John Mitchell?) can 
> answer:  Early in the 20th century, both side door cabooses (not just Q 
> waycars) and baggage cars without end platforms were said to have "muley 
> ends."  Why??
>  
> Hol
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