Thanks, Mike!
If you mean it "pings" like a ping-pong ball bouncing back and forth over a
short distance, that etymology makes perfect sense. --jonathan
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Hi Jonathan:
They call the light power that runs between the Northport Jct. UP
connection and Alliance "pinger power". The given reason is that it "pings"
back and forth between the two places.
Mike Decker
> From: jonathanharris@e...
> Subject: Re: question (revised)
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> Does anyone know the origin of the term "pinger," applied to CB&Q
>transfer runs?
>
> Jonathan
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