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By Robert Wilde, About.com Guide to European History since 2001

The Thunderer

Saturday March 20, 2004
In World War One the Acme Thunderer Whistle was used to send men 'over the top' and into bloody battle; now guards on a British railway network are using it to speedily herd passengers. Read about it here.

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