A whistle stop or whistle-stop tour is a style of political campaigning where the politician makes a series of brief appearances or speeches at a number of small towns over a short period of time. Ori
Early 20th-century photograph of a whistle-stop speech at the train station in Putnam, Connecticut
Republican vice presidential nominee Theodore Roosevelt on a whistle-stop during the 1900 presidential election
Former president Theodore Roosevelt delivers a whistle-stop speech during his third party campaign as the nominee of the "Bull Moose" Progressive Party in the 1912 presidential election
1916 Republican presidential nominee Charles Evans Hughes speaking at the train station in Winona, Minnesota while completing a whistle-stop tour on the Milwaukee Road's Olympian
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Whistle-stop train tour
…a number of small towns over a short period of time. Originally, whistle-stop appearances were made from the open platform of an observation car or a private railroad car. The definition of the term derives from the practice of a small, occasionally used railway station signaling a train so the engineer will know to stop…
Two private railroad cars at Denver Union Station in December 2015
Interior of a private coach
Private car Caritas at Boston's South Station in 2001