Could any one shed some light on this!
Thanks.
Sean
If you mean “why do engineers wear that type of hat”, I think it’s just tradition. I don’t know of any real story behind it.
Engineers today wear a regular baseball cap. As for the style of the hat, that I don’t know but common sense tells me that in the days of old a hat would be mandatory with the soot from the steam locomotives.
Part of the reasoning behind the hats/caps the engineer and other crew wore was/is the ability to wash them. My Uncle Dallas, Roundhouse Foreman on the B&O in Willard, Ohio back inthe 1950’s, changed to clean hats like he did clean work uniforms with all of them being heavily washed, starched and ironed.
Ric Golding said:And that gives credence to why the hats were made of denim back then. They would be easier to wash, starch & iron. Today, put your dirty/sweaty baseball cap on the top rack of the diswasher, turn off the heated drying, wash and let it air dry.....good as new.
Part of the reasoning behind the hats/caps the engineer and other crew wore was/is the ability to wash them. My Uncle Dallas, Roundhouse Foreman on the B&O in Willard, Ohio back inthe 1950's, changed to clean hats like he did clean work uniforms with all of them being heavily washed, starched and ironed.
I just realized that an Engineers Cap…although made of striped poplin is the same cut as USMC Utility covers…
Bart Salmons said:Yep, that's right. A good design has many uses.
I just realized that an Engineers Cap....although made of striped poplin is the same cut as USMC Utility covers.....