07-13-2010, 08:07 AM
Good info guys. Apparently some engineers wore them, after 1900. I sorta had the impression that "disney" (or hollywood) popularized them with the public, and engineers began wearing them after that because "that is what they are supposed to wear (according to the movies). Some of the early photos I have seen of western railroads, it looks just as likely they are wearing a bowler or cowboy hat.
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