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Plate F wrote:Haha nice. Well, yes, that would be considered tourist. On the freight side, one of the younger guys comes to mind who wears bibs regularly, although not always striped. But he is not a railfan in any respect, and everyone knows it. Nobody cares, really. Personally, I say if somebody wants to wear them, let them. So long as they are happy during their shift, cool. But if they are wearing bibs AND rabidly scrawling down locomotive #'s in a consist that happens to be passing by at the CSX interchange, THEN we could have some issues LOL.
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Gadfly wrote:Plate F wrote:Haha nice. Well, yes, that would be considered tourist. On the freight side, one of the younger guys comes to mind who wears bibs regularly, although not always striped. But he is not a railfan in any respect, and everyone knows it. Nobody cares, really. Personally, I say if somebody wants to wear them, let them. So long as they are happy during their shift, cool. But if they are wearing bibs AND rabidly scrawling down locomotive #'s in a consist that happens to be passing by at the CSX interchange, THEN we could have some issues LOL.
Don't forget to wave, Mr. Gadfly
Trouble is. I'm NEVER out there! When I retired, I retired! Oh, I piddle around on a couple of message boards, but "watch" trains? Never go near 'em!Now you can find me out at the local airport most Sunday afternoons.......................
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Gadfly wrote:pennsy wrote:Hi All,
But to REALLY look the part, you need the Engineer's hat. And don't forget that red bandana. Whenever I visit the OERM, Orange Empire RR Museum, I have on the hat with a large PRR keystone on the front of it. That plus the heavy gloves and I fit right in.
Pffffttttt!Try that bib overall, "engineers" (?)cap and red bandana, on Norfolk Southern and get laughed SLAM off the Right of Way!
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Desertdweller wrote:The reason railroaders wore bibs was so they could work in a dirty environment and still look like a human being afterwards.
Even though the engineer's job on a Diesel is a lot cleaner than on a steam locomotive, there are still a lot of situations that can get you really messy.
Like replacing brake shoes, adding lube oil (on short lines, the engineer is considered part of the loco maintenance crew), adding sand, raising the valve cover lids, etc.
I wore bibs a lot when I was an engineer. They were warm in the winter, but were hot in the summer. My favorite bibs were some I had gotten from a surplus outfit that were made for wear in the British prison system. They were dark blue and made of a lighter material than the traditional American ones. More comfortable in the heat ( short line locos are seldom air conditioned).
The funniest story about bibs I heard was from a former operations manager on the Santa Fe. He told me one hot day, a shapely female train crew member showed up wearing only bibs. He wound up giving her his shirt, because he was worried the other crew members were going to get hurt watching her instead of paying attention to what they were doing.
Bibs and a cap are not a uniform. A uniform would have to be all the same: uniform.
The caps are needed for the visors. Running a loco into the rising or setting sun pretty much requires them. The sun visors in the cab only help so much.
Les
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