Engineer's Cap
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— The Engineer
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The Engineer's Cap is a headwear item for the Engineer. It appears as a soft fabric cap, with white and team-colored stripes, a stiff brim, and the Engineer's icon with the word "Railroad" beneath it on the front of the cap.
Painted variants
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Trivia
- The Engineer cap is also known as the Kromer Cap, named after George "Stormy" Kromer. The semi-pro baseball player and railroad Engineer is credited with inventing the hat. [1]
- The striped material on the hat is pillow ticking. [2]
- This hat is sometimes called the "Railroad Cap" because of the logo and the striking similarity it bears to railroad worker caps.
References
- ↑ The History Behind the Legend of Stormy Kromer, Retrieved 2010-12-3.
- ↑ History of Striped Locomotive Engineer Caps, Retrieved 2010-12-3.
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