[RITSlist] Reminiscing on the Rock Island

[LaVerne Andreessen]

I checked the site Andy citted and did not find the winter caps 
offered.  As I wrote, it is my understanding they discontinued that part 
of their product line and a firm in Upper Michigan sells them.  A local 
hardware store used to get two boxes of Kromer winter caps each year, 
but do not know if they still do.  

Pleased to learn rails still wear them, but it has been years since I 
last saw a rail in one of the winter caps.  The winter caps I have are 
black, but the local hardware store also had them in dark blue.

lwa

Andy Baldwin VO wrote:

> http://www.kromercap.com/stylebk.htm
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> Andy B.
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> From: ritslist-bounces at thunder.simpson.edu 
> [mailto:ritslist-bounces at thunder.simpson.edu] On Behalf Of Jeffery L 
> Hergert
> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 9:31 PM
> To: LaVerne Andreessen; Gerald Berwald
> Cc: ritslist at simpson.edu
> Subject: Re: [RITSlist] Reminiscing on the Rock Island
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> Not only retired ones, I (and a few others) still wear them and they 
> are still in business.  They did sell off the winter style line. The 
> summer kind are called welder's caps.  One time checking into the 
> motel at Clinton a person asked if I was working for ADM there because 
> of my Kromer.  He was used to seeing the construction guys wearing 
> that style.    
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> The designer of the original, "Stormy" Kromer was a C&NW engineer who 
> wanted a better cap.
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> Jeff
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