At one time there was a company in Arvada, Colorado under the name "Rolling Stock" railroad clothing & supply. I trust it is no longer, since I can't seem to locate any current info on them.
Was this company bought out under a new name or is it just gone?
They carried a nice line of items if some of you recall.
Thanks
TJS

Tim, I don't think they have existed in 15 years, like you I can't find any record of them any longer.

Not railroad clothes in particular, but for Ben Davis, Carhartt and other makers of rugged work clothes, I recommend Workingman's Emporium in San Jose. http://www.workingmans.com
They have sizes that would fit an NFL lineman and also carry belts, shoes and other useful item. If you're in the area, they can even be reached by rail--being on the VTA light rail line.

There was a long thread on railroad work clothing and where to buy it just a few months ago, with lots of useful information.

See http://www.rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=36957

The good thing about working with steel industry rail equipment is that the standard uniform is a skullgard hardhat, green jacket and green pants, all universally available.

Jake has it figured out, but Looey seems confused as to proper attire! :)

BTW, this illustration is a new creation based upon two characters J&L used in the 1970s in some promotional literature.

http://www.bchistory.org/beavercounty/S ... Looey.html

Even so, the hard hats are also era specific. The plastic ones have changed numerous times over the years. Before that were the molded phenolic variety, and before that pressed metal.

My dad used to have a couple pressed metal visor brim style in the garage for years, along with a pressed metal full brim model dating to the fifties, but when I cleaned the garage out about eight years ago, I found he had tossed them out at some point.

The phenolic Skullgard hard hats have been in production for at least 40 years and are still very popular, both the front rim and full rim versions. A new Skullgard can cost you upwards of $90 whereas the plastic hats are much less.

I wonder when the metal hardhats started to give way to the phenolic and plastic hats.

I'd say the transition probably happened in the late 1960's or early 1970's. Aluminum hardhats were common in the early 1960's, but some specialized users (electric utilities in particular) were using plastic hardhats for years before that.

Bullard hardhat history

heh, I think someone posted sometime back about some 0-4-0's that were built small and HEAVY, and were practically rolling blocks of metal...that engine fits the description there...