What Work Gloves Should I Get For 765 Work?

Railfan Brody posted:

Winter gloves don't work! (I've tried)

I have a Nickel Plate Road patch, and I could get another one and put one on each glove.

Forget the patches. In my opinion you will look like a "foamer" than a worker.

What do you recommend? 

Wells Lamont good quality leather work gloves. Any good hardware store should carry them. They aren't cheap, but they are one of the best.

Best to ask the people that run/ work on 765 what they use... or look at steam era photos with engineers, fireman in them....

Didn't we just have this discussion? (Or a similar one)?

You can get leather work gloves for cheap from the garden center. Won't last as long as good ones, but won't cost you, either.

Hot Water posted:

Railfan Brody posted:

Winter gloves don't work! (I've tried)

I have a Nickel Plate Road patch, and I could get another one and put one on each glove.

Forget the patches. In my opinion you will look like a "foamer" than a worker.

 

Ross Rowland had something similar.

Railfan Brody posted:

Hot Water posted:

Railfan Brody posted:

Winter gloves don't work! (I've tried)

I have a Nickel Plate Road patch, and I could get another one and put one on each glove.

Forget the patches. In my opinion you will look like a "foamer" than a worker.

 

Ross Rowland had something similar.

 

1). Doubt he made those himself.

2). When you're the engineer, you can wear whatever you want.

smd4 posted:

Railfan Brody posted:

Hot Water posted:

Railfan Brody posted:

Winter gloves don't work! (I've tried)

I have a Nickel Plate Road patch, and I could get another one and put one on each glove.

Forget the patches. In my opinion you will look like a "foamer" than a worker.

 

Ross Rowland had something similar.

 

1). Doubt he made those himself.

2). When you're the engineer, you can wear whatever you want.

Two good points.  Also, is the goal to look & act like someone willing to work and learn, or a foaming "Ross Rowland wannabe"?

Exactly, HW.

Brody, if you sew patches on your gauntlets, you WILL look like a foamer. Just get a pair of work gloves and get 'em dirty and "railroady" the real way.

Wear and tear on your hands/ lack of blisters at the end of the week.  These light leather gloves were still usable after 9 days.  The blackening is from the pine pitch.  There may be regulation about the cuff on the gloves because of the hot material.

Any pair of good, leather work gloves will work. Do NOT get gloves with huge cuffs or with logos or patches printed on them. That will immediately brand you as a railfan/foamer and you will not fit in with the rest of the crew. When the 765 crew is on the road, they are out there to WORK, not play.

For generic work gloves, I usually bought THESE. $5 at Home Depot.

For my "Running Gloves" I usually bought THESE. $11 a pair at Home Depot. You won't need these for a few years. 

645 posted:

 

Seriously - just get some decent work gloves, skip the patches, when you wear 'em out start on another pair and repeat as required. 

That's pretty much exactly how it goes...