Here's a top hat as a symbol of office by a British railway station manager in 1952.[1] From the days when railway employees all had hats and outfits that indic

Here's a top hat as a symbol of office by a British railway station manager in 1952.[1] From the days when railway employees all had hats and outfits that indicated their job. Sir Topham Hatt in Thomas the Tank Engine is not a joke. That's what railway managers wore. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsbIiZ4lCo8&t=575s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsbIiZ4lCo8&t=575s