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Now an actual auction starting at $1,000.

The hat’s price was reduced: $4,100 now.

Very cool!

S. Towler wrote: ↑Thu Nov 14, 2024 11:23 pm But I guess what qualifies as a turn? More than 90º?

Well, if the track continued on that radius, it would eventually become 90 degrees. Then 180. Then…

Great insight and research, Michael. Thanks!

Anyone catch that weird Mark Twain boiler at 31:10? Is that what it originally looked like? It doesn't look like they used any stock footage from outside the Park.

Michael, both the hat at auction and my own have the hat manufacturer's label obscured by the SF&D patch. Do you know if Lee or Kromer made the hats? Someone else? I know Lee was the supplier later on, when the patches were smaller and the label visible.

Thanks Michael. I'd never heard of one selling, so I really didn't know what a reasonable price might be.

Check this out. This is only the second hat like this that I have seen. It's probably from the very first run of SF&D Engineer hats--rarer than hen's teeth. As a bonus, the hat is being auctioned by a non-profit charity that benefits abused children and their moms, so a good cause to boot. https...

Stumbled on this today--a pretty good interview with our own Sam Towler:

https://www.zgf.com/ideas/4178-imaginee ... l-building