" Along came a yellow, two piece pvc rain suit made by Uniroyal, and it usually stayed folded up inside the brakeman's grip. "
That was a good place for it, other than the fact that you had to lug it around in your grip!
Yes, they would keep the rain off of you, however, it didn't make much difference as you sweated so much wearing it that you still wound up soaking wet inside!!!
