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Old 11-17-2019, 06:56 PM
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Got notification today of this YouTube post, a cat story you may enjoy.
And the trains are okay too.


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The Worlds Most Famous Cat.- Dirt the Cat at the Nevada Northern Locomotive Shops
2,318 views•Nov 17, 2019

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Dirt the Cat was born in the roundhouse of the Nevada Northern Railroad in Ely Nevada. Over the last ten years, he has become an online celebrity.

Dirt lives among the steam and diesel locomotives of this amazing railroad museum. He is absolutely filthy. He long ago learned to not attempt to clean himself by licking his fur. The dirt in the shop is a mix of soot and coal dust as well as rust and metal filings. And good old dirt. Nothing any animal would want to put in their mouth.


Fro Dirt's web page: (https://nnry.com/pages/dirt.php)

In 2008 Dirt was born here, in the main locomotive repair shop, under one of our historic steam locomotives. He was a shy little kitty who looked for nooks and crannies in the shop to hide in. The shop staff became attached to the little guy. Both the shop staff and the locomotive crews always liked to have him hang around the shop with them as they went about their tasks. With a can of Tuna here and there, and some attention every so often he fit right into the rest of the routine in the shop.

Nowadays, Dirt is almost always front-and-center to great our museum guests and tours. He also loves to ...
https://youtu.be/-SzLH1FQF2E
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