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The railroad corporation's iconic "Chessie Cat", "Sleeping Chessie", "Sleeping Kitty", or "Sleeping Cat" logo. (Many nicknames were given to the actual logo.) Hi All, Hope you all are enjoying a lovely Tuesday (11/29th/2022) evening. I wanted to make a quick post regarding my 1st mini series "Station Cats" that will be departing the station on this Thursday (12/1/22). As you all know, to kick off the month of December with 2 mini series to end 2022 on a snuggle note, I'll be doing a week along edition relating to "Railway Cats" where I'll spotlight the railroad cats of United Kingdom, Scotland, Japan and United States. As a reminder, our first stop on this cuddling rail trip will be at Kishi Station in Japan to talk about their famous cat named Tama. But first before I begin the series, I just wanted to mention a few points regarding Rail Companies & Cats just to give an understanding of what I mean with the te...

Before we start,   I hope everyone who celebrated Thanksgiving yesterday (Thursday 11/24/22) enjoyed being with their friends and family and hope everyone had something to be thankful for something during the thanksgiving holiday and everyday. For those who didn't/couldn't read my thanksgiving message you can find it by going up to the search bar and type "Thanksgiving Message 2022" to read it. I share what I am thankful for over on that post. Now on to business of this post.... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note to all in regard to Winter Blog Schedule: We will be shifting to a winter scheduling between December 1st 2022-March 21st, 2023. Please be patient as we will be shifting to a winter schedule here on the blog.  Down below are announcements  relating to some changes that will be taking place in December 2022.  December 2022 Announcements Everything below will b...

  Before we start, I want to say Happy Thanksgiving  To:  (the rest of)United States, to Grenada, to Saint Lucia, and to Liberia, Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate Thanksgiving on Thursday November 24th.  To:  Canada- I hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving on the second Monday in the month of October.  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As we approach Thanksgiving on Thursday November 24th, I wanted to share who I give thanks to on Thanksgiving. I hope everyone who celebrate Thanksgiving enjoys times with friends and family and hope everyone in Canada enjoyed Thanksgiving on the 2nd Monday in October.  On Thanksgiving, I give thanks to the following while I'm with my family: I give thanks to our  United States  military who protect our country during war times. If it wasn't for them risking everything, who would protect the country ...

 In honor of Veteran Day last Friday 11/11/22, I decided to continue on with the second part of honoring the veterans by taking a look at the narrow gauge trench railway engines. As the last Opinion & Answer focus on the Standard Gauge along with a steam train Post series. So I wanted to share the spotlight with the narrow gauge engines that worked the narrow gauge light railway networks along with doing this steam train posts.   Please Enjoy  -Conductor Wolf ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As we continue on our train journey, we arrive at our 53rd stop. With this train trip, we traveled from the  London and North Western Railway and head off to World War 1 front to see four types of Narrow Gauge trench railways locomotives. For our 53rd stop, we see puffing down the trench railway, a British War Department Light Railway's American Locomotive Company 2-6-2T locomoti...

In honor of Veteran Day last Friday 11/11/22, I decided to do a special Steam train Post towards the Railway Operation Division from Great Britain during World War 1 between this Sunday & Next Sunday 11/20/22. Please Enjoy  -Conductor Wolf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Railway Operation Division 2-8-0 Locomotive  As we continue on our train journey, we arrive at our 49th stop. With this train trip, we travel back in time to Great Britain in World War 1 when their Railway Operation Division had operated 2-8-0 steam locomotive that was based on Great Central Railway Class 8K.  49. Railway Operation Division 2-8-0 Railroad/Basic: Great Central Railway Class 8K/ Tender Engine  Engine: Freight Tender Engine  Designer: John G. Robinson Builders: North British Locomotive Company,Robert Stephenson and Company,Nasmyth, Wilson and Company, Kitson and Company & Great ...