Railroad Maintenance Cat Spotlight-Dirt The Nevada East Ely Railway Maintenance Cats
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| Dirt the Nevada East Ely Railway Maintenance Cat |
Hi All,
Happy Monday, to start off the week I wanted to spotlight Dirt who works at the East Ely Railway Maintenance Cat. I'll give brief points about Dirt with a link to the source down below.
He was born there 13-years ago to a stray cat that wandered in. His mom had her kittens under one of our trains, and a 1907 built rotary snowplow to be exact. After his mom and the other kittens left, this one beautiful cat was all alone but scared to come out. Took a can of tuna to bring out the little kitten and was able to warm up to the crews.
From the article:
"The adorable cat loved rolling around on the dirt floors of the engine house and climb all over the coal pines on our steam-powered train, so the crews named him Dirt. The name stuck as did the coal: “The cat’s fur pattern is actually white and orange, but because at a young age he started rolling in the dirt and climbing on the trains, his white fur gets stained gray,” explained Mencis, “At a young age, Dirt learned not to lick himself clean, like normal cats, being part stray he likes to stay oily and dirty because it helps keep him tough-looking and also in a sense keeps him clean because things don’t stick to his fur and bugs don’t go near him.” (boradpanda.com)
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My opinion:
After reading the article, Dirt has an amazing story about how he became "the king of the shop" at the East Ely Railroad Depot Museum. In my opinion, Dirt looks like he always have a busy day in the dept.'s shop like his human counterparts that work on the trains to keep them running.
Dirt the cat has an interesting story at East Ely Railroad Depot Museum. He is known at the museum as Dirt the Railway Cat and ‘King of the Shop’ due to rolling around in the dirt in the museum's shed. To learn more about Dirt, please click the link below to learn more.
Link: Dirt The Nevada Railway Cat That Always Looks Like He Needs A Bath
