Station Cats

[Shrimper]

I met the Hadfield station cat, Betsy, today. She was sitting on the booking counter but I was warned not to stroke her.

Ha, I met her today as well. Did get away with a quick scratch on the head

 

[neilb62]

At Old-Oak loco we had Bandit and Dipstick, the two scruffiest long haired Black and White cats you could ever see... Both now long gone.

 

[Dr_Paul]

Back in the 1970s there was a black cat at Drayton Park depot which lived in a platelayers' hut. She was only little and quite old, but I was told that she'd happily catch big rats. I was doing some volunteer work with the Ffestiniog Railway, we had bought up all the track in the depot; we lifted it and loaded it onto a bogie bolster wagon which eventually made its way up to North Wales.

 

[Cletus]

Searching for "Hadfield cat" on twitter gets you these:
https://twitter.com/search?q=hadfield cat&src=typd

Couldn't get a link devoted to the cat.

(Other people's pictures - they may come out big)

So Hadfield has a station cat! He's a bit grumpy though.

 

[Busaholic]

Ha, I met her today as well. Did get away with a quick scratch on the head

Your head or hers? The female of the species is deadlier than the male, in my experience of owning (beg pardon, co-domiciling with) cats.

 

[theageofthetra]

Our depot has one who loiters around the shed. It basically sits around on its @rse, waiting to be fed & complimented whilst serving no useful purpose at all. I suspect it will shortly be headhunted by the DFT.

 

[Arglwydd Golau]

Our depot has one who loiters around the shed. It basically sits around on its @rse, waiting to be fed & complimented whilst serving no useful purpose at all. I suspect it will shortly be headhunted by the DFT.

That is an excellent post, sums up cats and the DFT very well.

 

[Shrimper]

Your head or hers? The female of the species is deadlier than the male, in my experience of owning (beg pardon, co-domiciling with) cats.

Hers - I came away unscathed

 

[childwallblues]

Our depot has one who loiters around the shed. It basically sits around on its @rse, waiting to be fed & complimented whilst serving no useful purpose at all. I suspect it will shortly be headhunted by the DFT.

But that is what cats do best!

 

[Bungle965]

Came across the cat at Hadfield today. She clearly must have taken a liking to me as I got away with a stroke.
Sam

 

[Joseph_Locke]

... I got away with a stroke.

I hope you're feeling better now?

 

[Bungle965]

I hope you're feeling better now?

I'm feeling purrrfect.
Sam

 

[Cletus]

The Hadfield cat certainly knows how to look hard for the cameras.

 

[Mutant Lemming]

On initial training many many many moons ago we were told that there were cats on the payroll (as pest control agents) and there was mention of a supervisor at Faringdon who was disciplined for pocketing the cat food allowance.

I wonder if there are any felines still on the 'payroll' in some form or other ?

 

[507021]

Paul was out and about at Liverpool South Parkway the other day.

Very friendly.

 

[Busaholic]

On initial training many many many moons ago we were told that there were cats on the payroll (as pest control agents) and there was mention of a supervisor at Faringdon who was disciplined for pocketing the cat food allowance.

I wonder if there are any felines still on the 'payroll' in some form or other ?

Just for a second, reading the first line only I thought you were going to say a cat was paid as a supervisor: actually, a few of the examples quoted would have probably done a better job than certain individual humans.

 

[IanXC]

Just for a second, reading the first line only I thought you were going to say a cat was paid as a supervisor: actually, a few of the examples quoted would have probably done a better job than certain individual humans.

For a moment I thought that a human had a job as "Supervisor of Cats".

If ever a job would be like hearding....