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    In 1946, a man opens the curtain to enter his Pullman Car berth and is startled to see a cat, sleeping with its head and left paw showing above the covers. What railroad is he riding on and what is the name of the cat?

    Question #98434. Asked by clemmydog. (Aug 09 08 1:34 PM)


    lanfranco

    		Well, the description fits "Chessie," the mascot of the Chesapeake and Ohio, used in much advertising, but from 1933. Could this be what you had in mind?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chessie_%28railroad_mascot%29

    Aug 09 08, 1:54 PM
    honeybee4

    		I think the railroad is C&O, and the cat is Chessie.

    http://www.gameroomantiques.com/cat/Chessie40s.htm

    Aug 09 08, 2:06 PM
    clemmydog

    		Right; I actually got the question from a Charles Adams cartoon in the New Yorker Magazine of the period.

    (Thanks Ianfranco)

    Aug 09 08, 6:47 PM

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