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Went out for a cup of coffee this morning and returned to the Train Room to find one of our cats Sandy had decided the corner of the layout was a good spot to hang out...
Again proof of why this new layout will soon include Car Guards to protect it from such invasions!
[:D]
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Posted - April 15 2007 : 12:20:34 PM
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I have have cats too, normally they just take turns hanging out guarding (but never disturbing) my Lionel set that I place around the Christmas Tree - but I have a fiance who thinks it's amusing to let hamsters waddle down my HO Layout's mainline though. [:D]
I like caffeine and a chainsaw ...
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 Posted - April 15 2007 : 12:50:01 PM
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| She looks relaxed on that corner of your layout. Maybe you should have named her Chessie. You should put her name on a chessie boxcar just for her---Brian
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Posted - April 15 2007 : 2:39:23 PM
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Aww...she looks so happy...unlike my cat. He knocks train cars, trees and people over. How are you going to build the cat guards? I have my trains on a bar thats atleast 4ft off the floor, and my cat still gets up there.[B)]
-cheez
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Posted - April 15 2007 : 2:45:47 PM
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... for a moment, there... I visualized the Spinx in Egypt... hmmm...
just counting rivots..."will soon include Car Guards to protect it ..."
[;)]
Sandy's Mountain... nice place for some structural earth, perhaps?
John
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Posted - April 15 2007 : 8:35:36 PM
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Can you say "Cat Sui Gai" with Rice of course![:D] [:D] [:D] [:D] [:D]
-Gareth
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Posted - April 15 2007 : 8:40:01 PM
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Aww... I daresay that's the happiest cat I've ever seen! Brian is right - he needs to be honored somehow...
I miss my old cat though... he would walk across the layout AND NOT TOUCH ANYTHING. It was amazing to see. Still, I sympathize with your concerns... the other cat bastard we got was not so genteel.
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Posted - April 15 2007 : 9:02:48 PM
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| Is that a coupler I see hangin' out the corner of its mouth?
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Posted - April 18 2007 : 09:15:50 AM
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Tony,
I am sure you've seen these before. But for others who may not have, cats have caused problems on layouts. Sorry it is rather large!
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Posted - April 18 2007 : 10:58:15 AM
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I ran across some of those old 'Norman' cat cartoons not long ago in one of the magazines...classic stuff.
[:D]
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Posted - April 19 2007 : 09:45:19 AM
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Great pic! My daughter has 3 cats and they loved the ICG railway underneath our Christmas tree this past year, particularly the Purina car. Go figure.
Love the 'Norman" cartoons. The 'kitty litter for ballast' is the best one.
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Posted - April 19 2007 : 10:59:57 AM
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quote:
Love the 'Norman" cartoons. The 'kitty litter for ballast' is the best one.
Originally posted by Steel Hauler - April 19 2007 : 09:45:19 AM
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I've read guys posting and discussing actually using Cat Litter as ballast...apparently NO JOKE.
From my experience, Cat Litter would not make a very ideal ballast material. At least the brands we buy is clumping and generally features a deodorant of some kind. I would think your whole layout would begin to smell funny...and if you have cats like we do...you might need to buy a snowplow to clean the right of way after they discover the litter and USE IT.
[XX(]
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Edited by - Tony Cook on April 19 2007 11:01:48 AM
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Posted - April 20 2007 : 3:05:13 PM
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I have used kitty litter with great success on my 1/35 scale armour dioramas. You just have to use the non-clumping, non-super absorbant, non-scented cheap stuff. It seems to be just medium grey clay that has been ground up. It would look OK as ballast. Not sure if it would contain any iron particles though. Quite a bit cheaper then Woodland Scenics stuff!
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Posted - July 04 2020 : 11:46:15 AM
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quote:Went out for a cup of coffee this morning and returned to the Train Room to find one of our cats Sandy had decided the corner of the layout was a good spot to hang out...
Again proof of why this new layout will soon include Car Guards to protect it from such invasions!
Classic photo Tony.
Originally posted by Tony Cook - April 15 2007 : 12:01:00 PM
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Posted - July 04 2020 : 10:24:12 PM
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post moar Norman comics!  
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Posted - July 05 2020 : 09:34:16 AM
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quote:post moar Norman comics!
Originally posted by microbusss - July 04 2020 : 10:24:12 PM
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Yes, that one was funny! I have heard about the kitty litter ballast idea! Sandy looks very happy on the corner of the layout. 
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Posted - July 05 2020 : 11:59:52 AM
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I think those are the obly ones MR did or if they are more did not last long
My first cat LOVED the Train layout He' watch from the basement window He would sit on the basemant steps and watch it After I finished went upstairs the cat just stared at me so went down ran the train for five more minutes then he went upstairs Not sure if he prefered steam or diesel Any rate both are long gone
That is till 1999 another story for another time
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