As a scrappy kitten, he loved rolling around on the dirt floors of the engine house and climbing all over the coal piles on our steam-powered train, so the crews named him Dirt. The name stuck as did the coal. “Dirt is actually an orange and white cat, but because at a young age he started rolling in the dirt and climbing on the trains, his white fur gets stained gray,” explained Eric Mencis, the manager of guest services and social media director of the railroad. “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.”"

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