Chessie Cat?

[smokey the elder]

At my first job we'd play sheepshead every lunch, and one of the decks of cards had the Chessie cat on it. Archie is in the exact same position!

[GILL]

What a cutie. My wife and I are both fans of the C&O (Chesapeake & Ohio) We both collect model trains I "N" gauge and my wife "Z" gauge. The C&O started with Chessie a gray tabby "the sleeping cat", later they introduced Peak a orange tabby as a partner to Chessie. Yes they did have kittens. The anniversary presents for my wife, this year, included an original set of C&O playing cards a reproduction set that we can use.

That’s why we have Chessie (gray tabby-coon) and Peak (orange tabby)

[orangemm]

Gill, my husband is into trains, too. He's been setting up his N gauge and making a new layout for the Z gauge (the house is full of train stuff!). He's been building little houses for his setup and it looks really nice.

I have a Chessie latchhook that I did years ago. It's hard to find old Chessie things now..............