This sat tale got posted to the ModMod mailing list (dedicated to UK diesel and electric era railway modelling)
Anyone want a cat?
On My Workbench: The remains of a 1959 London Underground DMS
The moral of this story is: If you are part of a railway modelling household, and there are one or more cats in the house, do not on any account allow them to watch Japanese monster movies – it will only give them ideas!