Tama was a stray calico cat near Kishi Station in Japan when the railway was about to close. The company made her stationmaster in 2007, paying her salary in cat food. Over 8 years she was promoted 4 more times - ending as the company's third-highest executive. She drew 55,000 extra riders in her first year alone and saved the line. When she died in 2015, thousands attended her funeral.
