Layout structures

I will respond tonight @Dave Koehler  

That all of my buildings on my layout are representing businesses from my hometown, downtown Olive Hill.

Each one is either named after a friend or relative of my father.  The buildings not always resemble the original but I feel it’s it’s fun to continue their legacy of each with their name displayed on the brick facade.

Nostalgic 😊

I think it’s neat. I am naming a small town station stop after a dear friend and mentor. My brother, on his layout, is naming several businesses after actual ones in our past.

@WP

I think that is so cool that both of you are keeping personal personalities from your hometown alive!

Plus run an engine or two 🚂

I have a store named for my wife, Caroline, whom I lost to cancer almost 7 years ago.

Dick

Yeah!  I don't even know  when I started doing it.  But I have  a building named after  a Late  Friends  Beatyer meat processing plant. (I have a rural small  town version 1880's and a larger 1910's  Beatyer Meat Freezer plant .  Donna's Dinner,  DF Koehler Printing, Leo Glick Trucking. Hamann Bro's logging and Mill. G Kohlers Machine Shop and Repair. Trinko's Gas and Auto Repair, Robbin camp #4  Robbin RR and Lumber CO.  and My great grandfathers farm and my uncle Martins log barn.  the area goes from Milwaukee , Wausau, Merrill  Wien, ,Tomahawk,  and Starks.  Im going to need one big layout!

I just realized l only have one structure named after a friend, a mine, lettered on the shaft house. Many other names are selected to emphasize the geographic location l attempt to model, and others are fictional inventions.

Towns from the geographic area the layout is based on.  Buildings/businesses named for family, friends, & model railroaders

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This is Haag;s Taproom named for my good friend Bill Haag whose mother-in -law ran a bar in Schenectady and I was FORCED to drink beer there. A Downtown Deco kit assembled and decorated by Stu Gralnik

The Hoffmann Creamery named for my good friends the Hoffmann Brothers, great neighbors and farmers, I can't remember the manufacturer of this kit but it was assembled and decorated by Master Builder Stu Gralnik

Kreczko Meat Packing named for my good friend Dave Kreczko who is always dabling in making Kielbasa and sausage. This is a Korber Pickle Factory

And finally, The Rubilotta Mattress Works named for my good friend Andy Rubilotta who was National

Sales Manager for Seely Bedding. This is a renamed Korber Shoe Factory

Naming building after family, mostly grand kids. They love seeing their names on the layout. Still need to do a few more.

Max Foods after our Golden Doodle, Max……

Max helped me build it in the summer of 2017…..

Peter

@ENichter posted:

Naming building after family, mostly grand kids. They love seeing their names on the layout. Still need to do a few more.

Excellent idea Eric and one that I want to follow. How/where did you get the signs?

Jay

@Tranquil Hollow RR posted:

Excellent idea Eric and one that I want to follow. How/where did you get the signs?

Jay

They are mth building signs. Ordered from a MTH service center.

Thanks Eric.

"Acahela National Forest" is named after my childhood Scout Camp:

The fruit stand and orchard on my old layout was named after the actual farm i worked on as a teenager and Mr and Mrs Taft became good friends of mine. I used an old business card for the signage. 

@Avanti Camp Acahela at Blakeslee, PA — Pete, that was really a cool place and truly a learning center.  Really neat that you chose that name for your layout!

@Avanti posted:

"Acahela National Forest" is named after my childhood Scout Camp:

Small world! I attended that camp too! Great times!

@Bob Golfs posted:

@Avanti Camp Acahela at Blakeslee, PA — Pete, that was really a cool place and truly a learning center.  Really neat that you chose that name for your layout!

I completely agree! I haven’t been there in nearly 20 years.

@Dave Koehler posted:

This  goes out to the more creative members both in 2 rail and in 3rail, how many of you name the various businesses  on you layout, after family, friends or just businesses  you knew from the past?

Not a business. but a steamer, Sally the Yard Goat, named after a late beloved family pet, Sally, a female German Shepherd Beagle mix.

Just a few examples among many on the old layout:

For my friend and OGR editor Allan Miller:

My wife likes reading and cookbooks:

I always imagined owning a train store!

Humor on a couple of levels with a shoe repair shop named after a parish priest:

Jim

That’s an outstanding display Jim. Great tributes to your wife and your Parrish priest; with him exiting the shop, very nice.

Jay

@Arnold D. Cribari posted:

Not a business. but a steamer, Sally the Yard Goat, named after a late beloved family pet, Sally, a female German Shepherd Beagle mix.

that works

The two businesses I have on my layout are named for a place in the area and a real business. I have named a few figures after some folks, but that's it.

Most of my layout buildings are named after family members, places I have lived or been too. All my buildings are scratch built and my layout represents a good part of my life. Every time I run my Railroad it reminds me of someone or something from my life.

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Northport Sweet Shop, because that's where We lived. Maag Bank because that's my family name.

Baby Ruth factory for my Wife Ruth.

Alexis Theater for my Granddaughter.

Schrimpe Produce for my wife's family name, they owned a farm on Long Island, NY.

Bellerose Diner, I grew up in Bellerose NY

Lionel Tin-Plate cars with my Grandkid's names.

A Ryder gas station for my Grandson Ryder.

Ryder Express Lionel cars restored with pictures of all my Grandsons relatives pictures in the windows

Hoods Milk factory because my Grandfather designed the Hood' Milk Cow.

The Tardis Theatre.  Art deco design with a few inside jokes.  The featured players are all preserved railway equipment.

George Washingmachine Bridge: