Hey There,
Anyone make up a name for their railroads? I'm working on a name and a logo/herald and wondered if anyone else has.
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Hey There,
Anyone make up a name for their railroads? I'm working on a name and a logo/herald and wondered if anyone else has.
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While I never had the herald made into a decal:
Also known as...
...because of the speed of progress on it over the past 30 years.
But it has taken on a life of its own:
Rusty
I have named my railroad in honor of my wife's parents that passed away, her Father Most Recently, and her Mother when she was a teenager.
I have never made a Herald or Logo for it but I call it
J. & S.O. Lines
Walker Model Railroad named after my father-in-law that got me started in O gauge railroading back 1990.
We lost Popa 4 years ago, I still miss him, but his name sake lives on with my train board that I take to 4 shows
in Northern and central New York State every fall.
I made this one up. The Azalia and Columbus RR. Grew up in Azalia, Indiana. The East Fork of the White River was about a mile away. My Dad did a lot of archaeology, and found a Riverton settlement in a field. A few thousand years ago it was next to the river, but now the river is about a half mile away.
I used my screen name. RSJ&B, the initials of the first names of me and the family.
Bob
I'm thinking of calling mine the Manitowoc & Lakeshore Railroad. I've also contemplated the Ironwood Bessemer & Wakefield. It's down to where I live now or where I grew up.
Mine is the J&S RR. The Johnstown & Savannah. I'm from Johnstown Pa & my wife is from Savannah, GA. Date RR established is 8 Jan 1966 - our wedding date. Other than bridge lettering the only logo is crossed north and south flags.
Mine is The Lenny Lines in homage to my uncle Leonard known as Bill who's basement the layout resides in
My favorite road is the A.T.& S.F
So have called mine the Appalachian, Tampa & Santa Fe because it's housed here in these beautiful western NC mountains and there is a strong connection with FL up here!
My O gauge really never has had a name. I occasionally refer to it as Larry's fantasy railroad.
My new One Gauge already has been named by my wife actually.
Rock Creek Rail Road.
She already had hats and t-shirts made. That surprised the heck out of me. Even the grand kids got a t shirt.
The big deal is the outside layout isn't even completely done yet .lol
Larry
For my diesel theme: Kansas City & Gulf. Circa early 1960s. The KC&G has been in existence since the mid-late 1990s.
For my steam theme: Colorado & Pacific. Circa 1880s. The C&P has been in existence since about mid-2016.
Also, prior to building the Kansas Grain Belt, the Seattle Tacoma and Portland followed me up to S from my HO involvement:
Rusty
Since I live in PA, I decided to call it the Pennsylvania Rail Road, or PRR for short.
I Model Pennsylvania, so my name is the Penn Western RR.
In almost 50 years of layouts, I never really named any of my pikes, except one time when I had a relatively large LGB layout with remote switches that I dubbed the "Poole Bahn"! :-)
The Reston and Elsewhere RR -- from here to wherever your imagination takes you.
VERY NICE logos and paint schemes!
I usually call the lower level of the 4.5x9 "The SBC"; "Spaghetti Bowl Central"
It's elevated line serving an elevated mine is usually the "Happy Miser Line" as I'm big on Looney Tunes. It mostly hauls silver & gold for Yukon Cornelius, but I've not come up with a good enough name to stick.
The only one I actually made any effort at all for signage; a micro, my hand bent 0-21 is "Industrial Park South". It reminded me of the South Park cartoon. Likely some kind of unintentional plagiarismhere, so the credit was due.
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