What is the name of your Railroad and why?

Like Alex has done my wife and I used our initials, hence JMX Railroad.

Frank, I hated seeing those photos.  Good on ya for moving on, though.  If I had the ability and desire to construct such a magnificent layout I'd probably want to be buried with it.

 

But, like Jimi said -  "...castles made of sand fall in the sea, eventually."

 

Pete

I do some O three-rail but also a little O two-rail and some On30. The On30 railroad is named the Quivira City and Rio Seco. Its theme is the southwestern US, but isn't set in a specific locale. The O two-rail home-road equipment will be lettered for the Quivira City Terminal, the narrow gauge's broad-gauge subsidiary.

 

My O three-rail railroad is going to be the White River Railway.

Steve,

    The name of our layout is the Pine Creek Railroad, it was a real Railroad long ago

that ran thru the Grand Canyon of Pa up thru NY.  My Grandfather was one of the main Engineers, stop  in at the Lumber Museum at the foot of Denton Hill and see the actual pictures of the Pine Creek Railroad some time. 

PCRR/Dave

 

The Pine Creek Railroad

Cincinnati Western R.R. was born from an idea that Cincinnati’s rail station, Union Terminal, served not only passenger service from the: N&W, Southern, NYC, PRR, B&O, and L&N, but also the westward railroads: Milwaukee Road, Santa Fe, and Burlington. Passenger service is offered daily from Cincinnati’s Union Terminal to: Washington D.C., Pittsburgh, New York City in the east, and to Los Angeles, Oakland, and Seattle in the west, with several additional cities served in between.   

since i have not started a layout let and l have my 13 1/2ft.x7 on the basement floor i call it concrete central, the name fits, and it is better then nothing at all, at least i get to run my trains.

fred

 

ps sorry about not using capital letters where they should be, my capital key is not working, it looks like i do not know how to write a letter. 

DHC. The Dog Hair Central. Two dogs = lots of hair, in the track, switches, rollers you name it. Keeps me on top of track maintenance though and I love the company.

I was raised in Middle Island NY, since the town was established first as Midland, I named my first N-scale layout out when I was younger the Midland Central. Now when I eventually buy the basement with a house over it then the O gauge Midland Central will be born. As a Kid I came up with a back story as in the Midland Central branched off the Long Island Rail Road first from Miller Place, NY but when that branch closed the track was built to connect to Yaphank, NY on the mainline and headed inland to Middle Island to serve a lumber mill and yard. Someday it will be one of two layouts in my basement. One will be a dual gauge layout, ON30/O set in Maine (need a place to run my BL2's) and Long Island.

 

Mike Arnold 

Pine Creek:  I visited the Grand Canyou of Pa. and the Lumber Museum of Pa. for the

first time this past York week.  The main building at the museum was under construction so I probably missed those pictures.  It was raining which meant for a

hurried but still very worthwhile tour of the grounds. 

I am just thinking, with a Dog Hair Central, cat owners can have a Hairball Central

and highball on the Hairball.

Kodiak Junction...

 

Because of my pup Kodi.

 

The "Blossom Creek RR" named after the supposed Indian name for "Flowery Branch", Georgia. Not true, but I had heard the rumor for years,SO!!!! There you have it. Tom

Didn't you know the bible is full of train references? Read on....

 

I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. (Isaiah 6:1) And he made the table; (Exodus 35:10) twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof, (I Kings 6:3) being in the form (Philippians 2:6) of the island. (Isaiah 34:14) But Peter said, "Not so, Lord; for (Acts 10:14) every wise hearted man, (Exodus 36:2) working with his hands the thing which is good, (Ephesians 4:28) against the wall of the house he built." (I Kings 6:5) But God said unto him, (Luke 12:20) "I am the LORD, I change not." (Malachi 3:6) The LORD hath made all things (Proverbs 16:4) on the table, (Luke 22:21) Unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, (Ezekiel 36:6) and the towns thereof. (I Chronicles 7:28) And make straight paths for your (Hebrews 12:13) train. (Proverbs 22:6) Them of old time (Matthew 5:21) have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein, (Isaiah 59:8) sudden destruction cometh upon them. (I Thessalonians 5:3) The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth. (Luke 3:5) And God said, "Let there be (Genesis 1:6) horses (II Kings 2:11) of iron." (Deuteronomy 3:11) And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, (II Chronicles 26:15) of brass (Ex 27:2) very precious; (Mk 14:3) Mountains, with (Ezekiel 35:8) four wheels (Eze 10:9) and eight (Ex 36:9) and two (Gen 7:9) with the tender. (Song 2:13) They shall run like (Joel 2:7) a watch. (Matthew 27:65) And he shall set engines of (Ezekiel 26:9) good speed (Genesis 24:12) in the way wherein they should go, (Nehemiah 9:12) and to pull (Jeremiah 18:7) very many chariots. (II Chronicles 16:8)

And Mary arose in those days, (Luke 1:39) and she came to Jerusalem with a very great train. (I Kings 10:2) And she said, "Oh my lord, (I Samuel 1:26) verily it shall (Jeremiah 15:11) stay upon (Isaiah 50:10) the good way, (Jeremiah 6:16) and that which should be set on thy table should (Job 36:16) turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left." (Joshua 23:6) And I heard the voice of many angels, (Revelation 5:11) and they said one to another, "Behold, this dreamer cometh." (Genesis 37:19) And he sighed deeply in his spirit, (Mark 8:12) and he said, "Thou hast asked a hard thing: (II Kings 2:10) according to your faith be it unto you." (Matthew 9:29) And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, (Genesis 24:15) the Mountain (Joshua 11:16) turned aside out of the way, and went into the field, (Numbers 22:23) and all the chariots (II Kings 8:21) went backward, and fell to the ground. (John 18:6) Then the LORD said unto (Jeremiah 11:6) the Mountain, (Joshua 11:16) "The frogs (Exodus 8:4) be too narrow for thee." (Joshua 17:15) And he repaired the (II Chronicles 33:16) turn...out. (Hebrews 12:13) And so it (II Samuel 1:2) went another way (I Kings 13:10) until it (Hosea 7:4) began to be stopped. Then they were very wroth, (Nehemiah 4:7) And the LORD said, (Job 1:8) "Behold now, I perceive that this is (II Kings 4:9) some uncleanness." (Deuteronomy 24:1) And after he... cleansed (Ezekiel 44:26) the wheels, (Ezekiel 10:12) while he yet spake, behold, a Bright (Matthew 17:5) Boy for (Joel 3:3) cleansing (Leviticus 13:7) rail, on (II Chronicles 32:17) both the top of it, and the sides thereof. (Exodus 37:26) What God hath cleansed, (Acts 10:15) it shall be clean, (Leviticus 11:37) round about thy table. (Psalm 128:3) And, lo, I perceived that (Nehemiah 6:12) it moveth itself, (Proverbs 23:31) And ran through that whole region round about, and began to (Mark 6:55) run continually. (Psalm 58:7) The angels said, (Hebrews 1:13) "Indeed a notable miracle hath been done." (Acts 4:16) And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. (Genesis 1:31)

 

--Greg

 

The right side of my layout is loosely based on a NJ suburban town, and the left side is modeled after a Southwestern desert. Therefore, I have dubbed it the Eastern & Western Railroad.

I call mine the "Not-So-Great Eastern aka The Never Done Lines". Why, because the motive power is primarily PRR with a smattering of NYC, LV and NH, all serving the urban Northeast. It was originally inspired by the late Lorell Joiner's Great Southern Railroad, but i knew it would never achieve the quality level of the Great Southern Railroad; hence "Not-So-Great" "The Never Done Lines" is self explanatory.

A small group of us have been meeting more or less every week the last 20+ years, so we consider ourselves the Southern Adirondack Railway Cartel as we all live in that part of the country. The "Not-So-Great Eastern" is a division of the Southern Adirondack Railway Cartel.

jackson

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...&feature=channel

Dave...wow...this is a really cool story. Thanks for sharing.

LOTUS - Looks OK To US.

Because nothing is "prototypical", it's all for fun.

I use a fictional Division name and a real name of a fallen flag railroad (the Home Road, of course).

 

It represents a surveyed, but never built, line across Texas that would have run from Brownwood up through Abilene, across the rolling plains and climbing up onto the caprock near Crosbyton by use of a 2 per cent grade.

Stllson River Railroad (S.R.R.R.) after my wife's middle name (Stilson, not River or Railroad , a fictional subsidiary of the N&W. The least I could do considering the time and space I devote to model trains. Besides, when her pride in her namesake occasionally gets the better of her she builds a structure or trees. Pretty good deal.

Jerrman

self explanatory

The name of my railroad is the Jefferson R.R. since this is really the only thing that my first full name is politically correct to use on.

I was reading through this thread and saw Lorell Joiner's Great Southern name.  I had the honor to spend many Monday evening working, helping on that railroad during the early 90’s. For the first year all I was allowed to do was plant (glue) trees to the layout.  Later on I wired all of the new panels he had made.  I moved to San Antonio and was able to contact Lorell looking for advice on a HO setup and luck me he invited me to join the Monday crowed.  I got out of the hobby and just this Christmas pulled a Lionel set out of storage for the grandkids and started to search this forum.  I am starting to get excited again.

Cabin Lake & Western, named for an imaginary rail line which is set in the general area of Cabin Lake, Montana ... in the Thompson Falls area .... my Dad made it up and we used to "play imaginary trains" on it before we had a layout.

Milwaukee Road because all my engines are Milwaukee and I love electrics, steam and Diesel. Don

You guys are so creative.  I never really thought about naming mine.  Remember No-Name City in "Paint Your Wagon"?  I guess that's mine: NNRR

My son and I call ours the WIHABL Railroad because we often found ourselves thinking the same thing...Wish I had a Bigger Layout!!

I call my railroad layout the Finger Lakes Lehigh Penn Central Railroad to honor the present railroad line in Phelps, NY: Finger Lakes Railway, and to also honor the famous past railroad lines that formerly ran through Phelps: Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, and New York Central Railroads. I call the layout Slackerville because of very limited time to work on it holding down 2 jobs, not much seems to happen there sometimes, so the name fits like it is a take-off from the 60's TV show Petticoat Junction. Guess you can call me Uncle Joe at times. You members have some great names for your railroads. Way to go!

My railroad is Empire United Railways. This was originally the name used by the Beebe Syndicate for their interurban lines in the Syracuse NY area at the time of WWI. My version uses Lionel Lackawanna MU cars for passenger service and diecels for freight service following Erie Lackawanna numbering and paint practice.

Erwin & East Tennessee, because I live in Erwin which is in east Tennessee. Northeast Tennessee to be exact.

I'm modelling the railroads of Minneapolis and St Paul, and came up with Twin Cities Central a number of years ago. It's descriptive, but not terribly creative. I've been trying to think of something better, but I'm not having much luck. Maybe it's just time to embrace it.

I've come up with several names over the years for my layouts. Most recently, I was modeling a fictional narrow gauge railroad, The Magalloway Lumber Co.

 

My new layout will be a streetcar/interurban line, and I'm still working on a name.

 

Jeff C

Grand Funk Railroad.  No decorated rolling stock, no signs etc.  Just like the name, LOVE the band, just fit.  

GP&W.  It was the initials that my Dad gave to the layout he built for us when we were kids. 

Very inventive, guys.  I guess mine, right now, is "I haven't thought of anything since I don't have anything".  Maybe in 2014.   Happy New Year!

North Branch & Lamington - since my house sits near the North Branch of the Raritan and the Lamington River is to the west.

The only operation I ever named, the "Elk River Railroad", has now been dismantled. So named because it was located in our mountain cottage which sits on the mountainside at 3,500' with a close up view of the Elk River in western North Carolina.

 

The river soon turns west toward "Clinchfield Country" in East Tennessee which accounts for the portion shown of a 30 Hopper CC&O coal train behind a Challenger.. 

Fuzzy photo of RR name on faux plate truss bridge. 

Mine is the P,LZ&W RR (Palatine, Lake Zurich & Wauconda RR) which was a short-lived, underfunded local road that was formed around the turn of the 20th century and folded in the 1920's. You can still see remnants of it around here, although the rails are long gone. There's a good book about it, which interested me when we moved to this area decades ago. It is just my way of honoring the memory of it.

I grew up in Lewistown, PA and my grandparents had a summer cottage along the Juniata River at a location about 10 miles west of town on the PRR known as Horningford.  I spent several weeks each summer with my grandparents and in addition to time spent swimming and fishing in the river, I'd also ride my bike to the Horningford crossing to watch trains.

Anyhow, I named my layout the Harrisburg, Horningford and Western.  The slogan for the railroad is "The Mattawana Route".  A look at a map of PA will explain both.

Curt

S scale layout:

 

KC Lines.  'Cause it's based on the West Bottoms area of Kansas City in the early-mid 60s.

 

V scale layouts/routes:

 

Alleghany Central: Because it runs right into the heart of the Alleghenies. The AC is a proto-lanced theme that runs on C&O tracks from Thurmond, WV, then onto Virginian tracks at Pax, and heads toward Mullens. Rails currently end just past Eccles. Circa late 1880s.

 

Denver South Park & Pacific: Because it models the South Park. Rails are in place from Pitkin to near Buena Vista. Circa 1884.

 

Central Pacific: Because it models the Central Pacific.  Rails in place from Colfax to just past Blue Canyon. Phase 1 destination will be Truckee. Hope to reach Reno eventually. Circa 1872.

 

These are the primary interests I have at this point, but there are other V scale projects that occasionally nab some of my hobby time, too.

"MJM" Mario, Jeannette and Michael. Our logo is our cat Butterscotch.

I came up with that name per a thread on this website about two years ago.

At this time I have no banner, no color scheme, nor do I have any prototype engines.

What I have is alot of big ideas with very little time.