What is the name of your railroad?

[toenailridgesl]

I quote from Chapter 1 in "The Saga of the Toenail Ridge Shortline":
The right-of-way ran thru mostly undulating country until it came to an un-named granite and basalt range. The survey team investigated a number of alternate routes to get the line past this obstruction, but short of a twenty mile detour, they determined that the only way thru was a ledge blasted out of the cliff face with the line clinging precariously above a sheer drop, a cliff so steep that it looked like an artificial stone wall. The head surveyor noted in his day journal "It is my opinion that the only way we will get a locomotive past this ridge is by the engineer holding on with his toenails." Thus the name Toenail Ridge was born.

[Anonymous]

i need a map of the tracks the royal blue line traveled si i can seet it up out side

[Anonymous]

I live in Northern Virginia near Dulles Airport in a town called Reston. My (yet to be built) outdoor railroad, a Colorado-style narrow gauge, circa 1903, is the:

Dulles & Reston Garden Weeds Railroad, nicknamed "The Dandy Line"

(Get it? Dandelion - a weed?)

This way I can use many comercially available "D&RGW" models and decals without much modification and avoid a guilty conscience for lack of strict adherence to prototype.

Jack Thompson
Reston, Virginia

[RhB_HJ]

Ours is called "RhB layout Grischun".

The "RhB" is specific enough (many MRR have at least a passing aquaintance with that prototype) and "layout Grischun" allows enough leeway to have an amalgam of things from the Grisons.

BTW the HOm incarnation had the same name. Even on that one there were "freelanced" stations on the "might have been" theory. That allowed for additional industries in places that are little more than a passing siding on the proto. It also allowed to move a station to the other side of the river and have it perfectly plausible. Especially as the exact km point was indicated on the timetables.[;)]

Same principle will apply on the 2m layout.

[Anonymous]

dlmartz

I was just re-reading these railroad names and your post caught my eye.
After reading your post four or five times I finally cought on to your play on words, the spelling of the word "BARE".
I once knew a couple, about fifteen years ago, who were also nudists and model railroaders ("N" scale). They went to their club on week ends, do you actually live at yours year-round?

OLD DAD

[BudSteinhoff]

My railway is 5 years old and is named Myakka Valley Railway.
It has about 1200 foot of track a. 30 turnouts, mostly parking.
The majority of track is on trestles due to the high water that rises several times a year.

[Anonymous]

Hi
I am also just getting started . I live in the south of France and I have only american material.
I think for name " USFR" like "USA-South France Railway"

What do you think of that ? in't a good idea ?

Thanks

[jtrost]

Named using my kids (and their wives) initials - W R and C. Was going to be, and is still affectionately known as, the Worn, Rusty and Corroded, it was changed for political reasons (to please my wife) to the Whiskey River and Canby. It is located at Whiskey Hill (really) and has a river; therefore, the Whiskey for Whiskey River. Canby is from our past.

[Anonymous]

Chitina Local Branch of the Copper River & Northwestern Railway:
This was a real historic railroad which operated primarily as a standard-gauge ore carrier for the Kennecott Mines Company from March 29, 1911 until November 11, 1938, when the last consist arrived at the wharf at Cordova, Alaska--mile 0. This model features three historic towns: the downtown segments of Chitina (mile 131--the start of the branch line), McCarthy (mile 189) and Kennecott--the millsite at the end of the line, mile 196. Kennecott exists as a ghost town and tourist attraction in the foothills of the Wrangell Range, Wrangell St. Elias National Park.
http://crnwrailway.com/

[vsmith]

Stuart,

Just a small observation, you dont have an e-mail link via your profile. If we want to see your layout we have no way to send a request.

Vic

[Anonymous]

I run a small line called the Brushcutter & Emerfield Mining Co R.R or B&EM, at the moment it is still in the construction phase and it only handles light freight traffic supplying the town of Belinda, whilst the construction of the mine takes place, it is really really short between the two towns of Belinda and Labora, i mean its only about 30 to 40 ft but what makes this line so nice is that the train heading from Belinda snakes its way up a 1 in 20 grade into Labora Mine and plus the stunning views looking across our back yard always keeps the contsruction workers happy.
its set at the end of the depression and the only soul running locomotive is a Bachmann Climax, i have an Argyle Philadelphia but she is in the shops at the moment and last time a ran her she only pulled two cars up the grade, their are plans to build an 0-4-0+0-4-0 Garratt which should handle mine traffic well, the longest trains on the line at the moment only consist from 1 to 6 cars, which is just fine.
thiere is only one engine crew and calls for employment have been sent out so the boys should start to apear from the scrub anyday now well hopefully.If anybody would like photo's of the little B&EM from Downunder just send an email and ill get them to you as soon as i can.
Cheers
Stuart

[Anonymous]

"Bare Tracks Rialroad Limited" I am a nudist. I'm camping on a leased lot adjacent to a volleyball court. Hence the name. "limited",because of limited funds. It is under construction and purchasing materials this winter. I'll let you know how flowers blossom in spring.

[Anonymous]

I named mine the Jamestown and Jeffreyville after my two sons. The joke with mine is that the two towns always fought over which town should be listed first. So, on one side of the equipment it is lettered the Jeffreyville and Jamestown. Not very many people notice until i point it out to them, so I guess the joke is on me.

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by pablopicatso

My small garden railroad is a small line on a fictional in Colorado. It's name is the CCGRR or the Crystal Creek Garden Railroad. However for my big engines there is a club railroad in G-scale, 1", and 1 and a half inch at Los Angeles Live Steamers.

Picatso-man

Where are you located? I am in Pasadena and am not aware of any clubs outside of Fontana or the SouthBay?

[bman36]

Hey All,
Started one of these threads on another forum. Not as mant responses as here though. Mine is the LD&C Mountainview RR. Named after my three kids Laura, David and Christen. It is also based on the Duck Mountains of Manitoba, Canada. It has become a Narrow Guage logging railway as it evolved. At first I only thought of running a freight but that quickly changed as my interest grew with "Gears In The Woods". I was given a book by a co-worker on Vancouver Railways which gave a lot of interesting facts on logging rr's. Have fun. Later eh...Brian.

[Anonymous]

My small garden railroad is a small line on a fictional in Colorado. It's name is the CCGRR or the Crystal Creek Garden Railroad. However for my big engines there is a club railroad in G-scale, 1", and 1 and a half inch at Los Angeles Live Steamers.

[Anonymous]

The railroad made it's first run this august and since it is in our memorial garden for our family and friends it has been named "Angels Amoung Us Railroad". This railroad will grow as our garden does hopefully slowly.

[Anonymous]

My indoor railroad is the Plantsville Valley Scenic Railway. The outdoor railroad is the Hemlock Ridge Division of the Plantsville Valley Scenic Railway, due to the fact that I have row of Hemlocks planted behind the RR.

[Anonymous]

After almost ten years we have changed the name of our railway from Southouse Inabode & Underwood to... Dutch Valley Narrow Gauge. We became bored with the old name and it was site specific so wouldn't work in a new location. The new name reflects on our family name which is from Holland.
OLD DAD

[Anonymous]

You know, I didn't realize that it made those initials. It's a bit ironic because I live here in sunny California where we think it's cold if the temperature gets down to 50...

[Anonymous]

Teran-
It looks like you are hitting upon the right creative brain cells there. The "Blue River Railroad" sounds good. The initials BRRR kinda look cool, no pun intended. Looking forward to hearing what you finally settle for.
Pete

[Marty Cozad]

The NTCGRR= North Table Creek Garden Railroad. Basic history is that the first GRR was by North Table Creek that ran through our town. I was starting to go public with the RR so I figured it needed a name. Now RR #4 we are no wheres near the creek but the name stays the same . Tho I lean more toward calling it an outdoor RR cause its no longer a "gardenish" style RR.[:I]

[Anonymous]

what ever and when ever what ever i feel running and when ever i can get to it.

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by pfd586

The Gnome Garden Railway was named when the gnomes arrived, which was this past spring,

We had Gnomes in our garden too, at first didnt know what to do with them.

Then we found a great use for them, we've tried grilling them with a dill/ginger vinegret sauce, satey style on sqewers, and good ole fashion BBQ ...them's good eaten!
[:D][:D][:D][:p][:p][:p][;)][;)][;)]

[Anonymous]

Thanks Pete. Right now I'm considering calling it the "Blue River Railroad" because the track follows a stream that I put in for a considerable part of the mainline, but that's only tentative...

[Anonymous]

Teran-
The Gnome Garden Railway was named when the gnomes arrived, which was this past spring, the beginning of the second year of the garden railway. I, at first didn't have a name but wanted to call it something. Nothing really clicked. I was thinking along the lines of my city name or street name, nothing really sounded right. My wife suggested the Gnome name and wanting to include her in my master plan saw her suggestion as a kind of positive thing for the future of my garden empire. I guess it is called diplomacy. I am sure something will come to you and you can be as proud of your name as all of us are of ours. Have fun with it, good luck.
Pete

[Anonymous]

I'm currently trying to think of a name for my railroad because i want to be able to call it something during its construction phase. I might ask for advise later on in the construction if nothing has come to me by then. The names certainly are interesting and fun to look at.

[d4fal]

My railway, tentatively, is called "Belanger Southshore Railway" due to the fact that it runs from my cabin (aka workshop) to the boathouse then along the southshore to a wye. I had not decided if I like the route that is staked out for my planned railroad. So far the test track is all that is being built right now, just a simple loop near the cabin and an open air car shed. I hope to get the kinks worked out with the test track before laying any more track.

[Rene Schweitzer]

Interesting topic, pfd. I have to say that garden railroad names can be quite interesting and--dare I say it [:0]--more fun that model railroaders in the smaller scales. [:D]

Since I've worked for the magazine, I've heard a bunch of names. My favorites are:
Almosta Railway (took me a while to get that one!)
Spring Lake Railroad

The funniest/most creative:
Diggs & Grunt
Sandstone & Termite
Flamingo & Bikini

[Anonymous]

I started back into the hobby when I lived in Hawaii and since I primarily model the Colorado & Southern turn of the century 3' Narrow Gauge', I called it the Mid-Pacific Colorado & Southern, and used to have a web site devoted to the topic.

But now I live in NM, newly. And am waiting for winter to pass before starting the new layout.

I think I'll just go ahead and call it the MPC&S for the heck of it since it started there. Regardless of the fact that it will now be in the middle of the Southwestern dessert.

(At least I won't have to deal with the humidity problem any more.) :-)