Odd Names For Towns and Businesses

[BruceJob]

OK,OK,OK... Apologies if this has been posted before...

Branchline to an open pit mine...siding branches off the mainline and disappears behind a hill...there on the hill is a sign that reads:

"Brad Pit"

[tomikawaTT]

For anyone who wants authentic names for a "wild west" themed pike, two from exit signs on I-40 in northern Arizona:

Two Guns (Self-explanatory.)
Show Low ("Where did that extra ace come from, stranger?")

From its beginning in 1884, the HASHKNIFE RANCH stretched along the northern Arizona route of the Atlantic and Pacific/Santa Fe (now BNSF.) If it had to be cut with a knife, it must have been some pretty tough hash!

Chuck

[bnnrailroad]

In Perry Hall, Maryland (or at least close to it) on Rt. 7 there is a liitle bar/resturant....

Dew Drop Inn

Actually might have come from an old Charlie Daniels song....Uneasy Rider:

"Came upon a redneck looking joint called the Dew Drop Inn"

[R. T. POTEET]

Here's another one (and this one is/was a real sign - I haven't physically seen it but I did see a photograph of it in an old 1960s era TRUE Magazine (and if you remember TRUE magazine you're showing your age):

SLEEP IN COMFORT BETWEEN
ALICE AND LORAINE

Comfort, Texas
Alice, Texas
Loraine, Texas
(Note: you would be just a little hard pressed to sleep in comfort between Alice and Loraine as the three places don't really match up in good geographical alignment)

[mononguy63]

There's a small truck stop on US highway 31 south of Kokomo, IN. The sign out front says, "Eat here and get gas."

[Anonymous]

Actually Massey used to be a big name in farm equipment. Every hear of Massey-Ferguson tractors?

My Atlas shows a Massey, Maryland; a Massey, Ontario; and a Massey, New Zealand.

Massey Maryland is over on the Eastern Shore of the state just off Rt. 301.

Jimbo

[leighant]

Quote: "SLEEP IN COMFORT BETWEEN ALICE AND LORAINE", but Comfort, Texas, Alice, Texas and Loraine, Texas not actually together.

However, here is a similar funny situation that is geographically correct. Texas rancher Shanghai Pierce (nickname but REAL person) allowed New York, Texas and Mexico RR (real name again but it didn't reach either New York or Mexico) to build through his property IF it would names towns for his three daughters, Louise, Edna and Inez.
Railroad agreed, also named a station for Peirce, and also built a cattle loading station named Ganado (Spanish for "cattle")

Railroad ran northeast by southwest and connected to Houston on the northeast via SP. Highway 59 running along the railroad continues to the border at Laredo.

All of this sets up the following limerick...

A lad, Houston-bound from Laredo
Bedded down for the night in Ganado.
He slept, if you please
Between Edna and Louise
And thought he was in "EL DORADO!" (ie. mythical paradise)

Thank you for your consideration.

[tomikawaTT]

Think only model railroaders name their pikes after themselves and their families?

Check the history of the 12" = 1' QUANAH, ACME and PACIFIC.

It was owned by the legendary Quanah Parker. If you own it, you get to name it!

Chuck

[keystonecrossings]

Sign on Stella's Roadhouse reads "Liquor up front, poker in the rear".

Read it a few times... trust me!

[pcarrell]

There's a liquor store in Nashville, IN called "Hoosier Buddy".

[Anonymous]

You can't beat Texas for odd town names. Real examples. Some no longer exist.

Uncertain
Gun Barrel City
Cut and Shoot
Bogus Springs
Looneyville
Dumas (depends on how you pronounce it)

You get the idea.

[tomikawaTT]

Continuing on the firearms theme, a possible shortline connecting 3 towns named Locke, Stock and Barrel.

If anyone doesn't understand the firearm connection, take a look at an old musket.

Chuck

[Jumijo]

We have one mountain on our layout - Mount Meenow.

[Anonymous]

How about M.T. Wallett & Company Loans

Or did I see this somewhere else on this forum?

Jimbo

[cbq9911a]

I've got towns called Elvis (as in Elvis Presley) and Budweis (as in Budweiser).

I've also got the G. E. Neric factory, Tarjhay Department Store, and Penguin Tuxedo. Also Donkey Hall, home of the (Chicago) 51st Ward Regular Democratic Organization.

[andrechapelon]

There's actually a place called Fools Rush Inn in Mendocino County in CA:
http://www.foolsrushinn.com/

There's also a place in Maine called Cow[censored] Corner. The censored part refers to the solid waste produced by said cow.

http://community.webshots.com/photo/132181922/1132183590039434414kgrXhy

I know of two hair salons named "Curl Up & Dye". One is here in Monterey, CA and the other is on Maine Rte 3 in Belmont Corners.

There is a town in Austria with a name that would get me instantly and permanently banned from Trains.com. I don't even dare to post a link to the picture of the sign that announces the name of the town.

How about Humptulips, Washington?

There are both a Weed and Weedpatch here in California.

There's a slacker's Corner in Oregon. Might not mean much to you, unless you're a Brit. Then it's hilarious.

Andre

[Anonymous]

There used to be a mailbox south of Muskegon, MI on US 31 with the name Krapohl.

Which leads me to a business called Krapohl Outhouses Inc. (Ouch) And I hope this doesn't get me banned.

Jimbo

[warhammerdriver]

Seen on a t-shirt in Orlando last week:

"Misery Loves Co. Driving away business since 1937."

(Grumpy the Dwarf was on it)

Definitely gonna use that one on my RR!

[marknewton]

QUOTE: Originally posted by andrechapelon

There's a slacker's Corner in Oregon. Might not mean much to you, unless you're a Brit.

Or an Australian.

[nbrodar]

QUOTE: Originally posted by marknewton

QUOTE: Originally posted by andrechapelon

There's a slacker's Corner in Oregon. Might not mean much to you, unless you're a Brit.

Or an Australian.

Or have BBC America and watch a lot of Brit-coms.

Nick

[marknewton]

QUOTE: Originally posted by andrechapelon

There is a town in Austria with a name that would get me instantly and permanently banned from Trains.com. I don't even dare to post a link to the picture of the sign that announces the name of the town.

Why not? It's only the name of a town. And since this thread's topic is odd names for towns...

(WARNING: DON'T click on this link if you are a prude, wowser or are easily offended. [;)])

http://www.snopes.com/photos/signs/austria.asp

[bnnrailroad]

That's hilarious!!!!

[mikesmowers]

On my layout I have a small cafe I called "CHOKE & PUKE" Home of the greese burger

[Anonymous]

We have a town of sorts in Florida called (I'm not kidding) "Yeehaw Junction". Every time I hear it I think of the wild west. It is, or was - I haven't been there in 20 years, at the intersection of the Florida Turnpike and Highway 441.

[Anonymous]

This one is for a law office. Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe

[MisterBeasley]

If you remember underground comic books in the 60's:

The R. Crumb Trucking Company.

[gened1]

I have several interesting names on my RR layout. Three towns Whey, Nowhey and Farawhey, one gold mine called the URSINMINE, the double waterfalls called wonderfalls, the removable mountain called Mt. Archof, also there is the Toots Tomaine Diner, a cow and horse farm named the Cattle Ano Corral and D.Round Lake, a milk truck labeled The Udder Milk, A Jerry Riggs service station and legal office called Jenny Crane "we sue for you".
Gene

[reklein]

Say was that seafood place run by a woman who goes by the name of Annette Fortuna?

[Walter Clot]

It seems like we had a similar forum not long ago. My main industry is the National, Allied, Standard Titanic Yyterbic Chemical Plant. NASTY Chemicals. My main town is "Walton" - stands for Walt's town. I have "Carly's Hardware" (granddaughter). I will have Krista Falls. Granddaughter Krista slipped down the stairs, taking me with her. No one was hurt, but an idea was planted in my mind. "Josie Junction" named for another granddaughter. I also have an law office, "Dewey Cheatem and Howe." I'm still thinking about grandsons Reagan and Ryan.

[BRJN]

There is a street in Dayton OH called "Needmore Road". It might be fun to put this on a bridge over the mainline and a block later it turns into a dirt track.

How about Short Street, a cul-de-sac?

Kennedy School of Driving. (A current events joke.)