Lou Boyle's Auto Service
Laura Norder Security
Ben Dover & C. Howitt Fields - Suppositories
Dave
Just be glad you don't have to press "2" for English.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ_ALEdDUB8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hqFS1GZL4s
http://s73.photobucket.com/user/steemtrayn/media/MovingcoalontheDCM.mp4.html?sort=3&o=27
On my Goldfield & Hangtown RR, at Tonopah, there is the Bonebrake Manufracturing Co. At Hangtown, travelers can read the local paper, the Hangtown Daily Noose. On the Glendale, CA. RR Club, passers-by may note the sign at the entrance to the group behind a high fence, and admonition,
"Frosty Fanny Nudist Colony, Please do not feed the bares".
R. U. Dead mortuary
Chepe mann builders
Harry's Meats- 100 percent fresh
Rusty machining
If you can read this... thank a teacher. If you are reading this in english... thank a veteran
When in doubt. grab a hammer.
If it moves and isn't supposed to, get a hammer
If it doesn't move and is supposed to, get a hammer
If it's broken, get a hammer
If it can't be fixed with a hammer... DUCK TAPE!
Grain company: Aginsta Grain
Cattle: Nebraska Bullshippers
Vet in our area: Dr Will Barry.
Have fun,
Richard
Here's some...
Condemned Edison (electric utility).
Jen Nerick Manufacturing
Headache Hammers
wholeman There are two doctors in my area that have unique names. Dr. Hatchett is a surgeon and Dr. Kill is a M.D.
There are two doctors in my area that have unique names.
Dr. Hatchett is a surgeon and Dr. Kill is a M.D.
Dr. Frankendiesel aka Scott Running BearSpace Mouse for president!15 year veteran fire fighterCollector of Apple //e'sRunning Bear EnterprisesHistory Channel Club life member.beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam
Will
On my layout I have the Stave Brothers Cooperage (barrel factory) and Spock's Wingnuts (bigger ears for a better grip, the logical choice).
If I had a dentist's office t would house the practice of Dr. Payne dds.
Phil, I'm not a rocket scientist; they are my students.
Not puns, but one of the subway stops is Penny Lane, and I've got the Heartbreak Hotel and of course, the new liquor store on Beaver Street. And then, there's the local painting contractor:
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Not a joke, in my home town we had Harry Trimm the barber.
Businesses on my railroad:
Filuda Co-op (grain elevator)
Ricky Diaz Construction Co.
Arnold Fuel Co., "There's no fuel like Arnold Fuel!"
Fuller-Schmidt Scrapyard
Potential business if it expands:
Gedder-Dunn Electricians
The Bigg Gas Company (Arnold Fuel might get a billboard that says "Don't make a Bigg Gas mistake!"
Dr. Payne Diaz, proctologist
Sam & Ella's Diner
John
If everybody is thinking alike, then nobody is really thinking.
http://photobucket.com/tandarailroad/
AltonFan andrechapelon: 2. Jim Findley's Kimchi Gas Works (Findley spent some time in Korea, Kimchi is a Korean dish or rather a variety of Korean dishes) For those who do not know, kimchi is spicy, pickled cabbage. You can understand why the name is appropriate for a gas works...
andrechapelon: 2. Jim Findley's Kimchi Gas Works (Findley spent some time in Korea, Kimchi is a Korean dish or rather a variety of Korean dishes)
2. Jim Findley's Kimchi Gas Works (Findley spent some time in Korea, Kimchi is a Korean dish or rather a variety of Korean dishes)
For those who do not know, kimchi is spicy, pickled cabbage. You can understand why the name is appropriate for a gas works...
Here's a recipe: http://drbenkim.com/how-make-kim-chi.htm
BTW, Kimchi and sauerkraut are made with similar processes.
Andre
Moan & Groan Bar and Grill (Schellville, CA)
Robba Bank
Anyone that watched M*A*S*H would know that.
Flip U.S.Army 1954-1956.
I'm planning a dairy industry for one siding. Haven;t built it yet but I have the name: Hukuttha Dairy Products. Their slogan - "At your grocer's say 'Hukuttha Cheese!' It's always in good taste!"
George V.
andrechapelon 2. Jim Findley's Kimchi Gas Works (Findley spent some time in Korea, Kimchi is a Korean dish or rather a variety of Korean dishes)
Dan
Eat Here -- Get Gas
Conemaugh Road & Traction circa 1956
I've got some:
Stinky's Septic Service "We Handle More C*** Than Anyone Else"
Mr. Dye's Funeral Home "You Stab 'em, We Slab 'em"
An actual propane distributor's slogan is "We take pride in moving a lot of gas."
steinjr Somewhere I saw a pretty good slogan for a sewage truck: "We are the No 1 company in the No 2 business". Grin, Stein
Somewhere I saw a pretty good slogan for a sewage truck: "We are the No 1 company in the No 2 business".
Grin, Stein
Yeah, Stein, It's my signature.
As for business names, there's the venerable:
1. Phartz & Howe Baked Beans and
How about Dedd-Schortz Electrical, Holley-Crappe Septic Service, or Lee Kee Boats?
If you don't like those, there's always Dryrotte Building Supply, Hoal-Sayle Grocery Supply, and Sam 'n Ella's Fresh Meats.
One I inflicted on a club I once belonged to -
Bella DiBoll Cosmetics.
Not businesses, but streets, in Rapid City, SD:
And I used to live in Cheatham County, TN (which is pronounced the way you think it is!)
Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
I. C Buts Chair Company
I. P Daley Sewer company
Crymea River Tax attorneys.
The first one is my favorite.
And here's a few more on a site.
http://www.bspcn.com/2008/06/07/the-50-best-pun-stores/
I love those names, Here are mine, Oneset Cheatem, and Lyre attonerys, M. T. Warehousing, I. Lickitt Envilope, and Lowe Quality Products. The last names I have read in Model Railroader.
The Lone Geep
Lone Geep
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There used to be a plumbing / sewage co. called Annis Plumbing, always thought that looked kinda like a joke name but wasn't. One intentional one near me is G. Will Liquors store.
Ketchum & Chetum
A.BUSED Used Cars - The cheapest cars in town
U. R. Stuck Towing
Justin Case Attourney
I tried to sell my two cents worth, but no one would give me a plug nickel for it.
I don't have a leg to stand on.
Harry Moel Cosmetics
Phayden Paint Co.
A couple I saw on the Central Of Alabama Layout in Prattville, Alabama
The Skipper
CEO Gulf Breeze & Holley Railroad
The Miracle Chair Company - If it's a good chair it's a Miracle.
First used on Earl Smallshaw's layout, now a kit by Bar Mills http://www.barmillsmodels.com/
Enjoy
Paul
R.U. Knots Lumber Company.
Harry Moveall, Barber.
Losten Foundry.
I use:
Elmer.
The above is my opinion, from an active and experienced Model Railroader in N scale and HO since 1961.
(Modeling Freelance, Eastern US, HO scale, in 1962, with NCE DCC for locomotive control and a stand alone LocoNet for block detection and signals.) http://waynes-trains.com/ at home, and N scale at the Club.