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QUOTE: Originally posted by cheese3 You say it is in your basement? Are there appliances in the room that the railroad goes by? You could name it "water heater central" or "furnace pass" something to that effect
QUOTE: Originally posted by cnw8835 What about something like Denver, Central Colorado & Pacific or Denver, Cresent Pass & Pacific.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by twhite Well, I figure if you're modeling Rio Grande (GREAT taste, my friend!) I'd make it the Crescent Pass Sub. Look at it this way, you're at least modeling Colorado, unlike me, who has somehow transported all of my Rio Grande steam to the northern Sierra Nevada mountains of California, LOL! That's why mine is called the Yuba River Sub, it's a fictional portion of an actual railroad. I'd go with Crescent Pass Sub, it tends to 'cement' your railroad to an actual prototype. What you end up with is the best of all possible worlds, a 'Freelance Prototype', and believe me, they're a lot of fun. Tom [:D]
QUOTE: Originally posted by george745 I voted for 3. To me it sounds like a real subdivision on the Rio Grande. Andrew
QUOTE: Originally posted by Texas Zepher You've got a lot of good ideas from the other posters and a lot to think about, but I thought I would throw in my two cents. I live in the area and drive along that streach all the time. I really hate it that they tore up the original Santa Fe line from Colorado Springs to Lake Palmer, and I puzzel why they haven't double tracked the the other to make it double track all the way from Denver to the Springs.?!? Anway on with the name comments. I think anything with "Wigwam" in it is going to get old after just a short time. Almost in the too cute category. Crescent Pass doesn't have any ring or flavor of Colorado or the Rio Grande. My mind would put a "crescent pass" in the middle of the Utah or Nevada desert somewhere. I guess the Grand does pass through that type of territory around Helper, Price, and Sunnyside... Just nowhere close to what you're planning. Were you actually going to model a part of the joint line or were you just going to have that as the take off point for your branch, as the third name suggests? The foot hills just to the west of this area is "Rampart Range", the tallest hill in the set is called "Devil's Head". You could invent a coal, gold, gravel, clay, uranium, mine up there as an excuse to run a branch to. There is a Topaz point, that might not make a good piece of a railroad name but might score as a passenger train name. So if you are going with the branch concept I guess I am suggesting using some real name on the joint line as a connection point for your free lance. Monument, Pine Crest, Spruce, Larkspur, Tomah, Orsa, Sedalia are possiblities. So how about -> Rio Grande Cresent Valley Branch? If there were a prototype it would be Rio Grande Hidden Valley Branch see http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?zoomin=yes&name=&addr=&state=CO&csz=Denver%2C+CO&ds=n&uzip=80203&mag=3&desc=&country=US&dma=751&cat=ent&resize=l&trf=0&lat=39.739109&lon=-104.983917&mlt=39.22327116217&mln=-104.94054508287&rezoom=0&.intl=us&addrtype=3&compass=&pan_x=0&pan_y=0&panable=1 I have a freelance short line based in this area. It's primary purpose is serving the ficticious Tesla Wireless Power station since 1899. It is the "Pikes Peak, Fossil Creek, and Tesla. Perhaps I could make an interchange with your railroad.
QUOTE: Originally posted by grande man Texas Zepher, where are the towns you mentioned in relation to the towns on the map?