Quite often, we choose to build a railroad of a fictious place, but has a certain locale, and we need a name for it.
I find this is usually quite a hard thing to do, they end up sounding too British, or not correct for the state / area.
I found a website where you can select your region , from the entire US to a certain state and have it generate fake place names, fitting for that area.
http://names.igopaygo.com/city/north_american
I hope you find it useful.
Koos
Naming your layout
Naming your layout
Koos Fockens -Devon UK. North American Model Railroading
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Re: Naming your layout
That's pretty good....
Koggiung, IL
Spy Hill, IL
Weeki Wachee, IL
Soaptown, IL
Dwarf, IL
Nipomo, IL
Drawbridge, IL
Speedway, IL
Sambo, IL
Alliance, IL
Doing a quick search in google maps, it looks like what it does is find town names from other states that don't already appear in your chosen one...
Koggiung, IL
Spy Hill, IL
Weeki Wachee, IL
Soaptown, IL
Dwarf, IL
Nipomo, IL
Drawbridge, IL
Speedway, IL
Sambo, IL
Alliance, IL
Doing a quick search in google maps, it looks like what it does is find town names from other states that don't already appear in your chosen one...
Martyn Read
Re: Naming your layout
Yes, so it appears and what I thought was a complete fantasy name, I mean 'Spunky Puddle' , turns out to be a place in Ohio....Gloriousnse wrote:That's pretty good....
Koggiung, IL
Spy Hill, IL
Weeki Wachee, IL
Soaptown, IL
Dwarf, IL
Nipomo, IL
Drawbridge, IL
Speedway, IL
Sambo, IL
Alliance, IL
Doing a quick search in google maps, it looks like what it does is find town names from other states that don't already appear in your chosen one...
Koos Fockens -Devon UK. North American Model Railroading
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Re: Naming your layout
I so want to see that as a module name
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Martyn Read
Re: Naming your layout
Not mine this time
I think I might be going for Tree Point,WI. It sounds a bit like 3 points, which is exactly the number of turnouts on the module
I've got a few more to consider though, so I'm going to sleep on it
Koos
PS:
here's a few more I found earlier, 'On a Slant Village is another classic It exists in North Dakota, and here's it's history, which is interesting enough
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Abraham_Lincoln
* Glen Ewen, Illinois
* Thrash, Illinois
* Faggarts Crossroads, Illinois
* Brian Head, Illinois
* Plunkett, Illinois
* Metinota, Illinois
* Wildcat Point, Illinois
* Doorway, Illinois
* On-a-Slant Village, Illinois
* Chuathbaluk, Illinois
I think I might be going for Tree Point,WI. It sounds a bit like 3 points, which is exactly the number of turnouts on the module
I've got a few more to consider though, so I'm going to sleep on it
Koos
PS:
here's a few more I found earlier, 'On a Slant Village is another classic It exists in North Dakota, and here's it's history, which is interesting enough
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Abraham_Lincoln
* Glen Ewen, Illinois
* Thrash, Illinois
* Faggarts Crossroads, Illinois
* Brian Head, Illinois
* Plunkett, Illinois
* Metinota, Illinois
* Wildcat Point, Illinois
* Doorway, Illinois
* On-a-Slant Village, Illinois
* Chuathbaluk, Illinois
Koos Fockens -Devon UK. North American Model Railroading
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Re: Naming your layout
The Tree Point spur? Like that.
Quite like Metinota as well, there's a real Mendota, and the similar sounds make it quite plausible.
Thrash is obviously on a shortline run by Alco's...
Quite like Metinota as well, there's a real Mendota, and the similar sounds make it quite plausible.
Thrash is obviously on a shortline run by Alco's...
Martyn Read
Re: Naming your layout
Hi Martyn,
I 'slept' on it , and I have decided that it will be named 'Tree Point'. The way you put it sounded good too, futher confirming a good choice.
No comment on the Alco's
I 'slept' on it , and I have decided that it will be named 'Tree Point'. The way you put it sounded good too, futher confirming a good choice.
No comment on the Alco's
Koos Fockens -Devon UK. North American Model Railroading
Age is just a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, then it doesn't matter.
Age is just a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, then it doesn't matter.