scott_efc Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 I was talking to someone the other day about the way in which some modellers name their layouts with a pun such as im sure i have seen a layout called 'sodham hall'. However, my mind then went blank and i couldnt actually remember any others. So basically what names do you know of/have you seen around? And can you think of any new good ones? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted May 31, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 31, 2010 Farkham springs to mind Andi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 They have Lordelpus Hall at Babbacombe Model Village. First went there nearly 50 years ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
backwaterscotland Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 Kyle of Minogue? Andy B) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudgeloco Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 The On30 narrow gauge line I am working on is called - Whallee - Towpen & Dig-Deep RR. Name-board on coach. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
10800 Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 The club where Eridge now resides once had narrow gauge layouts called Vale of Kinall and the Beane & Whent Light Railway. Clive Walton-Evans has a tiny P4 layout called N'Ywear. Mustn't forget Gorre & Daphetid of course. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 Always thought that John Ahearn took some beating. Quibble and Cuss the solicitors for an example OTTOMH. The Madder Valley is full of them. Bernard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Brunel Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 I've heard tell of a certain layout by the name of Llareggub... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
S500-W9 Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 I've seen a Southern electric-based layout called 'Watchems Park' ! I think it also featured in Railway Modeller a few years ago. Rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 seven d'wharfs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 My son has come up with a name for a shop - Seymour Kleerley - Opticians Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 And just found Loch Dore Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Jackson Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 I was going to name my layout the Norfolk and Goode railway Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted May 31, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 31, 2010 Mustn't forget Gorre & Daphetid of course. John Allen, the G&D's builder, also named his Akinback Mountains to recall what lugging tons of plaster down the basement stairs had done to him! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 I have one named Noquay ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucky Duck Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 There's mitziblue's Witney Euston Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St. Simon Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 Hi, Goods ones I've seen are; 'Standandwatchit' (Z gauge) and 'Sodham Hall' (OO Gauge) Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 There is a layout on the circuit somewhere called "Waitawhile" (or similar!). A good friend of mine has a German/Austrian layout called "Autenbach", originally built by Roger Nicholls. Guess what? It's an end to end! Cheers, John E. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vac_basher Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 I was going to name my layout the Norfolk and Goode railway Made me laugh allot that one. Very good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodnok Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 Did I not see one of this parish called 'Lovett Upham' at some point? Edit: Ah, yes, here it is... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 I remember an article in a well known magazine some years ago based around a Grinding Hault. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted June 1, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 1, 2010 In the garden railway arena I always grin at the station names on the Beer Heights Light Railway. Much Natter and Upsan Down. If we didn't know better would we in a million years get away with modelling places called Penistone, Scunthorpe or Clitheroe? Reality is as strange as invention sometimes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BR60103 Posted June 1, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 1, 2010 In the backyard of Lostock Junction is Formby Gorge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 I have personally a layout in Melbourne, Australia with stations named Long Hampton and Far Kew. I few others I can recall reading about are Stackton Tressels, Upsan Downs and one where the station names were all Spoonerisms. There is an American layout called Collier Bluff. Obviously built by a poker player. There is a layout in New Zealand named after the fictional town Waikikamukau (say it out loud). Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 My own small O scale layout is called "Withyn Reach"...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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