Name for imaginary west of Scotland town.

[BlackFivesMatter]

13 hours ago, Merseycider said:

Unconvincing, not this one

 

 The Greenock model railway club have done this, and featured characters and promises from the TV programme. On the exhibition circuit, doing the rounds. 

 

For lowland names Graithnock - and other good names from the books of William Macilvanie. Industrial Ayrshire at its best. Home of the Barclay pug! 

[John M Upton]

Inspired by pictures of, and travelling on a bus through Ballachulish on our honeymoon I wound up with Gerichulish (Geri is my wife's name, she was suitably impressed!) and on a sign on the layout, it points to trains via Glendarroch, also fictional, the place in Take The High Road for those of us old enough to remember it.

 

Oddly, I could have sworn Glendarroch actually appeared as a name on a Class 37 once, or did I imagine that?

[Peter Kazmierczak]

What about Alt-na-Shellach, from the original (and best) film "The 39 Steps"?

[frobisher]

13 hours ago, DCB said:

Attenboro'  ?

Attenburgh surely?

[NBL]

On 08/11/2023 at 16:27, nightstar.train said:

I'm trying to fix a name for my layout. It's an imaginary fishing port on the west coast of Scotland that also serves local Islands by train ferry. Sort of a cross between Oban and Mallaig, with a dash of Fort William. It has a narrow gauge railway which joins the West Highland Line. Names I'm considering

• Port Kirkbrae (meaning church on a hill)
• Loch Drumbrech (sort of means hill hill)
• Port or Loch Dunard (Fort on a hill)
• Port or Loch Dunnabreck (Fort on a hill)

 

I'm leaning towards Port (or maybe Loch) Dunnabreck, but would value opinions of others. 

Ard (or Aird) and Inver prefixes are quite common in the sort of area you are modelling.

 

Port would more indicate a trading point rather than a fish landing point.

 

I agree with @Kylestrome that looking at a map of the area will give you plenty of ideas.  You could translate from Gaelic to English, or vice versa.

 

Many places are named after the body of water they sit on, or where a body of water joins another.  Other naming conventions are geographical, or food source.

 

 

[Jim49]

15 hours ago, Alex TM said:

Tut tut Jim, reusing an old layout name from your past!

 

Hi Alex and good to hear from you again.

Yes it is an old name but at least I didn't resort to Cumbernauld level by mentioning some of their suggested village names such as Slippit and Cockwell, both of which seemed to prominently feature Inns as I remember.

[pH]

3 hours ago, Peter Kazmierczak said:

What about Alt-na-Shellach, from the original (and best) film "The 39 Steps"?

There’s already a real place and station called  Achnashellach on the Kyle line:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achnashellach

[Alex TM]

4 hours ago, Jim49 said:

 

Hi Alex and good to hear from you again.

Yes it is an old name but at least I didn't resort to Cumbernauld level by mentioning some of their suggested village names such as Slippit and Cockwell, both of which seemed to prominently feature Inns as I remember.

Hi Jim,

 

Yes, your discretion was noted.  The creator of one of those 'inn' names is a member here.

 

Regards,

 

Alex.

[DCB]

 

On 09/11/2023 at 18:57, Merseycider said:

Unconvincing, not this one

 

 

Brilliant, note the genuine Scottish spelling on the graffiti!   I had "Man Untied" on a bridge on one layout years ago

Edited November 11, 2023 by DCB

[Jeremy Cumberland]

Well, I've taken on board my own suggestion of re-watching The Maggie. Beginning in Glasgow, the boat goes to Greenock (and turns away again), and then to Ardrishaig (not seen in the film) before going through the Crinan Canal. Beyond this we are in fictional territory. First port of call is Inverkerran (filmed at Bowmore on Islay, although clearly meant to be part of the mainland on the Kintyre peninsula. Also mentioned (but not visitied by the Maggie) are Strathcathaig, Penymaddy and Penwhinoy, although the spellings are a guess. Then we have Fiona Bay (filmed at Loch Gruinart on Islay), Loch Mora (filmed at Crinan) and Belabaguinny (a composite of Port Charlotte and Bruichladdich on Islay). I am not at all sure about the spelling of this last place. Finally, the destination for Mr Calvin B Marshall's valuable cargo (which includes four baths - "all on the one island") is Glenbrachan on the island of Kiltarra (Port Askaig on Islay).

 

It's one of my favourite films, and if you haven't seen it, and you like gentle British comedies, then I'd definitely recommend it. No trains, though.

Edited November 10, 2023 by Jeremy Cumberland

[The Johnster]

Tannochbrae, Janet!

 

Got a soft spot for A.J.Cronin, Finlay on the tele in black & white, Sunday evenings BBC IIRC, and read 'The Citadel' from school library, one of the books that confirmed me in my nascent rabid socialism...

[Torper]

Here you go:

https://abarothsworld.com/Online Tools/Scottish Place Names.php