I'm really struggling to come up with a name for my layout. I want to call it Battersby, because that's my surname and because there's actually a village where my name came from near the NYMR (hoepfully I'll retire there one day so I can be Mr Battersby of Battersby ;)) with a station called Battersby and Battersby Junction but my layout in no way resembles it. So needs to be something original really. How did you all come up with the names of your layouts?
Hi Richard :wave::) If I were you I'd call the layout ooh I don't know... Battersby? Yeah that would work :thumbsup: Happy modelling. It doesn't matter whether art reflects life this really is your world :thumbsup: Enjoy ;)
It's your layout, call it what you want Richard (although Dicks End did spring to mind ::))
My last layout was called Evolution, it was also my first proper layout and did keep evolving as did my knowledge of modelling
How about (depending upon) the location and goods facilities
St Briar (although what you really need is the "St Briar Bath Cyder" brewery facility if I got the anagram right anyway
my address is Priory house so i named my layout Priory Park as simple as that .
My surname is Johns so I elevated myself with my ironing board layout as I called it St Johns Road. My larger layout that has never really been completed is called 'Longlast'!!!
Elmo
I called my modified track plan of St Alban's Abbey "St Alban's Priory" and my change to Collier Street (which was the name given to a test build of one of the plans in the newest version of the Set Track Plan book from Peco) resulted in it being called "Swallow Street" - cause that is the name of the bird our street was named after (all but the main road in Longreach are named after birds - the main road has the less than inspiring name of National A2 - Landsborough Highway)
Mine is named after the railroad in the tv series Iron Horse, the Buffalo Pass, Scalplock and Defiance.
How about calling yours Chipping Battersby?
It's Interesting to hear how you've all come up with the names of your layouts. At the moment I think it should be called "Not-Looking-Good-by-Sea".
I like Chipping Battersby!! :D
I think Battersby would be a great name regardless of if its modelled to look like the real place or not. Failing that just write out a list of words that spring to mind and take some time to ponder them.
For example for my own railway I'll be starting soon I am basing it on the SVR but I don't really want to be forced to call my two stations Kidderminster and Bewdley on the grounds that my railway is only "based" on the railway and not trying to directly model it. So i wrote a few names and picked the ones I liked the most. so far I'm musing these two which I'm listing to give idea's for you of places you can look for your names.
Warrender, which is the name my family originally had in 1604 when they came over from France. So family history could turn up some nice names
Highwind, name of a ship off a computer game an i just like how the word rolls off the tongue. So games, places you've visited could all be used and would hold sentimental value
Though personally, Battersby is far more personal a name because its your surname so I'd go with that and forget the fact its a real place. ;D
Take a look here too. Interesting reading:
http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=1486.0 (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=1486.0)
Inverknockie - because it is [loosely] based on Inverness, and the knockie from Portknockie, a beautiful fishing village where we had a house for a couple of years.
cheers
alan
Thanks HellsGuardian, that's sort of what I wanted to hear. Maybe I'll stick with that then. :)
I like Inverknockie :)
I spent weeks trying to think of a name ???.
In the end i opted for the street I live in 8)
I change my layout and its name like the weather, fed up of doing that so I now have a layout with no name but I guess I will think of something one day.
Quote from: oldrailbug on October 04, 2011, 09:06:40 PM
I now have a layout with no name
Thank you, Clint Eastwood ;D
Oh Nobby "You just made my day" :thumbsup:
All jokes aside I get so damn confused about what direction to take with a layout I drive myself nuts :thumbsdown:
Started out with a 10ft x 5 ft British layout which never got past the scenery, decided there was no way that I could get much further because of a shortage of kits etc in Oz, after working for Aussie Post Office for 24 years I am not keen on buying overseas :thumbsdown:
Cut out the centre section and converted it to two 5ft x 3ft layouts, one British and one American ???
Had two Farish locos kick the bucket in one day and got so p'd off that I traded what British stuff I had and went all American :thumbsup:
Two American layouts were really to small for anything decent so decided to join the two layouts with new centre sections so now we have a 10ft x 5ft American layout with no name ???
Must be old age but I think I am Arthur and not Martha ??? ???
Odrailbug - my solution to 'your' problem I have numerous themed layouts. I have two 00 gauge shunting layouts (4' x 1' and 5' x 14"). In N Gauge I have a 5' x 2 1/2' a 4' x 1' and am currently designing another N gauge 4 x 1. I have made box covers for the narrow layouts with a wood frame and perspex so when not in use they are kept on shelves with stock on board so act as scenic display cases. sadly I am now running out of wall space!
Elmo
Yep one reason I build assorted micro-layouts, from pre-group to modern, and why the bit for the doorway and other odd little separate areas are their own unconnected scenes.
I always try to make the name sound right for the area I'm modelling, regardless if it exists or not.
For example, the little Irish branch line I'm building is called Kilnevan.
It's set in southwest Ireland and a lot of places there begin with Kil. (spelt Cil in Irish)
Cil is Irish for church. Nevan is an old Irish name that means little saint. (spelt Naobhan in Irish)
So I have Cil Naobhan - Church of St. Nevan. It can be read therefor as Church of the little saint! :smiley-laughing:
Its certainly hard choosing the right name and even harder choosing a name when not in English as you don't want to name you layout something stupid like 'house of the cheese eating broom people' or 'mountain of ugly children'. Or do you? :evil:
The main thing to remember is that its your layout so you can call it what you want. ;D
You only need to start being careful what you call it if you intend to show it at exhibitions so as not to offend anyone.
Humour in the name can often help then!
'house of the cheese eating broom people'
You have just given me an idea :smiley-laughing:
Im a pompey fan and as theres a real fratton yard i named mine after the opposite end of fratton park the Mitlon end "Milton Yard" (although not its full name)
a layout named "the Linvoy Primus Community stand" wouldnt make a good name,,,,,,
I'm sure you'll all be delighted to hear that I've thought of a name for my layout - Askham Battersby. An amalgamation of Battersby and Askham Richard. Both in North Yorkshire. We used to drive passed Askham Richard when I was young and I loved it for obvious reasons. I remeber feeling very important that a place 'had been named after me' and the insinuation that people needed to 'ask me' things. Haha, oh to be 5 years old again. Anyway, I think it all ties in very well, what with my name and everything. I was lucky enough to attend the 175th NYMR Gala in May and got an amazing steam hauled trip (Duke of Gloucester) to Battersby and back, then from Grosmont to Pickering behind Sir Nigel. ;D
So, just need to find some transfers so I can make a station sign! :smiley-laughing:
hi Richard
i had the same problem.it's taken me a year to come up with a name for my layout and it's a bit of a mouthfull.i decided on Long Dagoff Moor in memory of my late father in law.the middle bit is his name and the outer bits form Longmoor as in Longmoor Military Railway which is where he served in the mid sixties,now all i have to do is find some long station signs.i like your final choice by the way.
cheers
alan
Hi! I know, it's difficult isn't it? Thank you, yours is good too. :)
Hi,
I didn't really have a name for my main layout but Kenmore came to mind one day. Don't know why. My US layout has simply been named Kenmore Springs. One of its features is Snake Pass.
Alex
I went for Dinsdale Park as a name for my fictional town. Dinsdale is the name of the station in our village...
Why not get a couple of timetables for rural trains and see what happens if you put some of the names together in different ways?
Thanks Flakmunky. I've actually managed to come up with one - Askham Battersby. You can see the progress here:
http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=2408.0 (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=2408.0)
Quote from: Flakmunky on November 29, 2011, 06:32:54 PM
I went for Dinsdale Park as a name for my fictional town. Dinsdale is the name of the station in our village...
Why not get a couple of timetables for rural trains and see what happens if you put some of the names together in different ways?
There's a place down the road from me called Middleton St. George which has a station named Dinsdale.
My layout is partly based on Cherry Burton, near Beverley in East Yorkshire, so that's where the Burton bit came from. Penny was my dog who died this spring, so the layout is named in honour of her.
I suppose the trick is to pick something that's meaningful to you and Battersby's a great name for a layout.
Dave :thumbsup:
I have a long project ahead of me with Reading General. Named after the station it is based on. Dull name, eh? ::)
Some time in the near future I plan to start another project to give me some variety and that will be called Piccadilly Circus. It will be a model of the London Underground station of the same name. Not so imaginative either really. I plan for it to include tube platforms, escalators, booking hall and street level. :o
I also think I would like to do something more fictitious, rural and scenic, and fancy building a small narrow gauge layout with station and railway up the side of a Welsh mountain (like the holiday my dad took us on to see the railways in Wales when I was a kid). I imagine it will have rocks and heather (and sheep). I think I will call it Mynydd Ddraig, or Dragon Mountain, partly because I like the sound of it, and partly because it will be set on a mountain and the Welsh flag is a dragon... and the station name will look very cool. That should be a bit more creative too and will be a change from modelling Reading town centre...
Sounds like Mark is going to be a very busy boy for some time to come ;D
Quote from: Mustermark on November 29, 2011, 09:17:29 PMwhen I was a kid). I imagine it will have rocks and heather (and sheep). I think I will call it Mynydd Ddraig, or Dragon Mountain, partly because I like the sound of it, and partly because it will be set on a mountain and the Welsh flag is a dragon... and the station name will look very cool. That should be a bit more creative too and will be a change from modelling Reading town centre...
Mynydd y Ddraig actually exists - its just off South Stack on Ynys Môn
I always like "Craig y Ddraig" (Drachenfels)
Interesting. I will have to do some research. :thumbsup:
Quote from: The Cuckoo on November 29, 2011, 08:22:30 PM
Quote from: Flakmunky on November 29, 2011, 06:32:54 PM
I went for Dinsdale Park as a name for my fictional town. Dinsdale is the name of the station in our village...
Why not get a couple of timetables for rural trains and see what happens if you put some of the names together in different ways?
There's a place down the road from me called Middleton St. George which has a station named Dinsdale.
That would be me!
Quote from: Flakmunky on December 01, 2011, 11:19:08 AM
Quote from: The Cuckoo on November 29, 2011, 08:22:30 PM
Quote from: Flakmunky on November 29, 2011, 06:32:54 PM
I went for Dinsdale Park as a name for my fictional town. Dinsdale is the name of the station in our village...
Why not get a couple of timetables for rural trains and see what happens if you put some of the names together in different ways?
There's a place down the road from me called Middleton St. George which has a station named Dinsdale.
That would be me!
My local station is Bank Top so you are just around the corner from me. :wave:
My layout is called "Yvestown" ... after my daughter Yvonne.
Steven 'Bees' (another member on here) has called his layout 'Nathayle Town' after his two children Nathan and Hayley.
I've now changed mine,the original was too long winded.it's now called Ilsham valley railway which is where i live.the valley is there but no railway.nearest mainline would be Torquay.
Hello,
As I model fictitious settings the layout I am constructing is fairly freelance. The whole layout will not have a name, but parts will be named after my children - this keeps them interested and they get to suggest little Cameos for the scenes. So, on the plan is 'Haydn Halt' (into which I have to somehow incorporate a small dinasaur); 'Saffron Sidings' (complete with a pink MINI car); and my youngest's nickname is Pootle so 'Pootle Parkway' - she's not too bothered what goes there as long as trains 'go really fast'. Modelling has to be fun to justify all the time I spend cursing under baseboards!! ;D
Bottom line is call it whatever you choose - I think this sentiment is also represented by some of the exhibition layouts across the various gauges.
Cheers,
Flounder.
My new layout (french/spanish) is going to be called Sainte Nicole de Tymms or Port Tymms after me girlie's name to thank her for putting up with my hobby and letting me use the spare bedroom.
Her hobby is marine fish which takes a lot of time and effort but not as messy as I seem to be.
Prob get in trouble for this but am a Pompey fan as well as Fratton and thought he could do an irish layout like Moogle's and call it 'Cil Ben Haim'. He'll know what I mean! ;D
Very interested in seeing how your French/Spanish layout develops. Great names!
Not a Pompey fan myself but I know what you mean about Ben Haim. I hope that the club survives - the fans do not deserve this sort of treatment of a proud club from those who call themselves owners.
My new layout is at present called Cofton Hackett after the Parish name on my British Birth Certificate but knowing me there may be a slight change in the future.
hi Dave,
thought you was a heavy smoker for a minute.
Quote from: RichardBattersby on October 03, 2011, 09:42:05 PM
How did you all come up with the names of your layouts?
Oh dear, you asked for it :D
(Takes deep breath . . . )
It was during a bored spell at work that I decided I needed an original name for the layout. The name I chose incorporates my other loves: I thought about our cars - since they're Fords it made sense to use this as a lot of places end in "-ford" due to them growing out of settlements around river crossings. Our cars are our 'children' to us, and our original two have been christened "Helen" and "Sophia" . . . don't ask! So
Helen
and
Sophia and
ford gave me "Hasford". This didn't sound that memorable to me, especially if the layout was ever to make it to an exhibition, so I needed a second name. My other half's surname is Blacklock, which sort of sounds like a place in itself, and again "lock" places the layout on a river, so I adopted this as the second word. I also thought this way the name would live on after we're married (I'm sweet like that). Hasford Blacklock was born.
(Paragraph shamelessly ripped and pasted from my website)
Paul
Excellent,
I'm a smoker. Made me laugh, cough and hackett! Got to give up! :)
Quote from: weave on August 13, 2012, 11:48:43 AM
Excellent,
I'm a smoker. Made me laugh, cough and hackett! Got to give up! :)
Yep..you are smoking one new Peco wagon a packet ;)
Quote from: EtchedPixels on August 13, 2012, 11:49:23 AM
Quote from: weave on August 13, 2012, 11:48:43 AM
Excellent,
I'm a smoker. Made me laugh, cough and hackett! Got to give up! :)
Yep..you are smoking one new Peco wagon a packet ;)
Never having tried it myself I would imagine inhaling the fumes from a burning Peco wagon wouldn't taste any worse than inhaling a miniature bonfire in a paper tube?! :smiley-laughing:
Paul
No Worse than opening an oven on 150 Degrees with a loco body in it I would think..... I'll get my coat :worried:
EtchedPixels,
You are so right, I've not bought something on ebay because it was 5 quid more than I wanted to pay and then paid 6 pounds for a packet of fags (cigarettes for our american viewers!).
However, if I didn't smoke and something goes wrong on the layout.......who knows.... crushed coaches, baseboard in a skip, kicked dog (NO NEVER!).
It's a disease but SO nice, especially with bad connection points problems.
With regard to the name, what about BENTON with loads of hedges. I'll get me coat.
Quote from: spurno on August 13, 2012, 11:35:17 AM
hi Dave,
thought you was a heavy smoker for a minute.
:smiley-laughing: Not these days Alan I gave the fags away in 1985 have thought of sucking a pipe from time to time though but SWMBO thinks they smell like rotten socks.