As I've started reading more widely around the hobby, I've come across several layout names that made me laugh out loud. Up in Preston, the club is following up its Askham Nowt layout with a new one called Tellem Summit. And just spotted one (a beautiful winter layout in 2mm FS) called Witney Euston - took me a moment or two before the chuckle arrived! Also liked Upson Downs by a club in the correct part of southern England.
What have you got?
Nicton Borrud, Ins & Outs, Olpharts Crossing, Upper Loft - to be going on with while the memory gets trawled.
Since my layout has a river lock on it I originally considered calling it Bow Locks but thought I might not get invited to exhibitions if I did :D
Paul
Wideopen, Oh hang on that's an actual place lol
Mine, when it happens, is gonna be where the Scottish/Welsh border happens (see the thread for the back story), is the North And West Alliance (N&WA). Pronounced Nay Way!
ps: I think the station will have Achterellweit on the name boards.
There is a station in Coatbridge , Lanarkshire called Sunnyside. Years ago it was
an area of old heavy industry in decline, decrepit works, chimneys belching black
smoke, sunshine in short supply amidst all the pollution.
Our club double-sided layout has been named Wyre Moor and Runswell.
We did (and still are) and it doesn't :( (at the moment)
Thanks chaps, but I think ColinH is too modest - Much Puffindun certainly belongs in this thread :D.
In the Small World Dept, I know Wideopen - my wife comes from Gosforth and her parents still live there; have driven through Wideopen a few times while exploring the beauty of Northumberland. And I was once engaged to a girl from Coatbridge (long story, narrow escape!)
I've always wanted to build a layout called Troublat with a windmill, so I could say "there's trouble at Mill." (Bad Monty Python reference.)
Going on holiday to Devon as a kid it always made us laugh when we drove through two Dorset villages, Piddleinton followed by Puddletown.
Best regards,
Joe
Actually, Trubblet Mill would be a great name!
As a young lad back in the 70s, I was proud of my little N layout layout I'd built myself. With its later extension, it was named
Allmiownwerk (change for Newpeace on Ende)
Never done anything about it, but I've always liked the Isle of Lucy.
Quote from: broadsword on March 23, 2017, 08:23:45 PM
There is a station in Coatbridge , Lanarkshire called Sunnyside. Years ago it was
an area of old heavy industry in decline, decrepit works, chimneys belching black
smoke, sunshine in short supply amidst all the pollution.
And my layout is called Sunnisyde! Not anything to do with the Scottish Station, but a name taken from my Grandparents' house in Commondale North Yorkshire. Many of my happiest days of childhood were spent exploring the very large garden, and now at the other end of my life many happy days are spent in a Sunnisyde again.
Quote from: joe cassidy on March 31, 2017, 11:40:01 AM
Going on holiday to Devon as a kid it always made us laugh when we drove through two Dorset villages, Piddleinton followed by Puddletown.
Best regards,
Joe
So you missed Piddletrenthide (translates as thirty hides of land on the river Piddle - Domesday book) The Victorians objected to the name of the River Piddle so renamed it the Trent and changed the Piddle village names to Puddle, hence Puddletown, Turners Puddle, Affpuddle and Bryants Puddle. Somehow Piddlehinton and Piddletrenthide escaped.
My new contemporary layout is Allanbrae. Located somewhere around Lock Lomond, Bridge of Allan is within a modest distance. And Brae is a term for a slope or brow of a hill. (Tannochbrae of Dr Finlay fame?)
However there is a double meaning. 2 operators who have given me considerable assistance with Portpatrick Town are Alan and Ray.
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My layout I called it Narnia....from famous fantasy novels by C.S. Lewis "Chronicles of Narnia"... and Narni is my actual living small town
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Name Edit
The name Narnia is based on Narni, Italy, written in Latin as Narnia. Lancelyn Green wrote:
When Walter Hooper asked [C. S. Lewis] where he found the word 'Narnia', Lewis showed him Murray's Small Classical Atlas, ed. G.B. Grundy (1904), which he acquired when he was reading the classics with Mr Kirkpatrick at Great Bookham [1914–1917]. On plate 8 of the Atlas is a map of ancient Italy. Lewis had underscored the name of a little town called Narnia, simply because he liked the sound of it. Narnia — or 'Narni' in Italian — is in Umbria, halfway between Rome and Assisi.[11]
p.s. a little clarification.....Narnia is the "vulgus" name of Narni ("vulgus language , spoken in tne middleage, marks the passage from latin to actual italian language....Narniae is the real latin name of Narni.
Greetings from Narnia :D
Marco
I have 'Colworth Hill' a totally made up name with no relationship to anything
And I have 'Billybrook Yard' now this one does have a meaning, its built on Ikea billy bookcase shelves so it's modular, and it's got a little stream on it.
Quote from: cjdodd on March 31, 2017, 11:55:33 PM
I have 'Colworth Hill' a totally made up name with no relationship to anything
And I have 'Billybrook Yard' now this one does have a meaning, its built on Ikea billy bookcase shelves so it's modular, and it's got a little stream on it.
And how long is Billybrook Yard? About 3 feet I'd guess :thumbsup:
At the moment it's just two shelves but could be expanded if need be
There is a forum thread about it here http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=22114 (http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=22114)
Quote from: marco neri on March 31, 2017, 10:30:26 PM
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My layout I called it Narnia....from famous fantasy novels by C.S. Lewis "Chronicles of Narnia"... and Narni is my actual living small town
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Name Edit
The name Narnia is based on Narni, Italy, written in Latin as Narnia. Lancelyn Green wrote:
When Walter Hooper asked [C. S. Lewis] where he found the word 'Narnia', Lewis showed him Murray's Small Classical Atlas, ed. G.B. Grundy (1904), which he acquired when he was reading the classics with Mr Kirkpatrick at Great Bookham [1914–1917]. On plate 8 of the Atlas is a map of ancient Italy. Lewis had underscored the name of a little town called Narnia, simply because he liked the sound of it. Narnia — or 'Narni' in Italian — is in Umbria, halfway between Rome and Assisi.[11]
p.s. a little clarification.....Narnia is the "vulgus" name of Narni ("vulgus language , spoken in tne middleage, marks the passage from latin to actual italian language....Narniae is the real latin name of Narni.
Greetings from Narnia :D
Marco
Thanks for the explanation Marco. I'd always wondered whether the name of your layout was connected to the C.S. Lewis book.
Is Narni a good place to visit for tourists ?
Best regards,
Joe
Hi Joe,
Yes, is a typical medieval small town in centre of Italy....with many traces about that ages as castles, typical houses and ways, ...foods :D, churchs, Franciscan hermitage and the annual folklore hisotric reenactment "Ring's trophy" from 24th of April to 14th of May...
Greetings from Narnia
Marco
I believe there are several models based on the W.C.& P. which makes a better name for a layout than a station.
Weston, Clevedon And Portisheadrailway
And what's wrong with calling a layout Clevedon
(Chris from Clevedon)
What's funny /clever about using the name Clevedon? :no:
Or Weston Super- Mud near where i used to live...... :(
The Model railway I've inherited, is called Scarnish which is based on the name of Scarinish where the builder lived. The only Railway as far as I know, on the island is less than 50yards long that goes into the water to recover boats!!
It's not a funny name, but if you type it Scarn-ish it is more appropriate
Sorry I thought you meant don't name a layout after a station. Misunderstood your post.
Quote from: cjdodd on April 12, 2017, 08:22:21 AM
Sorry I thought you meant don't name a layout after a station. Misunderstood your post.
Oh you can name a layout anything you like, that definately comes under Rule 1.
The Inherited Layout i've got is called Tiree, and has 2 stations on it, I could call the layout after the Island, either of the stations or even Type 80, after the radar that was nearly built there, unlike any railway.
My home layout is Called "Ludgershall change for Tidworth" since that is what it said on the station signs.
lol I like it
Ok did you know? or was it a premonition?
In this month's railway modeller a model railway based on the WC&P at Clevedon!!!
Quote from: The Q on April 12, 2017, 08:30:12 AM
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My home layout is Called "Ludgershall change for Tidworth" since that is what it said on the station signs.
Totally off topic but a memory brought on by your post.
As a child I , along with my mum was on a tube train and, when it stopped at a station, a porter came along calling "All change". A lady in our carriage asked him in a rather posh voice "Is this Aldgate East?" quick as a flash he replied in a cockney accent "nah luv all get aght!"