I can’t decide on a name for my outside Rail Line.
So I decided to have a contest.
The winner has the great pleasure to have his entry to be the name of my Rail Line.
Enter a name as often as you like.
You wont get anything but the satifaction of that Your suggestion was chosen.
Good luck.
Contest ends Feb 29th 2012 the day I retire.
I almost for got, this is a logging line.
It is located in Northumberland county, PA. time frame late 1800’s early 1900’s.
This shouldn’t be too hard. It would be better if we knew a few more things besides your name and town, but working just from that…
Milton Central RR (MCRR)
Don’t Know RR (DKRR)
Milton & Kapp RR (M&KRR)
and so on…
I’m looking for a creative name
I already tossed out my name, and gramps RR. and the retirees short line
So no Knappford and Northumberland? Very English-sounding.
Northumberland Northern?
Snyder Valley RR…
I live in the narrows
The little part in the middle.
Snyder county is 30 miles to the south
ok, how about the ““Susquehanna River Logging RR””
Crosscut & Rip Lumber Co. [CCRX]
Don’t be in too much haste David to name your railroad. You may end up with a name which you have reservations about. It is difficult to choose a name I know.
I wanted a name that sounded like it was in America. Many UK modelers, of the American railroad scene, seem to home in on the D&RGW. I made the same decision but eventually realized my back yard looked more like the Virginias than Colorado. I chose my grandsons name of Oliver - three MDC or similar items of rolling stock were given to him, but no loco. When he returned to live in the Far East I remembered these cars when I was constructing my RR. So discovering that a place, mainly a coal mine, existed at Oliver CO on the North Fork Branch from Gunnison CO gave me what I thought I needed. Sometimes I wish I had chosen other names - such as those associated with The Wild West - but the original still stands. 
The name of my RR has changed at least three times that I remember.
No worries, mate.
Milton Canyon Logging Co.
Just a note as to the way in which I named my RR:
I wanted a name that identified the area in which the RR actually was located, was believable and that could be lived with over the years (not too cutesy).
I live on the southern Oregon coast just outside of Port Orford. I decided to incorporate the town’s name to give a sense of place. After eliminating Southern, Northern, Eastern, etc., I settled on “Coast” to push the name a bit beyond the town while enhancing the sense of place. Thus…Port Orford Coast R.R. was born.
Cape Blanco is just a few miles away and has a lighthouse. It is a landmark around here and a natural to be included on the railroad’s herald. I took the photo myself and sent it to a friend who made up the actual herald for me to my specs. The herald further cements the location. Most locations have some sort of landmark or commodity, etc., that describes its area.
I also wanted a parent lumber company whose products would be the main reason for a railroad. I live on Old Mill Road so Old Mill Lumber Co. was an easy choice. Had I been in coal country I might have chosen “Old Mill Coal Co.” instead.
When deciding the theme for the RR I had the choice of emphasizing logging or transporting the cut lumber to market. I really don’t have room for both. I decided on the finished product because I love switching and operations. A common carrier would give a larger variety of haulage even though probably 60% or more of the traffic would be lumber. There historically has been livestock, fishing, cranberries and even a dairy and cheese factory operation in the area each requiring different car types. If my emphasis had been on just running a train(s) and/or building a few very detailed models I would have probably just used “Old Mill Lumber Co.” and hauled log trains. As it is I still can run an occasional log train and have a dozen disconnects with a lokey and caboose lettered for the parent company.
These factors all have a bearing on how to choose a name you’ll be satisfied with over the years.
Looking at your location how about “Pennsylvania Eastern Shortline”
Tongue in cheek
Pennsylvania Eastern Shore Timber - PEST RR for short.
I’m inordinately fond of the WBT&S - Wobble Bobble Turnover & Stop - or West Broad Top & Southern… if you actually want a name you can put on the coaches 
Yes, I know the original was in Texas (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/eqw03)
I started with initials. I wanted something for Jean (my wife) and me (Bruce), but didn’t want it to be the Jean & Bruce RailRoad. We’ve lived in Burke, Virginia for over twenty years, so that took care of the “B”. I’ve always admired Stonewall Jackson, and the rest is history. Jean is an avid birder, and the pileated woodpecker is one of our favorite birds. A little work and a logo was created.
(http://www.jbrr.com/assets/images/JBLogoGreen.gif)
You might start off with something similar. K&R Logging, for Kapp and Retired But now you have to find something to go with those letters. 
Mark…
For those not familiar with his/our area
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Williamsport,_Pennsylvania
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susquehanna_Boom
As suggested …don’t be to fast to name the RR David,it will come to ya’ eventually!
I am an Aussie but I befriended an American from Idaho who lived down here some years ago, his fictitious N gauge railroad was called the “Moose Snort & Northern RR”, have always loved that name.
Wayne
Dave looking on maps here is a list I came up with.
Tiadaghton Lumber Co.
Poe Valley RR
Rock Spring Lumber Co.
Tall Timbers Lumber Co.
Loyalsock Creek RR or Lumber Co.
Shamokin RR
Nittany Mt Lumber Co.
Poe Paddy Lumber Co.
Milton Lumber Co.
