Route Name Contest

[NSrailfan6130]

Rocky West & Atchison Railway

[DapperDan]

How about "Railin, Waterside & Artimville (or Artimton, or Artimtown).

Just putting in a little plug for ya Bob.

No thanks. My name is around here and there enough. I do not want the limelight. You guys deserve that.

Alright, be that way then!!

Then how about "Railroaders With Alzheimer's"

Sorry, I just had to,,,I'll behave now, really I will!

[BNSFdude]

Rockville Whelan & Alanton with a story!
First formed in 1907 by the Alanton Mining Company, it was built starting from the lake shore city of Whelan where a car ferry owned by Pere Marquette (Number 41- City of Midland) made the first drop of a fleet of 3 2-8-0 Consolidations built with small drive wheels specifically for the heavy iron ore that was discovered in Rockville. Construction of the line began with more and more shipments of steel rail, and the ties coming from timber along the surveyed route being cut down and processed by a tie plant in Alanton. Finally they reached the small logging town of Rockville, and proceeded just South West to the planned open pit mine in the bitter winter of 1908.

Fast forward to the year 1956 and the RW&A has long since got rid of all but one of the consolidations, and run with a strictly ALCO roster to haul ore. RS-1s comprised the first of the dieselization effort, and now followed by brand new RS11s. The RW&A also has a fleet of 4 heavy weight cars (1 RPO per set), that are shuttled by either the road's two Doodlebugs or an RS-1 equipped with steam heat.

[artimrj]

Rockville Whelan & Alanton with a story!
First formed in 1907 by the Alanton Mining Company, it was built starting from the lake shore city of Whelan where a car ferry owned by Pere Marquette (Number 41- City of Midland) made the first drop of a fleet of 3 2-8-0 Consolidations built with small drive wheels specifically for the heavy iron ore that was discovered in Rockville. Construction of the line began with more and more shipments of steel rail, and the ties coming from timber along the surveyed route being cut down and processed by a tie plant in Alanton. Finally they reached the small logging town of Rockville, and proceeded just South West to the planned open pit mine in the bitter winter of 1908.

Fast forward to the year 1956 and the RW&A has long since got rid of all but one of the consolidations, and run with a strictly ALCO roster to haul ore. RS-1s comprised the first of the dieselization effort, and now followed by brand new RS11s. The RW&A also has a fleet of 4 heavy weight cars (1 RPO per set), that are shuttled by either the road's two Doodlebugs or an RS-1 equipped with steam heat.

I just want to know who do you know? ;) cuz you sure know a lot...

[JimM]

Well, he knows me.....but he doesn't brag about it

[Chacal]

Rockland Wayne Auburn

[BNSFdude]

Rockville Whelan & Alanton with a story!
First formed in 1907 by the Alanton Mining Company, it was built starting from the lake shore city of Whelan where a car ferry owned by Pere Marquette (Number 41- City of Midland) made the first drop of a fleet of 3 2-8-0 Consolidations built with small drive wheels specifically for the heavy iron ore that was discovered in Rockville. Construction of the line began with more and more shipments of steel rail, and the ties coming from timber along the surveyed route being cut down and processed by a tie plant in Alanton. Finally they reached the small logging town of Rockville, and proceeded just South West to the planned open pit mine in the bitter winter of 1908.

Fast forward to the year 1956 and the RW&A has long since got rid of all but one of the consolidations, and run with a strictly ALCO roster to haul ore. RS-1s comprised the first of the dieselization effort, and now followed by brand new RS11s. The RW&A also has a fleet of 4 heavy weight cars (1 RPO per set), that are shuttled by either the road's two Doodlebugs or an RS-1 equipped with steam heat.

I just want to know who do you know? ;) cuz you sure know a lot...

LOL I just came up with some great transition era stock we have available with a cool story!

[artimrj]

You have no idea how close you are, amazing.

[fecrails]

Not to be obvious or silly, how about Rail Works America.
Here in FEC country you can see it makes sense to us. Google Rail America.
As for road colors?

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[mrennie]

Completely fictional ...

Roebuck & Western Albertine
Redmond, Willstown & Allerton
Rapace, Wanton & Abash
Richmond, Worcester & Amersham
Reading, Winchester & Andover

[artimrj]

I am starting to like the base paint of red lead. Throw a name on it and a number. All this red white and blue is bugging my eyes out. Need some nice earth tones. Brown, green, hi lited with orange or white and some black.

[buzz456]

I am starting to like the base paint of red lead. Throw a name on it and a number. All this red white and blue is bugging my eyes out. Need some nice earth tones. Brown, green, hi lited with orange or white and some black.

[Chacal]

Agreed. It needs a transition era paint scheme, not flying colors.

Something like this (even though it may be modern, the looks are OK):

[NSrailfan6130]

This is the Same locomotive Chacal put but he put it before me and i didn't know so credit goes to him but I'll leave it unless u want to use this tone of red

[NSrailfan6130]

This is a plain simple paint job but i like the red better