11-10-2011, 09:17 AM
If you plan to run passenger trains, they will still have a name or "class of service" based on named trains that ran in the past. However, for practical purposes, they still have a number for scheduling, etc. For example, The Canadian run by VIA in Canada is derived from the premier cross-country passenger train run by the Canadian Pacific Railway. VIA numbers it 1 and 2 (west- and east-bound). Other passenger train names I like (prototype and fictional): The Ocean (VIA), The West Wind (B&M), The White Pine and counterpart The Red Pine, and The Highlander (all fictional OA&GB).
Local frieghts had some pretty interesting names, not always related to their goods or destination, but often. CNR and CPR trains in Southern Ontario at the end of steam had colourful names like Moonlight, Dog, Mad Dog, but also more pedestrian Orangeville Extra, Gravel Extra, Petrolium Extra North/South. Often just referred to by number, with an M indicating a mixed train.
Andrew
Local frieghts had some pretty interesting names, not always related to their goods or destination, but often. CNR and CPR trains in Southern Ontario at the end of steam had colourful names like Moonlight, Dog, Mad Dog, but also more pedestrian Orangeville Extra, Gravel Extra, Petrolium Extra North/South. Often just referred to by number, with an M indicating a mixed train.
Andrew