Weekly Photo Fun 5/26 - 6/2/17

[doctorwayne]

Geographically-speaking, the Carlisle, Altoona & Youngstown seems a good choice, as the route of the track would follow that order. You could also make it the Canton, Akron & Youngstown but I suspect that your road would get some heavy competition from the Akron, Canton & Youngstown.
How about the Carlise, Altoona, & Youghiogheny? Using Carlisle would honour your friend, there's not much that's more railroady than Altoona, and the western terminus near the Youghiogheny River would make your road pretty-much an east-west line (but obviously it wouldn't be too straight in Pennsylvania - perfect territory for an articulated locomotive.

Here's a rebuilt USRA boxcar from the Pittsburgh, McKeesport & Youghiogheny, one of New York Central's many subsidiaries...



The pronunciation of Youghiogheny always puzzled me, but I've been told that it's sorta like Yuck-a-haney, and the river is often referred to as the "Yough" (Yuck). I have been there, and what I saw was anything but "yucky". I can't find my photos of that trip, or I'd post a couple.

EDIT: Aha! Found one...



Wayne