Railroad Re-Naming Challenge

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It's been a while since we've had any kind of challenge here. Over the years, we've challenged everyone's photography skills, building and creative abilities, and even your railroading knowledge. This time we want to challenge your thought process, in this, our first ever; "Suppose", or "How about renaming a line?" challenge.

Let's just go back in time and suppose that it were you that started a popular railroad, and it was you that had chosen the name. Pretend you were the Rockefeller of the day and the railroad had the name that you wanted, not the name that was picked by those that started that railroad. We want to know what name you would have chosen for that particular railroad that coincides with the real name in some manner, be it similar, opposite, or even some odd interpretation of the real name.

As an example, suppose you were to have started the Rock Island Line, you could have called it, the "Pebble Beach Line" instead. (Get it?). Or maybe the Baltimore & Ohio might have been the "Maryland and Dayton RR". (Little thought, but an example anyway). You pick the road, be it active or a fallen flag; you can then assign whatever name you want to it.

You can carry it a step further, how about adding a tag line for your new railroad?

Sound challenging? Here are the rules:

1. Pick an actual road name from anywhere in the world, it can be active or a fallen flag, just that it has to be a real railroad at one time or another. Assign a new name to this road that coincides with the real name in some manner be it similar or opposite, or even your own interpretation of the real name. Humor, tongue-in-cheek and off-the-wall names are worthy competition, but anything you come up will qualify.

2. You can create the new name for a specific road, but anyone else can also create an entirely different new name for that road, just as long as it is substantially different than yours.

3. Adding a tag line for your road name is not a requirement, but it should really wow everyone if you do. It can refer to the freight or passenger aspect of your road. Again, humor will go a long way in this challenge.

4. Want to add a herald or logo for you RR? Go ahead, we won't mind at all.

5. You can post your entry in this <!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="http://bigbluetrains.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=8159">viewtopic.php?f=37&t=8159</a><!-- l --> thread that's been opened only for this challenge entries. Just post the original (real) road name, followed by your new name, and tag line if you have one. Please keep your comments and questions in this thread right here.

6. You may have up to five entries, each one will be judged on it's own and not collectively.

7. This challenge will run for six weeks and will close on March 29 at Midnight GMT. It is important that you pay attention to this time since I'm sure that I'll still be sound asleep around then.

8. We will open a voting poll to find out which entries gave us the bigger smile or were the most original. The winner, now get ready for this, will receive a genuine Big Blue Anniversary coffee mug left over from last year. Consider this a genuine keepsake that will only increase in value because of its rarity. The first and second runner-ups will receive a certificate suitable for framing.

9. Since we are awarding a prize, members of the Big Blue staff can enter for the fun of it only and will not be eligible for entry in the voting poll.

Good luck to you all