Also, there is Madrid, NM, pronounced MAD rid. It's an old coal mining town that was on the Santa Fe. Scott Haycock Modeling Tarheel country in the Land of Enchantment

All- I went to eighth grade and graduated from high school at neighboring St. John’s Military Academy. Every Spring there would be rumors that the “townies” from Oconomowoc were coming to

To complement Tightwad, Missouri, there is a very small unincorporated community in Virginia named Tightsqueeze. it is near Chatham, Virginia, which coincidentally is the county seat of the largest

I like Toad Suck, Arkansas, now a suburb of Conway. No rail service today. J. Stephen Sandifer

Oconomowoc, the former home of a railroad rolling stock kit maker. Howard Garner

Pronounced “Frate Kars.” C&NW 48009 with LARGE load https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/51112096521/ and here’s the other side. That’s one big

Well there is also Truth or Consequences, NM! Not sure if any steam era freight cars went through there or not though. Take Care, Brian R. Termunde Midvale, Utah Re: [Funny names and

Socony Mobil Oil Company had a lot of 2-compartment tank cars with one compartment being about 2500 gallons and the other being about 5000 gallons. Reporting marks were SMX or SVX in the 1955 tank car

Todd, I always thought of Riddle more as a joke! <G>. There's also Drain were there used to be a train show (perhaps it's continued since my departure from Oregon. Another interesting name is the one

There is Tightwad, Missouri … home of Tightwad Bank ... a one-square mile village ten miles+/- east of Clinton, Missouri. While Tightwad was railless, Clinton was served by the Frisco and Katy …

Ladies and Gents, I am searching for an HO Rib Side Cars 50' boxcar model. Specifically, the short rib version with 6' doors (as built). The kit numbers are 5261 and 5262 for the Hiawatha and

And then there's Oconomowoc, Wisconsin (that's oh-CON-o-mo-woc), traversed by STMFCs (mandatory content) on the Milwaukee Road. Al Brown, Melbourne, Fla.

Tod, Consider Boring, Oregon. It is sister-towned with Dull in Scotland. Other Borings are in Maryland and Tennessee. Dulls are also found in Ohio and Texas. Yours Aye, Garth Groff 🦆

And in Maine they have Calais, pronounced CAL-is. Richard Townsend Lincoln City, OR

Oakview, California is pronounced 'Oak View' Fresno California is pronounced 'Fres No' What a wacky state this is! -Andy Carlson Ojai, CA Pronounced 'O-hi' _._,_._,_

Andy Miller wrote: Western Pennsylvania has the same town and the same pronunciation. But I doubt it's aimed at the French. In Pittsburgh is the neighborhood of Duquesne, and it's rightly pronounced

Hoosiers do that, too. Consider Terre Haute!

 Hi Ben and List Members, Great eyes Ben! Claus Schlund

Kentucky has a town of Versailles which they pronounce Versales. I think they do it just to make the French cringe 😉 Regards, Andy Millere

The Milan in Illinois is also My- lan, although I believe that Lafayette is LA-fay-ette Steve Hile