Weird & interesting station names

[magickmaker]

Used to be one in Utah that was particularly weird. Not just for the name, but the station location.

"Mid Lake" was a station on the old Lucin Cutoff. What made this station unique was it was dead center of the Great Salt Lake, actually located on the trestle itself.

Edit: Note in the second photo the rather unique Gantlet style track. Most of the trestle was built this way, and Mid lake was an area where trains could actually pass each other or stop for crew changes. Needless to say, taking on water was out of the question. Ha ha.

 

[cheechako]

Nobody's mentioned Hell, Norway yet?

 

[JCitron]

Used to be one in Utah that was particularly weird. Not just for the name, but the station location.

"Mid Lake" was a station on the old Lucin Cutoff. What made this station unique was it was dead center of the Great Salt Lake, actually located on the trestle itself.


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Edit: Note in the second photo the rather unique Gantlet style track. Most of the trestle was built this way, and Mid lake was an area where trains could actually pass each other or stop for crew changes. Needless to say, taking on water was out of the question. Ha ha.

That's cool. I guess we could say that the pictures were taken on water.

John

 

[JCitron]

Nobody's mentioned Hell, Norway yet?

That's a good one.

In Maine there is Sweden, Paris, and Mexico.

John

 

[Nelsona8c]

There are two stories about the meaning of the name Coquitlam (east of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Port Coquitlam is home to the Canadian Pacific Railway's major west coast sorting & intermodal yard). Either way, it's a corruption of Kwikwetlem, the name of a Coast Salish First Nations (native/aboriginal) band in the area. The main story is that it means "little pink fish" or "red fish upriver" -- in other words, salmon.

The more colourful but less well supported story is that, during a particularly bad winter famine, members of that group had to sell themselves into servitude with a more prosperous neighbouring band, the Kwantlen. They put the Kwikwetlem people to work gutting fish all day. Hence, the name of the city where I grew up means, "(people) stinking of fish slime."

 

[amrail2000]

How about North, South Carolina. It's not even a building and passengers better know where to stand or the train will pass them. But there is nothing like going South to get to North.

 

[viesturs]

In Latvia there is one weird station where in 2009 a high platform was built. But for some reason only on one side
So - the platform of the stop Dendrārijs for the direction from the capital (why does the English language need so many "the"?):

And the direction to the capital :

 

[patchy]

Kaimkillenbun, Queensland, Australia

Also known as "The Bun" to the locals
It sits just NE of Dalby on the now closed Bell Branch
The station was moved in the 80's,It was originally near the grain silos, next to the pub and became a shop, I had a hand in moving it as I spent a fair bit of time there in the 80's

https://maps.google.com.au/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=204053878545432245209.0004ed35cfeb8dd8fed5f


http://www.stationspast.net/wp-cont...2003-sep-kaimkillenbun-station-building-2.jpg










Cheers,
Patchy

 

[rjhowie]

Deviating slightly but i can recall stations named after places but were nowhere near them! Drymen on a long closed branch was about a mile from the village, Another was a lovely Victorian station at Balquidder (travelled that lovelt line before closure) and there again the village (and Rob Roy's grave) was over a mile down a narrow road. No doubt others and maybe to do with estate pwbers in the 19th century not wanting the railway near property or an estate?

 

[kws4000]

Nobody's mentioned Hell, Norway yet?

Any relation to Hell, Michigan, USA?

There is also Gay, Michigan, USA, that features The Gay Bar. Don't worry, its clean and more of a tourist trap than anything. But AFAIK, it never had significant rail access, if at all.

I live in a lovely state, of confusion.

 

[JCitron]

There's also Hooker, OK which has a good sized rail yard and is an interchange and crew change point.

You can also get some really funny t-shirts from there also.

John

 

[viesturs]

There is a small village which had a narrow gauge railway going through it. It hasn't ever had a station but the place name is quite... interesting. The village is called Dirši which in English means "The Sh*tters"...

 

[steammy]

In Western Australia between Wongan Hills and Pithara there is a siding called Dam Boring its in the middle of a salt flat hence the name.

 

[boyerm25]

This might not be a station, but on the ECML route in TS2012 I give you the trackmark... "dogsh*t alley".
Oh, and Cockfosters in the London tube...

 

[AMTRAKwannabe]

Not necessarily weird but there are at least 10 "Penn Stations" in the U.S. and some "Pennsylvania Railroad Suburban Stations"

Oh, and Cockfosters in the London tube...

There's the old Paul Hogan joke when he advertised a certain brand of lager. He asks 'do you know the way to CockFosters' and the answer was 'serve it warm'.

 

[klambert]

Sandwich anyone?

Dorking, quite possibly the most boring place in Britain.

Also of mention is Hainault in London, due to the cockney habit of dropping their h's and not pronouncing their t's, is pronounced as 'Anal' by the locals.
Pouparts junction (yes it really is pronounced pooparts) in South London near Clapham Junction, despite not being a station is worth a mention.

 

[uracco]

I also like Hoo (maybe there should be a question mark there) Junction