Train Question

[ffutures]

For the adventure I'm writing I want to give the name of a (preferably non-existent) American railway company of the late 19th century, to be owned by a Tom Swift style engineer. Basically I want somewhere where there would be long straight stretches of track, running E-W, which could be used for running high speed trains bearing catapults used to launch primitive spacecraft.

I did a quick web search and can't find the one I came up with, which was the Great Arkansas Railway Company. Can someone who knows something about trains check this for me and make sure I'm okay? Or suggest a more suitable area if Arkansas seems silly for some reason?

Comments

[ckd]

Most of them had more "region" or "endpoint & endpoint" type names, so you'd get California Pacific or Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe.

Perhaps the New Orleans & El Paso? Texas should give you lots of E-W track opportunities there.