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?

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[captboulanger.livejournal.com]

The Arkansas area is rather hilly. What you'd need for flats would be Nebraska or Kansas or the Dakotas.

The major railway in the area (it went west from Omaha, Nebraska) was the Union Pacific, so something like the "Kansas Pacific" or "Nebraska Pacific" would be close enough to be recognizable, but not right on, if that's what you're liooking for.