I’m just about to buy a domain name for my Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW) model railroad webpage. The webpage is about my model railroad and also about the prototype. Can you guys please suggest a domain name for me?
How about Through-The-Rockies.com?
scole100, Interesting name. I’m not from the US so I need to ask, what is the right way of spelling this? Through the Rockies or Thru the Rockies I have seen the spelling ‘Thru the Rockies’ on D&RGW logos.
Electro,
I think either way would be fine. (Thru may be more catchy.) However, “Rockies” should be capitalized, since it’s a name of a mountain range. It’s kinda like writing “the himalayans”. It just doesn’t look right.
Tom
tstage, Thanks for your answer, appreciated.
Just for a little more info on the English language (since el is not a native speaker, though he manages as well as most of us!) Through is the correct spelling. However, thru has been used often in advertising and such (like ‘Thru the Rockies’), so it would be perfectly fitting for this usage.
For what it’s worth, capitalization doesn’t matter in domain names. You can try www.trains.com or www.Trains.com and both will go to the same site. So, www.ThruTheRockies.com will be the same as www.thrutherockies.com. But given that, when you tell people what your site name is, either with cards or in a forum like this, use the one with the caps, because our human minds will make more sense of it and make it easier to remember.
Let us know when your site is up so we can come visit.
FT
Ok guys, please give me more suggestions…
electro:
These domain names are available:
RioGrande-RR.com
RioGrande-RR.net
Denver-RioGrande.com
Denver-RioGrande.net
Or if you like the pattern of my own URL (Siskiyou-railfan.net) then you could chose:
RioGrande-railfan.net (this one’s available too, I checked)
Of course, with domain names, case doesn’t matter, but if you use camel case like I show above, the domain names look better.
Maybe something with Royal Gorge in it? That scene is the centerpiece, isn’t it? I’ll think a bit…
This is what I have so far: Through-The-Rockies.com Thru-The-Rockies.com RioGrande-RR.com RioGrande-RR.net Denver-RioGrande.com Denver-RioGrande.net RioGrandeMemories.com RioGrandeStories.com RioGrandeForever.com drgw.se ScenicLineOfTheWorld.com HangingBridge.se Dotsero.se RoyalGorge.se MoffatRoad.se RoyalGorge-MoffatRoad.com ThruTheMoffat.com ThruTheGorge.com What do you think guys?
Something short would be best. RioGrande-RR.com sounds good, but I bet it is already taken. Thru-The-Rockies.com would also work.
Just don’t use electrolove.com. You will get a lot of hits, but not from the kind of people you want!![:O][:I][;)]
I like Thru-The-Rockies.com and RioGrande-RR.com
in my opinion www.through-the-rockies.com sounds perfect. or www.through-the-rockies-by-rail.com
Nope it’s not. That’s why I suggested it – it’s available. [swg]