As a kid I grew up in Washington state and lived in Seattle, Wenatchee and Bremerton. My favorite railroads have always been Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Southern Pacific and Union Pacific.
When I would set up my various American Flyer layouts on the floor, I usually referred to them as the Pacific Coast Eastern, or the PCE, inspired by the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, the PGE, in British Columbia, Canada. I even painted (badly!) PCE on a Flyer boxcar and a caboose.
Now that I live in Salem, OR and have a vacation home in Lincoln City on the Oregon Coast, I think that name may still work well if I ever get out of the armchair and finish a home layout.
Cheers!
Alan
