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Sounds like there should be a joke in there somewhere...
Until I became interested in modeling the prototype and specifically the Northern Pacific, I called the layout the H.P.& N.W. This was sort of a play on the name C.& N.W. (Chicago & Northwestern). H.P. & N.W. stood for Hard Play and No Work. Since I grew up watching trains along the Northern Pacific's St. Paul/Staples, Minnesota division and liked the N.P.'s color scheme this only made sense. Sorry, the story is not Funny, nor is it very interesting!