moselman66
Train Attendant
Though it's not technically wrong to reference the Mississippi River with a name like Great River (and Amtrak has surprisingly little trackage along it) only about 1/3 of this CHI-STP routing is along the Mississippi. And the coloquial associations most people have of the mighty Mississippi and river lore are much farther downstream...St Louis, Memphis, Natchez, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, etc. It would kind of be like naming a rail line between Syracuse and Watertown the Emprie State Limited. It's not...wrong...but it's not really what most people would think for that name.
As for Borealis....it will take some time to grow on me. Of course I know about the Aurora Borealis but the name still makes me think of Boron and Lavoris (old mouthwash brand). Whatever they call it I just want it to S T A R T already!
As for Borealis....it will take some time to grow on me. Of course I know about the Aurora Borealis but the name still makes me think of Boron and Lavoris (old mouthwash brand). Whatever they call it I just want it to S T A R T already!