[count]

Shortening “Norfolk Southern” to “Norfolk” makes this confusing to read. Norfolk is a city (and former HQ of Norfolk Southern). “Union” isn’t shortened the same…

Also, railroads are already monopoly, it’s not like anyone can lay down new tracks, and operators aren’t required to allow 3rd parties on their networks…

[infecto]

Only confusing if you think it’s more likely that a railroad company is buying a town instead of another large railroad company…

They may be a monopoly in their regions but this would be the first time in a long while we had the same name coast to coast.

[dowager_dan99]

yes, railways don't buy towns, they build them from scratch!

[pixelpoet]

Don't forget the famous Norfolk island, whose TLD is .nf: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk_Island

The fastest Mandelbrot rendering algorithm, using a perturbation method, was developed by a guy from there.

[drcongo]

Believe me, it's a lot more confusing to british people.

[CGMthrowaway]

Used to be called Norfolk & Petersburg. Now it's two city names. Does that make it less confusing?