Passenger Trains > Name for the 2nd Pennsylvanian

Slow news day - but maybe we can have a little fun.  How about if we have a naming contest for the 2nd new Pennsylvanian?

There are many PRR names for the trains that traversed this route so I assume many of you will recite some of those for this train.  But there are names never been used and after Amtrak named the new train to Minnesota the Borealis maybe some marketing guru will come up with one we never thought about?

Here are a few names that come to mind and perhaps one you won't understand unless you're from the Pittsburgh area:

The Iron City
The Yinzer 
The Bridge

or:

The Juanita 
The Susquehanna
The 3 Rivers



 

The Pittsburgher 

The Fort Pitt 

It'll be nice if they "name the train" but it'll likely fall into the same category as the "Mardi Gras Service" or even the "Keystone Service" - a collection of trains on a corridor.  

I'd go with Juniata rather than Juanita, unless that's somebody's girlfriend's name. 

I got the Yinzer!  

Juanita is the name of the river the route follows west from the Susquehanna.  So I can of like the names.  

I think the train from New York to Pittsburgh could be called The Iron City or Pittsburgh Limited.  The New York-bound train could be called the Big Apple.  Resurrecting the Broadway Limited name would be cool too.  

Just a bit of clarification on Central PA geography.

The name of the river is spelled Juniata and it is a tributary of the Susquehanna.
Its origin is in Huntingdon County at the confluence of the Frankstown Branch and Little Juniata River roughly between Alexandria, PA and Petersburg, PA.
It is the second largest tributary flowing into the Susquehanna.

Best regards,
Cliff

 

Keep it the Pennsylvanian and market the corridor.  

They'll probably call it "Pennsylvanian Service":

joemvcnj Wrote:
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WINNER!!!!

"Extortion Express"?

JG

Years ago while staying over in a motel in Lewstown, PA after delivering our daughter to Penn State, watching the evening news, the commentator had some fun with a State Politician who had mentioned the "Juanita River" in a speach. Perhaps it was his girlfriend?

How about "Broadway Limited" (Very Limited!
Gonut

Wake up; JUNIATA (June-ee-atta) is the name of rhe River, not "Juanita" a Spanish female's name!
And I vote for "Juniata" for the name.

What's a "speach"?
 

PRR1361 Wrote:
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Now, now, we're not allowed to correct anybody's spelling.

PRR1361 Wrote:
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It sounds just like a normal speech, but the words are mis-spelled on the teleprompter...

- Norm

I vote for steve 4031, the Big Apple and Iron City (or Steel City)



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/26/26 14:31 by railstiesballast.

The Morning Pennsylvanian, The Evening [ or Afternoon ] Pennsylvanian.     You know, like the Congressionals, Zephyrs, .....

SZ

PHall Wrote:
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> WINNER!!!!

Agreed.

National Limited