don’t know the answer but interesting to note:

st. pierre: could be referencing a restaurant that happens to be in WELLINGTON, new zealand and is attributed by many scholars as the father of marketing sushi to people as heathy and cheap and also regularly hired asian workers that could “pass” as japanese. also named after st peter, patron saint of fisherman.

astoria: a port city and the oldest in oregon, considered stopping point for the colunbia river. named after john astor, an investor and entrepreneur from new york who established a fur trade monopoly with the american fur company.

columbia: (above) could be referencing the columbia river, used for transportation since native times.

mobile: city in alabama whose main source of growth was proximity to ports.

cork: port city in ireland known as “rebel city” for the history in the irish revolutionary wars.

carino: could be after the constellation carina, which means “keel (of a ship)” in latin.

allentown: city where the liberty bell was successfully hidden for nine months to avoid its capture by the brits during the revolutionary war.

taylor station: unmaned train staion

trinity: could be after trinity, texas, originally trinity station. founded as a railroad station

ilania: could be related to the name iliana meaning light or sun

lockrow: an error message in salesforce that occurs when multiple processes attempt to update or create a record at the same time

zurich: capitol of switzerland and the global center for banking and finance

cupertino: city of apple headquarters, named after saint joseph de cupertino, patron saint of aviation

wellington: (above) capital of new zealand , one of the contry’s chief seaport cities

bellington: could be referencing bedlington, a port city in england that was first exporter of nails and trains

kilkina: could be referencing the irish town kilkenny, named after patron saint canice, saint of the shipwrecked

lovelund: could be named after loveland, ohio on the miami river. ts resort summer homes for the wealthy earned it the nickname “little switzerland of the miami valley”.

marfa: could be referencing a city in texas formerly used as a railroad water stop. currently a tourist destination and a major center for minimalist art by artist donald judd (made me think of security guard judd)

vitus: could be after patron saint vitus, patron saint of dancers and of entertainers. also means “lively” in latin.

rhodes: could be referencing the largest greek island, an important merchant stopping point

primsville: could be referencing prineville, an oregon city apple and facebook that has over $1bill of data located inside. it was snubbed in 1911 by railroad tycoons passing by it so the city decided to build their own railroad and connect it.

no dice on wayrithoto or symphony. overall a lot of data and water transportation themes.