Mississippi vs Rail

[kalos72]

So my group was talking through some of our ideas for pacification of the US and this question came up.

Originally, we were just going to use the Mississippi River to make way from New Orleans to the North. But then we realized there is a railroad that runs all the way from New Orleans to Chicago and a major highway right next to most of it.

And it keep going from New Orleans to LA as well...

I am thinking that the railway might be more efficient and easier to get back on line. Amtrak has alot of line running some really strategic paths...

But it IS the Mississippi after all.