Up until my late 20's I thought Amtrak was owned by Amway. I grew up in Amwaylandia, you see, and everything was owned by them. I mean, the big hotel in town was the Amway Grand Plaza, so why not Amtrak?
A childhood belief about trains

others believed things like this
- I thought the Virgin Islands were owned by Richard Branson until I was 24. — LJ
- I thought that the insurance company Aflac was owned by Ben AffleckAnon
- I thought Busch Gardens was a public garden owned by George W. Bush.Anon
- I used to believe that banks were owned by rich people who gave away their money.— Lyssa
- I used to believe that the cows owned by my grandfather slept lying on the ground like a human at night.— Eric
- I used to belive that my pet rabbit was the easter rabbit and he owned egg land.— Andrew B