Mafosa Railway

The Mafosa Railway runs from Kealings City on the Parlanic Sea eastward across the Veldt to Copper Falls, a distance of nearly 800 miles. The journey takes a full two days. There are a handful of villages along the route, and although there is no scheduled service, the train can be flagged down and stopped for passengers to load.
The wood-burning locomotive produces smoke that is quite dirty and makes for a much slower ride than a coal-fired engine would produce. Behind the locomotive, in order from front to rear, is the wood tender, flatcars, freight car, third class, dining car, and first-class (well away from the smoke of the engine). Flatcars are open-topped, where native Mafosa people and freight are transported without protection from the sun or rain. Enclosed freight cars carry mail, baggage, and other, less-rugged freight. Third class consists of row-seating for slumming upper-class, Kasparis, Tashakdans, or wealthier Mafosa. First-class is for white colonials only, with compartment seating and beds that are folded down at night by courteous stewards. The dining car predominately services first-class passengers, except for a brief meal for second class (without the silver dinnerware or service).
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