Toureme

Passengers on a train bound for Toureme, the great Coreunean city on the shore of Lake Resme often spend the last part of their trip trying to catch a glimpse of the panorama ahead. One of the most scenic sites in the world, with the mighty Piarran Mountains a towering backdrop looming over graceful iron arches and squat blisters of brick and stone and the lines of rising steam and smoke tousled by the mountain winds, all set beside a mountain lake of dazzling blue. This is the city of Toureme.
The indomitable Coreunean spirit of progress and innovation has transformed this former quiet farming town into the sprawling expanse of iron and smoke that it is today, handling thousands of tons of trade goods daily. Estimates say roughlv ninety percent of Coreune's coal and rock ships through Toureme. One side of the city sprawls toward the lake. This was once a picturesque region, but pollution has tainted the waters, and the quaint lakeside resort area is now a slum. The formerly grassy farmland has turned fallow and been given up as grazing land for livestock. The other side of the city is riddled by rail lines worming their way into the city's heart. The rails are linked by branch lines, turntables, and sidings that crisscross the city and cut it into a patchwork of districts, most of which are filled with motley, tumbledown buildings, coupled by bridges and tunnels.
One of the newer stations located in the south of the city, Toureme Central Station, belongs to Coreune National Rail. Big and wrought with steel filigree, it is newer and brighter than the dark and dingy "iron vault" of the Toureme Railway Organization station. This matters little to the TRO. The majority of passengers already travel the line between Toureme, Ansey, and Vaultier on CNR, whereas TRO runs the freight lines - mostly coal and iron - utilizing Resme Tunnel to Grotteville with little need for pretty passenger stations.
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