Enchancian Railways

**Enchancian Railways** (reporting mark **ERW**) is a quasi-public corporation that operates railway services in Enchancia.

Enchancian Railways was once a national railway company from its formation on 1 January 1875 up until 31 December 1978, and provided short, medium and long inter-city railway services, suburban railways, urban commuter railways, short branch line services and freight transportation throughout these years. Since 1 January 1979, Enchancian Railways provides medium and long-distance inter-city passenger rail service throughout Enchancia. Enchancian Railways also once had a very extensive network of branch lines, but many of these were closed in the 1950s and the 1960s, and branch line services that kept open were handed to private operators on 1 January 1979.

## Services

Enchancian Railways operates a national passenger route system, and its services fall into three groups: short-haul service on the Enchancian Railways Enchancian Corridor, state-supported short-haul service outside of the Enchancian Railways Enchancian Corridor and medium- and long-haul services known as the Enchancian Railways National Network. It formerly had branch line services (Enchancian Railways Branch Network), suburban and urban commuter railway services (Enchancian Railways City Network) and freight transportation services. These services are now run by different private railway operators across Enchancia.

## Lines

### Country lines

Enchancian Railways once had a vast network of country lines that served nearly all of Enchancia. Most of these were closed in the 1950s and the 1960s. Some of these are open as of the 1950s and the 1960s; those were passed into new private operators in 1979.

* Adberry Line — active from 1890 to 1957.
* Ail Line — active from 1899 to 1955.
* Amuille Line — active from 1901 to 1970.
* Ayhohone Line — active from 1883 to 1964.
* Beathfort Line — active from 1906 to 1967.
* Blueberry Line — active since 1902; now operated by Enchancia Sprint.
* Calicula Line — active from 1905 to 1975.

## Classification system

Enchancian Railways used a number-based classification system, with numbers grouped by class.

### Steam locomotive era

When Enchancian Railways operated steam locomotives, the wheel arrangement was classified by the run number.

* Numbers in the 100s and 200s belonged to the 0-4-0 class
* Numbers in the 300s, 400s, 500s (up to 550) range belonged to the 0-6-0 class
* Numbers in the 500s (from 550 to 599), the 600s and the 700s belonged to the 0-8-0 class
* Numbers in the 800s, 900s and 1000s belonged to the 2-6-0 class
* Numbers in the 1100s, 1200s, 1300s and the 1400s (up to 1449) belonged to the 2-6-2 class
* Numbers in the 1400s (from 1450 to 1499), 1500s, 1600s, 1700s, 1800s and the 1900s belonged to the 4-6-0 class
* Numbers in the 2000s to the 2500s range belonged to the 4-6-2 class
* Numbers in the 2600s, 2700s and the 2800s belonged to the 4-6-4 class
* Numbers in the 2900s, 3000s and the 3100s belonged to the 4-8-2 class
* Numbers in the 3200s, 3300s and the 3400s (up to 3449) belonged to the 4-8-4 class
* Numbers in the 3500s to the 3700s range belonged to the 2-10-2 class.
* Rack railway locomotives had the numbers assigned in the 3800s and the 3900s range.