The railroads arrive

Mainland railroad expansion changes the island’s commercial future.

Tracks within Southern San Andreas connect the port with quarries, agricultural land, freight yards and inland works. Mainland services reach transfer ports, but cargo still crosses the channel by vessel.

Advertisements for through journeys often minimize the inconvenience of unloading, ferrying and reloading.

That expense becomes the strongest commercial argument for a mainland tunnel.

Iron Riders, industrial mystics, vampire financiers and ordinary workers all shape the development. Their interests overlap without becoming identical.

New routes make previously isolated places accessible. Wrecks create hauntings, construction disturbs spirit paths, and occult goods can move faster than local custodians can trace them.