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“We keep the engines hot, the rails humming, and the silence bought.”
  Category: Labor Union
Primary Power Base: 55th Street Railyard, South Side maintenance yards, Brotherhood Hall in Brighton Park
Reach: Regional
Veil Involvement: Confirmed, heavily compartmentalized  

Public Face

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, Division 63, represents engineers, conductors, and rail supervisors across the South Side and inner suburbs. Their official platform pushes for fair wages, safety protections, and upgraded rolling stock—but they also host local blood drives, fund neighborhood cleanups, and hand out turkeys every Thanksgiving. Publicly, they're model union men. Privately, they run the South Side's rail lines like a shadow railroad.  

True Influence

Nothing moves through the 55th Street Yards or over the South Side tracks without Division 63 knowing about it. Their dispatchers fudge schedules, redirect boxcars, and disappear crates no one will ever inventory. A handful of freight runs are reserved for high-risk jobs: Veil-material transfers, smuggled arcane artifacts, and the quiet relocation of bodies. The Brotherhood Hall holds old maps, sealed crates, and one door that’s always locked—even during meetings. The Outfit doesn’t challenge their control of the tracks—they lease it.  

Known Members

  • Calvin "Trackline" Briggs, Division Chair – sharp-eyed, slow-spoken, always knows what’s moving where. Said to have memorized every switch and signal in the city.
  • Marietta Boyd, Union Secretary – crisp-suited, chain-smoker, holds the books and the real ledgers. Known to call in favors from CPD brass when it suits her.
  • Walt "Shoelace" Kerns, Old Head Engineer – retired three years ago, never stopped showing up. Claims to have seen a train with no crew and cargo that glowed.
  • Derrick "Redcap" Johnson, Enforcer – doesn’t wear the hat, but everyone knows what he is. Works out of a side office with no nameplate.
 

Allies & Rivals

  • Allies: The Five Fives (informal cargo coordination), certain Outfit teams in Back of the Yards, CPD Transit Division
  • Rivals: Independent union agitators, Veil purists who want to shut down arcane shipping, Yard bosses tied to rival crews
 

Assets & Quirks

  • Asset: The Brotherhood Hall’s basement contains a hidden vault that predates the union’s founding—sealed by Veil-inscribed bolts.
  • Asset: Emergency sidings and hidden service tunnels for high-value shipments and personnel extraction.
  • Quirk: Division 63 engineers wear ritual tokens tied to old conductor superstitions—blessed bolts, lucky lantern pieces, Veil-treated patches.
  • Quirk: Every train they crew runs two minutes late on paper—but never in real time. No one can explain how.
 

Current Agenda

They’re preparing for a large-scale rerouting of Veil-infused shipments out of the city, under pressure from both arcane regulators and Outfit demands. At the same time, Calvin is trying to keep a lid on rumors that one of their sidings was used to smuggle in something alive—and it never came back out. The next Brotherhood meeting is sealed tight, invite-only, and the usual minutes won’t be written down.  

Rumors & Hooks

  • An unmarked caboose has been seen idling near 58th at night—glowing slightly, making no sound.
  • One of the Brotherhood’s locomotives hasn’t responded to dispatch in over a week—but it still shows up on the schedule.
  • Redcap has started visiting a Veil healer in Armour Square every full moon. He never explains why.
  • A PC might be hired to board a moving train, swap cargo, and get off before it ever reaches a station.
  • Marietta keeps a secondary ledger hidden in a hollowed-out boiler plate. Someone’s looking to steal it.
 

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