Elemental Rail

The Elemental Rail system is a subset of the continent-wide rail system that allows the transport of people and goods all across Kalin. Unlike the normal steam-powered trains, Elemental Rail engines are powered off of technomancy that makes use of latent elemental (and despite the names implication, arcane as well) power in the environment and within the engine. This is not dissimilar from how many airships power themselves.   The Elemental Rail system, due to its engines, requires special elementally forged rails to operate, and tends to be wildly expensive to construct. The payoff for this cost is a train that can easily surpass 200 miles per hour speeds on open plains, allowing for rapid transit across the continent. It is especially popular with wealthy travelers and government officials.   Due to the cost of both creating each engine and laying the tracks, Elemental Rail tends to only run to large metropolises, such as Tharrisia or Ibrim; or strategically important ones, such as Aeraguard or Yamali.