The Meridian — Visual Map
A schematic of the train, drawn from the pinned carriages in the carriage map. The engine is forward (left); numbers climb toward the rear (right); the closer to the front, the wealthier and warmer. Marked carriages are the ones the books have actually fixed — hover for detail.
- First Carriages (~1–20)
- Admin (~20s)
- Middle (~28–55)
- Open / lower (~56–74)
- Farm (rearmost)
- 9 Gazette office (ground); Drummond’s compartment above
- 11 The Gazette press
- 12 Window bench — Vashti watches the route here
- 19 Madame Vetch’s antiques shop (the tuning fork)
- 24 Administrative Carriage & Conductor’s office — Casper (approx.)
- 41 Vashti Kade’s home
- 45 Ekka’s chit-counter
- 50 Maintenance workshop, between freight & laundry (approx.)
- 56 The Tea Car — Birdie’s (approx.)
- 74 Carriage 74 — Elliot’s first home; Fixer & Plum
Band boundaries are approximate (the prose pins the order, not the exact carriage where one class becomes the next). For the full layout, sub-floor tunnels, and the Calloway, see the carriage map and locations.