Corbettite Monks

From Girl Genius

The Corbettite Monks are truly one of the more unusual religious orders in Europa, an ecclesiastic organization known best for their construction, maintenance, and operation of Europa's only railroad system. Presumably this system was originally designed to aid clerics, preachers, and other religious officials in traversing the rather dangerous territory of their parishes in search of souls to save, but it has become one of the few pan-Europan institutions capable of affording mass transportation to those without the wherewithal to afford their own walking-clank or airship.

Unfortunately, the Corbettite Railway system only covers a few areas, most likely between major urban centers, exacerbating the difference between town and Wastelands. Nonetheless, the Monks try their best to expand the system, a project which municipalities vie for earnestly, and to which the Baron Wulfenbach is willing to lend his resources - a sign of the importance of this venture.