The fictitious Balboa Granada & Eastern (BG&E) handles coal, mixed freight, and passenger traffic primarily using steam locomotives. An interchange yard at Franklin Junction serves as a connection to the Boston & Maine, and a division yard at Brunswick is a main service and classification facility for BG&E. Through freight and passenger trains operate over the BG&E, while freight and mixed trains operate along the BG&E corridor.

• Traffic is handled by an operating crew consisting of:
• Dispatcher/Staging Operator
• Brunswick Yardmaster w/switcher
• Brunswick Hostler/Assist. Yardmaster
• Franklin Jct. Yardmaster w/switcher
• Train Engineers

Operating crew utilize hand-held cabs/throttles, while train operation is dependent on a passenger train schedule, and a car card/waybill program