Paul looks out for his dreamy sister, Edith. He wants to be a railroad man like his father when he grows up.
“Industrious! I love big words. Sam says I’m industrious, Edith! You know, Sam, I’m gonna be a railroad man when I grow up.”
Kate is a dignified, self assured woman who wears floofy dresses and takes care to inquire into everybody’s business.
The only reluctant passenger on the Night Train. Mother of Henry Heinz, the ketchup inventor.
The sleeper car magnate who will sacrifice anything for speed.
Sam is a constant source of railroad wisdom with detailed accounts of historic railroad crashes at the ready to forecast a worst case scenario for every situation.