Personally, I think Eliezer keeping the train- qua train- is a mistake. It shows too much influence from the muggle universe. I mean, what did Hogwarts use as soon as 200 years ago? Why would they change it given their extremely conservative world-view? A Eberron-style lightning train would be more plausible.
Eliezer also has magical pop-top soda cans. I think he’s just keeping it as random and nonsensical as canon, which to me accurately maps the way cultures bleed into one another.
Personally, I think Eliezer keeping the train- qua train- is a mistake. It shows too much influence from the muggle universe. I mean, what did Hogwarts use as soon as 200 years ago? Why would they change it given their extremely conservative world-view? A Eberron-style lightning train would be more plausible.
Eliezer also has magical pop-top soda cans. I think he’s just keeping it as random and nonsensical as canon, which to me accurately maps the way cultures bleed into one another.