The 30" gauge Grayhaven Tramway (GHT, though sometimes painted on locomotive tenders as GTH with a larger T so the G and H nestle under the top of the T) started out as one of several industrial shortlines that ran across the Faux Islands atoll.

Grayhaven Island is the outermost island in the chain, but is tied to the other islands by the narrow gauge Tramway. Currently, it is also the only major port in the atoll. Trains on the pier are assembled for transport inland towards the major junction in Cassaberry Town. The Tramway also includes branches to several small industrial along the line.

After the Second World War, trade and transport in the Faux Islands dried up. As the population, never that large to begin with began to reduce in size, changes happened. One by one, the other railroads were mothballed along with the industries they served. Grayhaven Town, on the island of the same name, remained a fishing town and port. The Grayhaven Tramway continued to operate on an as-needed basis, hauling the occasional load of lumber down from the camps, loads of sugar cane in from the plantations on Sugar Island, and clay for the brickworks and kilns.

Barely scraping by, deferred maintenance was the order of the day. Though the railroad invested in various makes of diesel, gasoline, and other motive power, steam remains the railroad's mainline power. The Faux Islands have no oil under their soil, so fuel has to be imported at great expense. While the islands do have some sources of coal, most of the locomotives of the GHT are still wood-burning. Currently, there are four functional steam locomotives on the line, but only one is used on a regular basis.

#8 is a tiny 2-6-0. If the builder's plates are to be believed, she was out-shopped from the Porter Locomotive Works around the turn of last century. #8 remains the most frequently used locomotive as her boiler was the most recently rebuilt, repaired to service back in the mid 60's.