Yes, it does have a railroad origin. The Online Etymology Dictionary gives 1889 as the first usage with this meaning.
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?sear…
So if the characters are supposed to be speaking a medieval version of English, then this is what we would call an "anachronism", something that does not fit the time period. On the other hand, if they really were speaking a medieval version of English, players wouldn't be able to understand them. I suspect that all of their dialogue is 20th-21st century English.
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