The train encounters Quicksand, a form of mind control they are tasked with destroying, finding the source of the Quicksand in a new town Richard and Zofia head out to explore the town only to encounter more Quicksand and those affected by it.Also featuring correspondence from listeners and an interview with historian Natasha Klein on alternate timelines in reference to the development of North America.

In this episode Natasha Klein was played by Lena Scott.Theme music is as always provided by the talented Chip Michael, for more of Chip's music go to www.soundcloud.com/chipmichael.This episode was produced and edited by Holly Ritchie"Local Forecast - Elevator" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"Hard Boiled" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This podcast uses these sounds from freesound:Lots of Morse Code by Buss1000 (https://freesound.org/people/Buss1000/sounds/204968/)Steam Whistle.mp3 by Bidone (https://freesound.org/people/Bidone/sounds/71778/)restaurant4.wav by sagetyrtle (https://freesound.org/people/sagetyrtle/sounds/32261/)