Tramp Town, USA — E5

02/08/23 • 39 min

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Danelle heads to Colton, CA, a freight crossroads where anything that can happen to a hobo usually does, and has questions for the cops. Danelle gets news about her book deal, and uncovers Colton’s creation by some of the Wild West’s most crooked capitalists. After a visit with a gold miner, she starts to see things differently. A hospital bill arrives for Ruby, and Danelle plans for a visit.

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Previous Episode

Riding the Dragon — E4

Danelle sneaks into a railyard with a hobo, and finds out what it really takes to hop a train. Riders show her what she’s missing, and Danelle finds out about a secret hobo guidebook that helps insiders get around. And Danelle gets a lead.

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Next Episode

The Comfort Offensive — E6

Ruby is coming home for Christmas, and Danelle has a plan to try to get her to stay — before she has to move out of her apartment. Danelle meets Cary Westcott, who walked through hell trying to find his daughter on the rails, and managed to bring her back home, to mixed results. The holidays are bumpy but hopeful, and Danelle discovers the Barn. Then, it's off to Texas.

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City of the Rails - Tramp Town, USA — E5

Transcript

Speaker 100:00:03.560

Just heads up. This episode has a lot going on, violent, strong language, guns. It's a train yard, after all, I can't second. It can't be driving around with the cops, so that sometimes and I'm trying to figure out of town. I asked the cops to show me around today. That town is Colton, California, train Town, USA, as it says on the city Seal. When I asked the Colton Police Department for a ride along, they assigned Lieutenant Raymondendez, a nine