Lorien has discovered another reason not to go hiking. Also, Lorien says she's not going to give away the ending to a 130-year-old short story and then immediately does, so spoiler alert, we guess.

Join us on the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe as Katharine tells Lorien about trains.

Sources:

• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clye22ljxw4o
• https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/train-crashes-against-crane-southeastern-spain-tve-reports-2026-01-22/
• https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/safest-places-sit-traveling-train-044500726.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHXlCiTsDI1W-HQMT2Srzg7Sxt1XD5M05UpxS5RF67Wq7aszfKgg42IDI83-5rK0oH6xUGuVASRQAZHyV6bw8JgnmtpvOSlhFBE0yw5CTtBDYRxFjJykTwuBQ4WUkBFQWREmPQWJ1Z9LjLRH0HN-cJh16Enq_83S4fZj2X1bPO-h
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_rail
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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Sri_Lanka_tsunami_train_wreck
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balvano_train_disaster
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• https://www.bustle.com/articles/83287-are-trains-safer-than-planes-statistics-are-clear-about-which-mode-of-transportation-is-safest
• https://www.history.com/articles/8-things-you-may-not-know-about-trains
• https://www.intrans.iastate.edu/news/trains-a-history/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transport
• https://www.propublica.org/article/train-derailment-long-trains
• https://usafacts.org/articles/are-train-derailments-becoming-more-common/
• https://www.aar.org/issue/freight-rail-pedestrian-driver-safety/#!
• https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2024/railroads-and-regulators-must-address-the-dangers-of-long-trains-report-says/

Lorien tells Katharine about a group that dares to ask the question: what if the only laws that count are the ones I like?

Sources

• ​https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/sovereign-citizens-movement/
• ​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudolaw
• ​https://web.archive.org/web/20141102010820/http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/sovereign_citizens_plaster_courts_with_bogus_legal_filings/
• ​https://www.domprep.com/articles/a-violent-surge-sovereign-citizens-vs-government-authority/#:~:text=Precise numbers of SovCits can,who have committed violent crimes.
• ​https://everytownresearch.org/report/armed-extremism-primer-sovereign-citizens/
• ​https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/moorish-sovereign-citizens/
• ​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorish_sovereign_citizens
• ​https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7513757/
• ​https://everytownresearch.org/report/armed-extremism-primer-sovereign-citizens/
• ​https://www.sog.unc.edu/sites/www.sog.unc.edu/files/Sov citizens quick guide Nov 13.pdf
• ​https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/sovereign-citizens-movement/
• ​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Nichols
• ​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing
• ​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudolaw
• ​https://aeon.co/ideas/here-comes-pseudolaw-a-weird-little-cousin-of-pseudoscience
• ​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vexatious_litigation
• ​https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waukesha_Christmas_parade_attack