Back in Columbia City.

Peter: You have failed me!!!!
Dragovich: The heritage units appeared out of nowhere! I was outnumbered. Josh was captured, and the other three were scrapped.
Peter: Lee Brent, and Ethan have joined forces with that resistance squad. Their engine, Jessica, is closer to getting them to Chicago. We have reason to believe that they are trying to get a man out of exile to finish us off.
Gordon: Jessica cannot get those people into Chicago.
Peter: I want her stopped immediately!
Dragovich: We are doing everything we can.
Peter: You're not trying hard enough! She needs to be stopped, or else we'll be ruined!
Dragovich: Who is this person in exile anyway?
Peter: Robert Snyder.
Cameron: I know that guy. Got in a major battle with him in '87. I destroyed the USRA, but he thinks it's his fault, and has been taking it too seriously. He won't do any damage to us, unless the resistance squad finds him.
Dragovich: Why don't we just kill him?
Cameron: I don't know where he is.
Gordon: I don't think anyone on our side knows where Robert lives.

Further up the line, Jessica and Ethan stopped at another small town called Larwill. Jessica had to refuel. While Brian, William, and Bill got the coal out of the first hopper, into Jessica's tender, Lee and Tyler talked to both Jessica, and Ethan.

Lee: How are you two feeling?
Ethan: Great.
Jessica: I'm still upset at that one diesel for calling me a sludge.
Tyler: Well, you are attracted to a lot of diesels, and you have done some things with them.
Ethan: Not to mention, me.
Tyler: How far are we from Chicago?
Lee: Let me check. *Gets his phone out, and looks on Google Maps* Looks like the line we're on will take us through a town called Warsaw. After that, the line reverts to 2 tracks. It doesn't give us the exact distance, but if we keep travelling at 70 miles an hour, we should be able to make it in less than two hours.
Tyler: Can't you check the distance from here to Chicago by typing in the two cities names?
Lee: It only shows the route to take by car.
Brian: *Shoveling out the coal from the first hopper car, and puts it on a ramp, rolling into the tender*
William: Her tender is almost full.
Susan & Cindy: *Sleeping in the train*
Jessica: I got enough water. How's the coal coming along?
Bill: Almost there. *Shoveling with Brian*
Lee: Why don't we get back on board? Looks like they're almost finished.
Tyler: *Follows Lee to get back into Jessica's cab*
Brian: Alright, the tender is full.
Ethan: I'll drop off this empty, then follow you with the rest of my train.
Lee: Sounds good Ethan. *Climbs back into the cab with Tyler*
Jessica: *Blows her whistle twice, and rings her bell as she pulls the train*

2 B Continued