* The group meets some railworkers, most of whom are reticent at first but loosen up eventually. They did the cleanup work on the derailed train car.
* The official line is that the car decoupled due to old/faulty parts and no one was aboard when it happened. All passengers with tickets disembarked normally. The railworkers don't buy it. They saw signs of a fight between extremely powerful pokémon, including an electric-type and some ground-type attacks (though they haven't seen any luxio, i.e., Brisa wasn't there when they arrived). They also eventually admit that there was one unaccounted-for ticket, which got waved away on the technicality that an apparent stowaway claimed to have "lost his"; the ticket was likely Brisa's.
* At a minimum, the railroad higher-ups don't want to give travelers the impression that anyone might be attacking the trains; most of the workers suspect organized crime or possibly terrorism. According to them/miscellaneous conspiracy theories, it could be any of Team Miror, the Vanguard, a local mafia (possibly in collusion with the Barovelt Group), or who knows what else. They don't seem to know anything about the Covenant.
* Two of the workers remembered hearing about a luxio, Mesa Blue, who'd swept through the Novelux Duel Dome back in Charge (~two months after the Wayfarers arrived/after the train incident). Her ring persona was a rough clanner from out west; she couldn't always sell the act, but their coworkers who liked betting on the Dome were excited about how strong she was. Mesa Blue stopped appearing in the Dome ~two weeks ago.
* The foreman, Diggersby Buck, recalls that shortly after the derailment, a young greninja swept past security as part of an apparent "inspection". His confidence and strong aura made Buck and the others uneasy. Dave wonders if this is the same greninja that Farin warned the Wayfarers about and that Nolan coldly denied being "buddies" with—a likely member of the Covenant.

- Phoenixsong