Possible Clues:

• Storehouse for supplies
• Where one might begin riding the rails
• If one got back to this store one had a lot to drink
• Where to get a ticket to ride
• Leading journalist back in HQ?
• Largely drank up a store of supplies
• Bus station in the US
• Redcaps' workplace
• Depart shortly to return to bus station
• Home or Office follower [The AV Club xword moves to a subscription model soon! - sign up at avxword.com]