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At the dawn of the 20th century, the number of persons being killed on railroads in the United States was nothing short of appalling. Newspapers were replete with railroad-wreck stories, sometimes described in only three sentences but, still publicized and often in gruesome detail. Horrendously fatal accidents were a near-daily occurrence somewhere in the country. Statistics from 1907 indicate that, since the founding of the railroad industry, almost 12,000 railroad-related deaths per year occurred in the United States. A major problem was employees not interpreting train orders correctly, which frequently led to trains on the same track meeting head-on unexpectedly-what has been trivialized as "a cornfield meet." While the bulk of the U.S. problem lay with mistakes made by employees in not adhering to rules and regulations (some with habitual disregard), too, the condition of many railroads had deteriorated severely since their construction and this factor contributed heavily to casualties. In particular, inexpensive wooden bridges had aged and deteriorated to the point that high water easily weakened and even destroyed them, leaving a gaping opening into which an entire train could pile upon itself.
Railroads have played an important part in the history of Death Valley. The Pacific Coast Borax Company first used the Death Valley Railroad to transport its ore to market and then to transport Death Valley tourists to its Furnace Creek Resort. "Death Valley Scotty's" leap to national fame came as a direct result of his chartering a private train to break the Los Angeles to Chicago speed record. The Carson & Colorado Railroad on the west and the Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad on the east provided support to Death Valley's mining activity, its associated boomtowns, and early tourism.
December 23, 1952. A transcontinental train is stopped cold by a rockslide in a remote Colorado canyon. There’s a murderer aboard, one who has already killed, and will kill again unless stopped. The California Zephyr, with its run from Oakland to Chicago and back, was famous for its Vista-Domes, which provided a 360-degree view of spectacular Western scenery. It was a kind of small city populated by passengers from all walks of life and a large crew whose duty it was to keep them safe. Zephyrette Jill McLeod is the passengers’ primary point of contact. She’s armed for any emergency—with a first-aid kit, a screwdriver, and her knowledge of human nature. But can she figure out a ruthless killer's clever plot in time?