Ordinary things disappear, a set of keys, vacation mementos or a favorite tie, not a massive 569,500-pound steam engine. But that"s exactly what The Royal Blue, the B&O"s premier passenger train, did while on its nightly run to Baltimore in 1941. Flash forward to the summer of 1992. A derelict steam engine, rusting away in an English rail yard, is slated for restoration. A scrape of a knife, a glint of brass and The Royal Blue has resurfaced... just in time to threaten the upcoming presidential campaign. The task of finding the remaining coaches falls to Agent Ken Matuszak. Dead passengers can"t talk. Despite the passing of fifty years and behind the scene political maneuvering, Matuszak must unravel the mystery.His very survival depends on it.