Ticket to 1885

Richard LittIngston is driving west for a funeral when a detour leads him to a forgotten railroad museum and a ticket dated August 8, 1885. What begins as a moment of curiosity becomes an impossible journey as Richard boards a train bound not just across the American West, but across time.

Carried into the age of steam, he finds himself among the men who built the rail lines—engineers, firemen, and switchmen whose lives were shaped by iron, fire, and choice. Traveling mile by mile through de...