Cray Canyon Cold Snap

An overcrowded night train trundles over the Rockies, westbound towards Georgetown, Colorado, the wealth of silver mines waiting for the bold and the foolish. The terrible December cold seeps into poorly heated train cars, stiffening the limbs of passengers and invading their troubled sleep. The clip-clop sound of wheels on tracks and the whispering of passengers is interrupted by a gunshot coming from the sleeping car! The wind howls and rattles outside, celebrating its triumph...