OK, let's go back to the glory days of the streamlined California Zephyr operated by the Chicago Burlington and Quincy, Denver & Rio Grand Western, and Western Pacific railroads with Kansan Velma McPeek's glamorous Zephyrettes and read how they helped to solve murders and subdue bad guys. Well, yes, these stories are fiction, written by Janet Dawson, but they sure do have accurate descriptions of the young ladies and their trains. Start with Death Rides The Zephyr (2013), then Death Deals A Hand (2016), and finally The Ghost In Roomette Four (2018). Indeed, part of Janet Dawson's research involved interviewing former Zephyrettes.