Texas, 1874. Texas Ranger Jim Blawcyzk is riding the El Paso Limited en route to a routine assignment … until the train is wrecked and robbed. Barely escaping the flaming wreckage, Blawcyzk sets out to track down the outlaws responsible for such wanton death and destruction.

What at first appears to be an isolated train robbery leads him to a much larger plot to destroy the Texas and Pacific Railroad. In addition to trying to stop the men determined to ruin the railroad, Blawcyzk also finds himself the target of a mysterious drygulcher.