She shook her head. “Waste of effort. You already know all about trains. You went through hell building that crude one in Kashmir. And you’re the one who told us that Fiona was drawing pictures of railroad tracks.” She smiled. “I’m the one who needs to learn why she was doing it. Sorry she’s not entertaining you. But I’m not giving them up.” When he made a face, she chuckled. Oh, what the hell, he might make fun of her, but they’d become friends and it didn’t matter. “But I’ll share this one of the Reiver car with you.” She handed him the book. “It has some of the later photos of the train as a whole, but there are also several shots of the car when they were first building it back in 1869. Look at the photos of the murals painted on its wall. They’re exceptional. I particularly like the one of the lake in the Highlands.” Her smile deepened. “Although that might be because I’ve seen it before. It’s not too far from MacDuff’s Run.”

“Really?” He looked closer. “Remarkable.”

She nodded, waiting a moment before adding, “Or it might be because I recognized the technique of the artist. Those brushstrokes are almost unmistakable.”

Rodland glanced up at her. “And you’re so excited you obviously want to tell someone about it. What did you find out, Jane?”

“I’m almost sure that the artist was the same one who painted the portrait of Fiona. I won’t know definitely until I find a larger, more detailed photo of that picture. Or the picture itself.”

“If it still exists,” he said gently. “It’s not likely. That was at the time of the American Civil War. A mural that old, from a railcar that might have been scrapped over a hundred years ago?”

“It wasn’t,” Jane said. “I called the railroad and talked to a clerk yesterday afternoon. It’s no longer in use, but the car is considered an antique and is sitting sidelined in one of the company rail yards.”

“Which one?”

“She couldn’t tell me. Not one of the city yards.”

“And the mural?”

She shook her head. “The clerk couldn’t tell me any details about the present furnishings. I’ll have to see for myself. But she went back into the company historical Rolodex and was able to pull out the name of the artist. It was painted by Farrell MacClaren. No other information.”

He was studying her face. “But it could be enough?”