That evening, following the triumphant validation of the locomotive test, Sienna and Marcus returned to the historic Brown Palace Hotel in downtown Denver. With the engineering teams celebrating at a local steakhouse, Sienna met Marcus in the hotel’s secluded sixth-floor atrium lounge, where wrought-iron balconies rose seven stories toward a stained-glass skylight. They sat near the marble fireplace, drinking hot mulled cider laced with bourbon as soft jazz echoed through…
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