Dagny Taggart
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 10:43 pm
About 3 weeks ago I posted photos of two rail passenger cars parked at the former Amtrak station in St. Paul. Since then I've driven by again and stopped for a few photos. The one in this post is a stainless steel bodied car that really stands out. The horizontal ribs seem to be there for the"streamlined" look and some added strength.
I chose the angle in the next photo to show the car's name. I've never read Atlas Shrugged so I didn't recognize that Dagny Taggart is a character in that book. Maybe that's another story: how this railroad car got its name.
A quick check didn't find much about this car besides its origin as a NY Central observation car and fairly recent ownership by a man in Upstate New York who was also a noted model train enthusiast. There are a few letters online from that owner's daughter and people who knew him through the model train connection.
I chose the angle in the next photo to show the car's name. I've never read Atlas Shrugged so I didn't recognize that Dagny Taggart is a character in that book. Maybe that's another story: how this railroad car got its name.
A quick check didn't find much about this car besides its origin as a NY Central observation car and fairly recent ownership by a man in Upstate New York who was also a noted model train enthusiast. There are a few letters online from that owner's daughter and people who knew him through the model train connection.
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