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This is a fictional corporation in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged.
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Brakeman
This is an unnamed character in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. An unnamed employee working on the Taggart Comet train. Dagny Taggart hears Brakeman whistling the theme of a concerto. When she asks him what piece it is from, he says it is Halley's...
Ben Nealy
A railroad contractor whom Dagny Taggart hires to replace the track on the Rio Norte Line with Rearden Metal. Nealy is incompetent, but Dagny can find no one better in all the country. Nealy believes that anything can get done with enough muscle...
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Cuffy Meigs
A thuggish personage who's assigned by Wesley Mouch to keep watch over the workings of Taggart Transcontinental, and later assumes control over the company after Dagny Taggart leaves. He carries a pistol and a lucky rabbit's foot, he dresses in a...
Nathaniel Taggart
A character in Ayn Rand's novel 'Atlas Shrugged', Nathaniel Taggart is meant to symbolize the so-called Robber Barons of America's industrial age. Nat Taggart was the founder of Taggart Transcontinental. He built his railroad without any...
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Dagny Taggart
Dagny Taggart is the main character in Ayn Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged. Dagny is Vice-President in Charge of Operations at Taggart Transcontinental. She is the female heroic character, the counterpart to John Galt, and her journey is the journey of...
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Dick McNamara
A contractor who finished the San Sebastian Line and who is hired to lay the new Rearden Metal track for the Rio Norte Line. Before he gets a chance to do so, he mysteriously disappears. Dick McNamara is mentioned in sections 133 and 141.
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Eddie Willers
Special Assistant to the Vice-President in Charge of Operation at Taggart Transcontinental. He grew up with Dagny Taggart. His father and grandfather worked for the Taggarts, and he followed in their footsteps. He is completely loyal to Dagny and to...
James Taggart
The President of Taggart Transcontinental, a leader of the Looters, and the book's most important antagonist. Taggart is an expert influence peddler who is incapable of making decisions on his own. He relies on his sister Dagny Taggart to actually...
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Owen Kellogg
Assistant to the Manager of the Taggart Terminal in New York. He catches Dagny Taggart's eye as one of the few competent men on staff. After seeing the sorry state of the Ohio Division she decides to make him its new Superintendent. However, as soon...
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Chief Engineer 2 Character in Atlas Shrugged
This is an unnamed minor character in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. Chief Engineer 2 maintains Taggart Transcontinental at a time when all the competent men have disappeared. Since he can only imitate, and not innovate, he is unenthusiastic about...
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Chief Engineer Character in Atlas Shrugged
This is an unnamed minor character in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. The Chief Engineer phones Eddie Willers to tell him that his boss, Dick McNamara has closed his business and quit without explanation (in section 141).
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Clarence Eddington
This is a minor character in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. Clarence Eddington is an economic consultant whom James Taggart blames for the decision to build the San Sebastian Line (mentioned in section 143).
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Conductor Character in Atlas Shrugged
This is an unnamed minor character in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. The Conductor works on the Taggart Comet. In section 112 he explains to Dagny Taggart that he is waiting for a broken light to change. He represents the type of incompetent,...
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Dagny Taggart's Father
This is an unnamed minor character in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. Dagny's father was the president of Taggart Transcontinental prior to James Taggart. In section 132 we learn he was "astonished and proud" of his daughter, but sad for...
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Dave Mitchum
Dave Mitchum is a minor character in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. He is a state-hired superintendent of the Colorado Division of Taggart Transcontinental. He is partially responsible for Kip Chalmers' death.
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Engineer Character in Atlas Shrugged
This is an unnamed minor character in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. The Engineer appears briefly in section 112. When Dagny Taggart wakes up to find the Taggart Comet stalled on a siding, he explains to her why they stopped. He represents the...
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Fireman Character in Atlas Shrugged
An unnamed minor character in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, the Fireman appears briefly in section 112. While Dagny Taggart is trying to find out why the Taggart Comet has stalled, the Fireman shows his amusement at how things like this happen.
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James Taggart's Secretary
This is a minor unnamed character in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. James Taggart's Secretary has the unhappy job of explaining to Taggart why Francisco d'Anconia will not see him: "Senor d'Anconia said that you bore him, Mr. Taggart."
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Jules Mott
Jules Mott is a character in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. He is Taggart Transcontinental's man in Mexico City. Mott is the fall guy after the Mexican government nationalizes the San Sebastian Line (appears in section 142 and is mentioned in...
Mr. Coleman
A minor character in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, Mr. Coleman is an employee of Taggart Transcontinental mentioned in section 171.
Pop Harper
A minor character in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, Pop Harper is chief clerk at the offices of Taggart Transcontinental. He complains that it is impossible to get new typewriters, and that the world will soon be without this simple device. His attitude...
