AtlasShrugged/SectioN112

Atlas Shrugged, Part 1, Chapter 1, section 2:

• Plot summary

Dagny is riding the Taggart Comet back to New York after inspecting the Rio Norte Line. She hears a brakeman whistling an unpublished piece from her favorite composer, /RichardHalley, but the brakeman refuses to acknowledge this or say where he heard it. After falling asleep and waking up, Dagny discovers the train has come to a stop at a siding. She finds the train crew passively waiting instructions, and gives them orders on how to proceed. Faced with this incompetence, she decides to promote /OwenKellogg to superintendent of the Ohio Division.

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• Setting

Taggart Comet, stalled between Cleveland and New York.

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• Characters

 /BrakemaN
 /ConductoR - First and only appearance.
 /EngineeR - First and only appearance.
 /DagnyTaggart
 /OwenKellogg - Mentioned.
 /PassengerNumber1 - First and only appearance.
 /PassengerNumber2 - First and only appearance.
 /RichardHalley - Mentioned.

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• Mysteries

What was the brakeman whistling? Did Halley write a Fifth Concerto?