Atlas Shrugged/Taggart Transcontinental

The railroad run by Dagny Taggart. Her committment to the railroad creates one of the book's major conflicts?.

Taggart Transcontinental was founded by Nathaniel Taggart who lived three generations (or so) prior to Dagny's generation. It was built without any grants, loans, or favors from the government, and was the last railroad that was still owned and controlled by its founder's descendants. It's motto is, From Ocean to Ocean.

The 'flagship' of Taggart Transcontinental is the Taggart Comet which runs from New York to San Francisco, and which has never been late.