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Four years later, Dagny and Jim's father died. The Board of Directors gave Jim the Presidency, this although Jim's background had been strictly in Public Relations, not in Operations or in any other department that did the real work of running the railroad. Jim Taggart's first policy was to build a new railroad line into the People's State of [[Mexico]], called the San Sebastián Line. Dagny knew at once that building anything into Mexico was a big mistake. She knew that the People's State of Mexico would never honor any guarantees of property rights, and would inevitably nationalize the line and the San Sebastián Mines that Francisco had started in the [[Sierra Madre]] Mountains. (Actually, Dagny would not figure out until much later why Francisco d'Anconia would drive a mine into those mountains. Every reputable geologist said that the prospects of finding anything in those mountains were slim to none.)

Four years later, Dagny and Jim's father died. The Board of Directors gave Jim the Presidency, this although Jim's background had been strictly in Public Relations, not in Operations or in any other department that did the real work of running the railroad. Jim Taggart's first policy was to build a new railroad line into the People's State of [[Mexico]], called the San Sebastián Line. Dagny knew at once that building anything into Mexico was a big mistake. She knew that the People's State of Mexico would never honor any guarantees of property rights, and would inevitably nationalize the line and the San Sebastián Mines that Francisco had started in the [[Sierra Madre]] Mountains. (Actually, Dagny would not figure out until much later why Francisco d'Anconia would drive a mine into those mountains. Every reputable geologist said that the prospects of finding anything in those mountains were slim to none.)

Two members of the Board of Directors, the chief engineer, ''and'' the Vice-President of Operations resigned in protest. Jim gave the Operating Vice-Presidency to a friend of his own. Dagny soldiered on as that man's assistant. During that time, construction on the San Sebastián Line made little, if any, progress. Then on September 15, 2014 (nearly two years before the index date), Dagny gave Jim an ultimatum: make her Vice=-President of Operations in her own right, or accept her resignation. He gave in. Once installed as Operating Vice-President, she hired her old childhood friend Eddie Willers to be ''her'' special assistant. She then found a contractor who would build the San Sebastián Line within a year. It opened on New Year's Day of 2016, but Dagny did not attend the opening.

Two members of the Board of Directors, the chief engineer, ''and'' the Vice-President of Operations resigned in protest. Jim gave the Operating Vice-Presidency to a friend of his own. Dagny soldiered on as that man's assistant. During that time, construction on the San Sebastián Line made little, if any, progress. Then on September 15, 2014 (nearly two years before the index date), Dagny gave Jim an ultimatum: make her Vice-President of Operations in her own right, or accept her resignation. He gave in. Once installed as Operating Vice-President, she hired her old childhood friend Eddie Willers to be ''her'' special assistant. She then found a contractor who would build the San Sebastián Line within a year. It opened on New Year's Day of 2016, but Dagny did not attend the opening.

== The Rio Norte Line ==

== The Rio Norte Line ==