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== The Rio Norte Line ==

== The Rio Norte Line ==

In the fall of what was probably the year 1927, Dagny Taggart, now the Operating Vice-President of the TTRR, took in hand the renovation of a railroad line that had fallen into severe disrepair, the Rio Norte Line in [[Colorado]]. After personally inspecting the line, she conceived a twelve-month plan to restore it to proper operating condition. As part of that plan, she ordered new rail from [[Henry Rearden]]'s Rearden Steel Company, and indeed took another, more radical step in that order: she ordered rail made of Rearden Metal, a new [[alloy]] of [[copper]] and [[iron]] that Henry Rearden had recently invented and announced.

In the fall of what was probably the year 1955, Dagny Taggart, now the Operating Vice-President of the TTRR, took in hand the renovation of a railroad line that had fallen into severe disrepair, the Rio Norte Line in [[Colorado]]. After personally inspecting the line, she conceived a twelve-month plan to restore it to proper operating condition. As part of that plan, she ordered new rail from [[Henry Rearden]]'s Rearden Steel Company, and indeed took another, more radical step in that order: she ordered rail made of Rearden Metal, a new [[alloy]] of [[copper]] and [[iron]] that Henry Rearden had recently invented and announced.

James Taggart was appalled, chiefly because no one had used Rearden Metal before, and no one believed that any metal as lightweight as Rearden Metal would be, would also be as strong as conventional [[steel]]. He was also upset because Dagny had taken it upon herself to place an order with Rearden, when James wanted to reserve his business for the Associated Steel Company, run by Orren Boyle. But not only was Dagny impatient with Orren Boyle's chronic inability to fill any sort of order, but she was also eager to try Henry Rearden's new Metal that would actually save the railroad a lot of money while also being easier to work with and better able to perform under the stresses required of it.

James Taggart was appalled, chiefly because no one had used Rearden Metal before, and no one believed that any metal as lightweight as Rearden Metal would be, would also be as strong as conventional [[steel]]. He was also upset because Dagny had taken it upon herself to place an order with Rearden, when James wanted to reserve his business for the Associated Steel Company, run by Orren Boyle. But not only was Dagny impatient with Orren Boyle's chronic inability to fill any sort of order, but she was also eager to try Henry Rearden's new Metal that would actually save the railroad a lot of money while also being easier to work with and better able to perform under the stresses required of it.