Chapter Fifteen
Connected at the very end in the order of linkage, the personal railcar of the Fitzhugh Aloysius Wellington Sand, III, was a palace of curiosity and architectural innovation, a traveling townhome of comfort. If it were available for tours, the crowds would be in awe at the extravagance. Attached nose to tail, it was formed by welding two ancient caboose cars together, then bolting the assembly onto four newly designed and constructed, heavy-duty, six-wheel, rolling rail-trucks. The wrought-iron, fenced, forward and aft porches, besides reclining steps on either side to the ground, were widened, affording easy access to cars. Bullet-proof picture windows were spaced at intervals along the outside walls and coated with privacy tint, while exit doors were reinforced with tung
