Secret Service agents had tried to keep Roosevelt’s exact whereabouts a secret. At each stop, the President and his party were asked to stay aboard the train. But Roosevelt’s famous Scottie dog, Fala, had to be taken off to relieve himself. When Pullman porters and ticket takers saw Fala, they knew who was really aboard the train called “Main 985.”
Source:
Beschloss, Michael R. “The Plot to Murder Hitler.” The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman, and the Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2007. 5. Print.
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