OPRRMS Wrote:
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> WAF Wrote:
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> > Navel Air had its own 44 tonnner to switch
> inside
> > the base. The SP would just come inside the
> base
> > and pick up and deliver at the interchange
> tracks
>
> Yup. By the time I came along (1972), the only
> rail traffic at NAS was a little bit of outbound
> scrap. The Naval Supply Center on the Estuary
> just west of the tubes was still a big customer
> for SP, however.
>
> Was the 44-tonner still there then, Wes? I don't
> remember seeing it.

Yes, it was. Would come up to the base scrap yard by the tunnels and pull a couple cars per week