John West Wrote:
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> Chas, thanks for providing some info on the fan
> trips. I had a vague memory that something like
> that happened but not enough details to post
> anything. Back then I was still in high school
> and more interested in girls.
>
> I also have a vague memory of seeing pix or
> hearing about heavier power handling troop trains
> to Ord during the war, but that would seem to be
> counter to the limitations cited by Tom. I wonder
> if there were some kind of different rules
> applying Castroville to Ord and around the loop at
> Ord. I wonder if anyone has info about that, one
> way or another.
>
> One of my more "interesting" experiences while at
> Salinas was taking one of our perishable crews to
> Monterey to turn the PV Henry E Huntington on the
> loop, so that it would be properly pointed on the
> Del Monte the next day. It was the dead of night
> and the loop had not been used in a looooong time.
> But we made it.
>
> JBWX

John, I am pretty certain that some restrictions were lifted during the war. I do know that
Coast Division fireman Walter Johnson was on 4449 on an Ord Turn and that other large power worked the branch...just don't know for certain how far they were allwed to go.