Dieselbob posted:Jack, were you on loan from EMD for the entire run of #4449, or did you have to come and go?
No. I was assigned to the AFT by EMD/GM as liaison to the Chief Mechanical Officer, immediately upon the arrival of 4449 at the EMD McCook Plant for storage. At various times throughout the tour, whenever the locomotive crew needed "assistance", McCormack would apparently "request" my services through his GM Vice-President, and my pos would then explain to me what was needed and where.
EMD/GM did "assigned" me to the Transcontinental Steam Excursion in the spring of 1977, to return 4449 to Portland, OR after the conclusion of the AFT tour. EMD also "assigned" me to the full time crew for the 1984 New Orleans Worlds Fair Daylight operation, from Portland to New Orleans and return.
