The Saturday January 29, 2022 GGRM workday was focused on the following items at the Victory Station Yard and the Sonoma Rail storage site at Schellville .   Emphasis was on the tasks needed to get the GGRM’s passenger cars ready for operation.   Thanks go out to the GGRM volunteers listed below who helped make the January 29 th  Schellville workday successful:   David Waterman,  Nico Dacong, Steve Coon, Steve Rusconi, Seth Adams, Tim Dulin, Ron Vane, Burr Wilson, Mike Pechner, and Peter Schulze.   Below is the progress report for the Saturday’s January 29, 2022 workday.   At the Victory Station Yard worksite: 1.             The GGRM EIC is required to send a text to NWPCo General Manager Ryan Martin when flag and derail protection has been set at the Victory Station Yard and the north leg of the Schellville wye.   Done Jim Prettyleaf. 2.             Install new control system for the #2979 Tavern Car’s air conditioning and heating.   Significant progress by Seth Adams, a separate re

  The Saturday January22, 2022 GGRM workday was focused on the following items at the Victory Station Yard and the Sonoma Rail storage site at Schellville .   Emphasis was on the tasks needed to get the GGRM’s passenger cars ready for operation.   Thanks go out to the GGRM volunteers listed below who helped make the January 22 nd  Schellville workday successful:   David Waterman,  Nico Dacong, Steve Coon, Garrett Brisbee, Manly Hyde, Ron Vane, and Peter Schulze.   Below is the progress report for the Saturday’s January 22, 2022 workday.   At the Victory Station Yard worksite: 1.             The GGRM EIC is required to send a text to NWPCo General Manager Ryan Martin when flag and derail protection has been set at the Victory Station Yard and the north leg of the Schellville wye.   Done Jim Prettyleaf.   2.             Review the existing FRA F6180-49A “blue card” forms on file in the #6752 diesel shop car.   In progress, owner is Jim Prettyleaf. 3.             Charge the batteries in t

  The December  2 8 th  mid-week GGRM workday was focused on the following items at the Victory Station Yard and the Sonoma Rail storage site at Schellville .   The primary emphasis is on completion of the tasks needed to get the GGRM’s passenger cars ready for operation.   Thanks go out to the GGRM volunteers listed below who helped make the December 28 th  Schellville workday successful:   Seth Adams, Steve Rusconi, Steve Coon, Nico Dacong, David Waterman, Tim Dulin, and Garrett Brisbee.   Below is the progress report for the Saturday’s December  2 8, 2021 workday.   At the Victory Station Yard worksite: The GGRM EIC is required to send a text to NWPCo General Manager Ryan Martin when flag and derail protection has been set at the Victory Station Yard and the north leg of the Schellville wye.   Done, Jim Prettyleaf Hand off all the materials needed to build a replica partition for the #5901 RPO car to Scott Bowdish.   Everything needed make a new partition is now stored in the contai

  The December 18 th  GGRM workday was focused on the following items at the Victory Station Yard and the Sonoma Rail storage site at Schellville . As previously explained the GGRM’s locomotives have routinely been receiving the necessary levels of inspections and repairs, so the emphasis of Schellville workdays has been shifted to preparing the GGRM’s passenger cars for operation. Thanks go out to the GGRM volunteers listed below who helped make the December 18 th  Schellville workday successful: Steve Rusconi, Scott Bowdish, Manly Hyde, Steve Coon, Nico Dacong, and David Waterman. Below is the progress report for the Saturday’s December 18, 2021 workday. At the Victory Station Yard worksite: The GGRM EIC is required to send a text to NWPCo General Manager Ryan Martin when flag and derail protection has been set at the Victory Station Yard and the north leg of the Schellville wye.    Done, Jim Prettyleaf The wind and rainstorm that occurred on Wednesday December 15 and Thursday Decemb