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Progress report for the Saturday's February 26, 2022 GGRM workday at Schellville

  The Saturday February 26, 2022 GGRM workday was focused on the following items at the Victory Station Yard and the Sonoma Rail storage site at Schellville .   The primary emphasis was on the tasks required to get the 145 seat bi-level gallery cars and #141 Oakland Business Car ready for operation.   Thanks go out to the GGRM volunteers listed below who helped make the February 26 th  Schellville workday productive:   David Waterman, Nico Dacong, Steve Coon, Steve Rusconi, Jay King, and Ron Vane.   Below is the progress report for the Saturday February 26, 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 by Jim Prettyleaf.   2.             Install rubber diaphragms in #2472’s tender water hose connections to prevent water from leaking into the locomotive’s injector and

Progress report for the Saturday's February 19, 2022 GGRM workday at Schellville

  The Saturday February 19, 2022 GGRM workday was focused on the following items at the Victory Station Yard at Schellville .   The primary emphasis was on the tasks required to get the #141 Oakland Business Car ready for operation and completion of the 92-day inspection of GP9 #3194.   Thanks go out to the GGRM volunteers listed below who helped make the February 19 th  Schellville workday productive:   David Waterman, Scott Vogel, Steve Coon, Garrett Brisbee, Steve Rusconi, Jay King, Ron Vane, and Peter Schulze.   Below is the progress report for the Saturday February 19, 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.             The fresh 92 - day inspection of GP9 #3194 is 88% complete, need to finish the remaining 12% of the required inspections

Progress report for the Saturday February 5, 2022 GGRM workday at Schellville

  The Saturday February 5, 2022 GGRM workday was focused on the following items at the Victory Station Yard and the Sonoma Rail storage site at Schellville .   The primary emphasis was on the tasks required to get the GGRM’s passenger cars ready for operation, in addition the 92-day inspection of GP9 #3194 was also started.   Thanks go out to the GGRM volunteers listed below who helped make the February 5 th  Schellville workday very productive:   David Waterman, Nico Dacong, Steve Coon, Steve Rusconi, Garret Brisbee, Jay King, Ron Vane, and Peter Schulze.   Below is the progress report for the Saturday’s February 5, 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.             Continue working to install the new control system for the #2979 Tavern Ca

Progress report for the Saturday February 12, 2022 GGRM workday at Schellville

  The Saturday February 12, 2022 GGRM workday was focused on the following items at the Victory Station Yard and the Sonoma Rail storage site at Schellville .   The primary emphasis was on the tasks required to get the GGRM’s passenger cars ready for operation. In addition, the 92-day inspection of GP9 #3194 was also started.   Thanks go out to the GGRM volunteers listed below who helped make the February 12 th  Schellville workday very productive:   David Waterman, Nico Dacong, Steve Coon, Steve Rusconi, Seth Adams, Burr Wilson, and Peter Schulze.   Below is the progress report for the Saturday’s February 12, 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.             Continue working to install the new control system for the #2979 Tavern Car’s air c