I am pleased to announce that we have signed an agreement with the Northwestern Pacific Railroad to relocate the museum's steam locomotive Southern Pacific #2472, diesel locomotives, and passenger rolling stock. The equipment will be stored at a secured facility in the north bay that is to be constructed by the GGRM. This facility will allow the museum to continue the restoration of our heritage equipment in support of our mission to provide "living history experiences" to the public.

The movement of the equipment over the general railroad system is subject to inspections and other contractual conditions that are in process. The target to complete this relocation is in early 2017 with an exact date not yet determined.

I know that there will be additional questions, and we will share additional details with you as soon as possible. While we will be publishing this in our newsletter, we wanted to make sure that our members found out as quickly as possible.