Hold up there Tex. For starters, when the 712 came to Portola it was NOT running, IE we got a broken locomotive...the 917A was also a Broken Locomotive...we had that one running within days of it's arrival in Portola. Likewise, the SN 712 will be returned to service as well. She was part of a consist for the recent Railfan photographer Day. A well received addition from what we heard.

As to her security at Portola....That is not open to debate. Her future with Portola is a helluva lot more secure and bright than it was at her last home. She is not going anywhere.

If you are one of the hard working WRM people that worked on her once before, how about you put your drink down, sober up and come on up and help us put her back to the way you once had her.



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> To GPfan--My mention of Sacramento Northern 712 is
> in reference to how museum management can screw
> hard-working and dedicated museum members to
> further their private agendas, which also seems to
> be the case with the 3194. At Rio Vista Jct., a
> group of members put a ton of work into making the
> 712 run and look good, only to have the
> train-hating Tram Nazis give it away. (I might add
> that Portola received far more from RVJct than
> they gave in return.) This is despite the fact
> that the 712 perfectly fulfilled RVJct's stated
> Collection Policy. Of course, the 712 is far from
> the only piece of equipment to be discarded
> regardless of the interest and hard work of a
> large number of members who unfortunately were not
> amongst the favored few.
> Whether or not the 712 is "secure" at Portola is
> open to debate, but that is someone else's problem
> now. My sympathy goes out to the rank-and-file
> members of GGRM.