3rd Rail - GGD - ERR - Shelter in Place Notification Until April 7th

Scott:

Thanks for the update.

Neal Jeter

Good information 

Thank you Scott

Scott...

Your "A Word of Encouragement and Perspective" was more optimistic and informative than our ubiquitous media provided this AM!  Thanks so much!

And.....have a happy St. Patrick's Day, Mr. O'Mann!!

We WILL get through this....     

Now, if they'll just re-stock that one aisle at the supermarket!!

KD

Glad to see that you're weathering the storm Scott, stay safe out there.  Sounds like California may be more dangerous than Shandong, China.

This is an incredibly well written and informative update. I’m not on any reservation lists right now, but I do own a few engines from you. The updates here are appreciated!

Matt

Scott,

Great Post!

Thanks for the accurate information and realistically upbeat assessment.

Good to hear that the GP7 project is moving forward.

Ed Boyle

Yes, we need to all shelter-in-place immediately to avoid becoming like Italy but I don't see that happening. We can't discuss why because obviously political but I hope more cities/counties/states take the initiative on their own and order shelter-in-place soonest. 

Keep safe, everyone, and please practice social distancing.

Will any product be delivered in April?

Good report Scott,  thanks for a sane and calm assessment

of the situation!

Thanks, Scott, for the very informative and useful update. It's truly great that with so much going on, you are willing to take the time to keep your customers and all of us up to date on developments with your products and, at this point in time, with an insider's perspective into what is happening in the world of overseas production. Thanks again, and take care, my friend!

wb47......read Scott’s post......in it, he says to email him directly with any questions......I’m sure he’ll answer them in a timely fashion, off line here..........Pat

"The County / Province of Shandong, where our Chinese factories are, has 95 Million people. Only 761 have tested positive and only 7 died during the Epidemic. They limited the exposure of their people by Sheltering in Place from late January to mid February, about 3 weeks. And now in Shandong, Restaurants are Open, people are back to work, Traffic is Jammed as it was before, and there haven't been any new cases in over 10 days."

A little optimistic news.  Public health measures in action very likely.  Exactly what didn't happen in Italy, unfortunately.  Connecticut, New York and New Jersey have pretty much put these measures in place, as has the San Francisco Bay Area counties,  so we'll see how this experiment works out in the USA.

Thank you Scott for this excellent update, and words of encouragment.

Regards.

Jerry

The only downside to all of this (I'm also in the SF Bay Area) is we get to spend more time in front of our computer, making "trouble" on this site .  Though, as my wife keeps reminding me, my gardening and DIY punch lists need attention...

Thanks, Scott.  Once again you're leading the pack when it comes to keeping us informed of production schedules.  

To keep busy today, I will bring humble little Train 95, with its GGD passenger cars, into Caprock, put the A-B 3rd Rail Alcos in the passenger spur, couple the 3rd Rail A-B-B rednose F7's onto the train, and get 'er highballing across the rolling plains of west Texas.