The board of directors met to discuss the future of CCRR, its end goal, the means of achieving it, and the restoration of #18.

County Superviser Marty Fortney began by announcing that the previouly approved TEA grant had been canned due to California's budget woes. Randy Babcock followed with some preliminary ideas on the mechanical condition of the locomotive as revealed during a recent comprehensive assessment made by he, Bill Palmer and Mike Arseniega.

Basically, 18 should have federally mandated form 4 work performed, but all inital operation should be confined to about 500 yards of demonstration trackage on a limited basis, and all initial funds should come from private donations and non government grants. A full report will follow.

The board then voted unanimously to begin an operational restoration based on the outline to be provided in the report. Work weekends will be scheduled in advance and work on the engine will proceed in spring 2010 at Dehy park and the Eastern California Museum.