Dispatch of Empty Grain Train JWM-1

Greetings All,

We're back at it! Empty grain hoppers are needed at Empire Grain in West Mill NY on Ralph's Kings Port Division layout;
http://kingsportdivision.blogspot.com/ and an empty grain hopper request has been forwarded to Terminal Yard. The N.Y.C.T.L. will be sending 15 empties in a unit empty grain train. The train will be identified as JWM-1 following Penn Central practices of using the letter J to signify an empty grain train and with two letters identifying the destination. Odd numbers are used for empties with the numbers starting at 1 each month. 

Let's get to it!

We'll pick up the action at Empire City Cargill where the Empire Belt Railroad is pulling a block of empty grain hoppers. The small lettering on the covered hopper below the Penn Central states 'Grain Loading Only'

E.B.R.R. 7278 and 7279 were recently released from the N.Y.C.T.L. shop and approved for service after being tested extensively by 1/87th scale Sir Neal, the N.Y.C.T.L.'s senior engineer.

While the E.B.R.R is busy with the grain hoppers the L.I.R.R. has arrived at North Side Yard for their daily interchange of freight cars. 

The interchange completed the L.I.R.R. heads out of North Side Yard towards the Hohman Ave tower. The E.B.R.R. holds on the industrial lead until the Long Island train clears.

The E.B.R.R. crew has left the empty grain hoppers on the main and pulls cars left by the L.I.R.R. that need to go to Terminal Yard like NYC 47063. The outbound train will be EC-4.

EC-4 heads thru Bedford NY. NYC 47063 is one of three 50' NYC double door boxcars that were loaded at Circle Wire and Cable in Maspeth Queens with wire and cables for IBM in Binghamton NY. 

EC-4's arrival at Terminal Yard is recorded by the ACI - Kar Trak reader.

The Terminal Yard switch crew has pulled the caboose from EC-4 and is now shoving the empty grain hoppers towards track 4 where JWM-1 is being put together. Hey, that looks to be 1/87th scale AT Joe working with the switch crew today.

The switcher pulls a cut of empty hoppers from a storage track and passes a block of cars for the A.P.R.R.

The switch crew shove into track 4 and add the cut to the cars brought in by EC-4.

With the final cars added the switch crew's work on this train is now complete.

Over at the engine terminal the power desk has assigned a trio of EMDs to JWM-1. PC GP40 #3007, a GP30 still in NYC paint and a GP30 still in PRR paint. Not an uncommon PC lash up at all!

After completing it's terminal air test JWM-1 departs Terminal Yard

JWM-1 makes it way thru Bedford NY on it's way to West Mill NY

  A NYC caboose brings up the markers

At Bedford Station JWM-1 meets Mail 10 heading to Terminal Yard

With Mail 10 clear JWM gets the green signal to crossover to track 2 for access to the Cornelius Vanderbilt Memorial Bridge and the High Line.

 The trio of EMDs ride the High Line

 Followed by the empty grain cars. Next stop West Mill NY!

Don't forget to follow the action on Ralph's Kings Port Division!

http://kingsportdivision.blogspot.com/

Thanks for reading!!