NY-NJ Ops #2 / Part 6 / Conclusion of Virtual Operations

 Greetings All,

Welcome Back To NY-NJ Ops #2!!

Our second virtual op with my layout interchanging freight traffic with Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific Railroad concludes today with the final deliveries of NY-NJ traffic from the APRR Rock Ridge Yard to local consignees and interchanges.

We open up at Terminal Yard with Empire Belt RR Tarin EB-3 preparing to depart for their North Side Yard in Empire City.

Train EB-3 departs from Terminal Yard.

Now in North Side Yard Sir Neal and conductor John prepare to block the freight traffic in Train EB-3 with the NY-NJ freight cars held in the yard a the end of the inbound portion of this op.

NY-NJ freight cars are blocked into the EBRR Belt Job for  movement to their respective consignees. Getting their next NY-NJ loads will be the empty EBRR boxcars going to Quaker, the four APRR gondolas heading to Gervais Pipe & Fitting and the NYC covered hopper going to Red Wing Milling at the right.

The Belt Job is almost ready to go.

Conductor John stands ready at the switch.

The Belt Job shoves out of North Side Yard and onto the Belt Line.

Empty EBRR boxcars #416035 and #416079 are spotted at the Quaker Plant for their next NY-NJ loads.

Four empty APRR gondolas are placed at Gervais Pipe & Fitting for their next NY-NJ loads.

Empty NYC covered hopper #892010 is shoved to the Red Wing Milling siding for its next NY-NJ load.

The Belt Job heads to the Hohman Ave Industrial Park with non NY-NJ freight traffic and returns to North Side Yard.

The EBRR trainmen head to the office to get their paperwork in order and prepare for the pending arrival of LIRR Train MA-3 as Sir Neal eyes the lounge chairs.

And here it comes!! Train MA-3 from Fresh Pond Junction is just coming into Bedford as it makes it way to North Side Yard.

LIRR Train MA-3 arrives in North Side Yard.

The EBRR trainmen greet new LIRR engineer Michael who has successfully bid on the MA-3/MA-4 job. Welcome to the NY-NJ Ops engineer Michael!!!

LIRR Train MA-4 departs North Side Yard with NY-NJ and non NY-NJ freight traffic.

Next stop Fresh Pond Junction!!!

Put it in the books!!!

This concludes NY-NJ Ops #2 on the NYCTL. Be sure to catch all the action on Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific Railroad!!! 

Thanks for reading and watching!!!

See you tomorrow!!!

NY-NJ Ops #2 / Part 5

 Greetings All,

Welcome Back To NY-NJ Ops #2!!

Our second virtual op with my layout interchanging freight traffic with Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific Railroad continues today with the delivery of NY-NJ traffic from the APRR Rock Ridge Yard to local consignees and interchanges.

We open up Part 5 at the B&O 16th Street Yard where the nightly transfer is getting ready to depart.

The B&O Transfer heads to Terminal Yard.

Non NY-NJ traffic from both 16th Street and Terminal Yards gets shoved to track 8A for movement to the Terminal Warehouse & Cold Storage siding.

After dropping the freight cars on track 8A the B&O engines couple up to EBRR and APRR 57'ers loaded with frozen foods from Birdseye at the TW&CS siding. 

The loaded reefers are ready to get pulled from the TW&CS siding.

The B&O pulls the reefers from the siding.

The loaded EBRR and APRR reefers are coupled to the B&O caboose.

With their work at the TW&CS complex completed the B&O Transfer heads back to 16th Street Yard.

The B&O Transfer ties down at 16th Street Yard.

Fuel trucks refill the diesel fuel tanks under the EBRR and APRR 57' reefers to keep the mechanical refrigerators running and the loads frozen for their upcoming trip to the APRR's Rock Ridge Yard

Look at this!! Over in the engine terminal local railfans have gathered to check out the New Haven GP9 / RS2 combo and are rewarded with Alco Joe getting ready to board the newly renumbered NYC RS32 #2040.

Alco Joe has coupled onto the Bedford Turn, Train BT-27/28, that will be working Bedford industries.

The BT-27 departs Terminal Yard and arrives in Bedford.

Unhappy commuters watch the Bedford Turn working the Schaefer Brewery while blocking both the mainline and secondary track.

The APRR 40'ers are repositioned at the Brewery with non NYC boxcars and a MILW boxcar is placed at Neubaum's Imported Coffee & Tea.

The Turn begins to work the long Bedford Industrial Siding,

Non NY-NJ freight traffic is pulled from University Millwork and the Key Food siding.

The non NY-NJ freight cars are coupled onto the NY-NJ freight cars going to the local industries.

Even the jaded commuters at Bedford Station grudgingly admire the four TP&W RBLs as they pass by to access the switch to the secondary track and industrial siding.

Penn Central boxcars #360158 and #360063 loaded with paper goods from Marcal in Rock Ridge, NJ are shoved into the Key Food siding.

PC boxcars #160502 and #142770 loaded with pallets of bagged Morton Salt from Rock Ridge, NJ are also shoved into the Key Food siding.

The four TP&W RBLs loaded with plywood veneers from Mike's Lumber Distributors in Rock Ridge, NJ are placed at University Millwork.

The Bedford switching work is done and the caboose is tacked onto the freight cars going back to Terminal Yard.

Once again the Bedford Turn power gets held across from the station on the Bedford secondary track.

Here's the reason for the Bedford Turn power being held.

After being delivered to the engine terminal Sir Neal and conductor John reclaim their fully serviced locomotives.

Meanwhile back at Bedford Station Alco Joe makes his runaround move and heads back to Terminal Yard.

We'll close it out here with Alco Joe back in the engine terminal and greeted by engine hostler Wet Willie wondering where the crowd of railfans have gone.

We'll pick it up and close out the op tomorrow with Empire Belt RR Train EB-3 departing Terminal Yard for North Side Yard.

This concludes Part 5 of NY-NJ Ops #2 on the NYCTL. Be sure to catch all the action on Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific Railroad!!! 

Thanks for reading and watching!!!

See you tomorrow!!!

NY-NJ Ops #2 / Part 4 / The Inbound Traffic Arrives

 Greetings All,

Welcome Back To NY-NJ Ops #2!!

Our second virtual op with my layout interchanging freight traffic with Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific Railroad continues today with the arrival of NY-NJ traffic from the APRR Rock Ridge Yard.

Once again we'll give the ex New Haven Railroad trains and freight yards the prime time spotlight to move our NY-NJ Ops traffic from Rock Ridge Yard thru the Maybrook Gateway to Terminal Yard. 

The Inbound action starts with Train NH-3 consisting of NY-NJ freight traffic from Rock Ridge Yard via Maybrook Yard arriving at RA Tower.

True to form the NH-3 aka "The Drop" has arrived at RA Tower and drops some NY-NJ freight cars on the Water Street Yard lead before proceeding to Terminal Yard.

After yarding the train the NH-3 power is quickly coupled onto to Train HN-2 that will head back to Cedar Hill Yard in New Haven CT with non NY-NJ freight traffic. 

Even though it's a train of non NY-NJ traffic let's watch it anyway!!

Back in Terminal Yard the PC crews get to work on the NH-3 freight consist. NW2 8807 is coupled onto the caboose as the engineer shoots the breeze with Kar Knock who will inspect the train.

The NH-3 caboose is shoved into the caboose track.

An hour or so later Kar Knocker has finished inspecting the NH-3 freight consist and releases it to Big Mike to block and sort the freight traffic into our local trains.

NY-NJ traffic to be interchanged with the LIRR and EBRR like these gondolas going to Mid Island Steel in Medford, NY and the Morton Salt covered hopper going to Ronzoni in Long Island City, NY get shoved into track #2.

NY-NJ freight traffic for local Bedford industries like these TP&W RBLs going to University Millwork gets shoved into track #5.

Big Mike ties down on track #7 and talks the op over with Kar Knocker. The empty LV/NIRX #41000 boxcar in the background came in on a prior NH-3 and is awaiting movement from the B&O to Lightning Press in the Terminal Warehouse & Cold Storage complex.

Over in the engine terminal hostler Wet Willie has PC RS2 5229 ready for the engineer called for the Water Street Job. 

The 5229 has run caboose lite to Water Street to deliver these three Hi-Cube boxcars of appliance from the large PC Richard Distribution Center in Rock Ridge, NJ to the PC Richard Water Street Warehouse. The Hi-Cubes were dropped here yesterday by Train NH-3.

The Hi Cubes are delivered and the Water Street Job heads back to Terminal Yard as Train WSJ-2.

The WSJ-2 arrives in Terminal Yard.

The 5229 is returned to the engine terminal.

The 8807 engineer prepares to pull the caboose off of the WSJ-2 freight consist and gets an order for a ready caboose from Kar Knocker.

The 8807 shoves the transfer caboose into the caboose track and will pull out several cabooses to deliver that ready caboose to the yard.

I don't usually show this move but thought it would be interesting if not prototypical. 

We'll cut it here for today with cabooses are on the move!!!

We'll pick it tomorrow at the B&O 16th Street Yard.

This concludes Part 4 of NY-NJ Ops #2 on the NYCTL. Be sure to catch all the action on Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific Railroad!!! 

Final Note

What is a ready caboose? For lack of a better term a ready caboose is a caboose that has been serviced and is ready for its next run. The servicing would include but not be limited to fresh water, diesel fuel for heating, a clean environment, greased bearings if applicable, clean windows, fusees, red flag and appropriate markers.

Thanks for reading and watching!!!

See you tomorrow!!!