P.C.C.M. 37C / Arrival of PC Trains SV-2 and BP-41

Greetings All,

P.C.C.M. 37 is underway! My friend Ralph got this series started at West Mill on his Kings Port Division layout. Click the links for the two opening installments.

http://kingsportdivision.blogspot.com/2017/08/pccm-37-cars-for-terminal-yard.html

http://kingsportdivision.blogspot.com/2017/08/pccm-37b-wv-2-picks-up-cut-for-terminal.html

So now that we're all up to speed a block of 19 freight cars for Terminal Yard left West Mill on PC Train WV-2. (Weehawken - Selkirk) 

I decided to break down my portion of this series into two separate trains traveling from Selkirk to Terminal Yard with each train containing a portion of the cars forwarded from West Mill on PC Train WV-2. 

One of the reasons behind this is to add a little 1:1 Penn Central to our 1/87th scale ops. Looking at some PC and NYC freight schedules it's apparent that not all freight shipments are created equal. Some are of a higher priority than others. Hence the monikers hot shot freight etc. With that in mind I took a look at the freight cars dispatched from West Mill and noted that some would probably be of a higher priority than some of the others so I used our modelers license to break down that block of cars into two trains coming out of Selkirk for Terminal Yard. 

I chose train SV-2 a Chicago - New York train that arrives at Terminal Yard at 01:30 AM or 0130 hours for the first train in and Train VN-4 a general merchandise train out of Selkirk that arrives at Terminal Yard at 7:00 PM or 1900 hours. 

Let's take a look at the opening action from the N.Y.C.T.L.

PC Train SV-2, a hot shot freight from Chicago has left Selkirk headed for Empire City with Flexi Vans, T.O.F.C., auto racks and auto parts cars for Terminal Yard. Below SV-2 rolls thru Bedford NY behind a quartet of U Boats. 

U33C #6554 from West Mill is the fourth engine in the consist followed by PC/TOC #350562, KP&W #50335, NYC #53051 that also came out of West Mill loaded with auto parts from ACME for the Bedford Park Ford plant. The 6554 will be going back into mineral and ore service upon arrival at Terminal Yard.

SV-2 boasts six empty PC auto racks plus some Flexi Van traffic and some empty T.O.F.C cars from West Mill. To the rear of the Flexi Van we can see an ALCO RS-2 holding at Bedford Tower with a string of 86' Auto parts box cars from the Bedford Park Ford Plant. 

An Empire Belt Railroad caboose brings up the rear right behind two empty T.O.F.C. cars from West Mill via PC Train WV-2.

SV-2 has arrived at Terminal Yard and the ACI labels are being recorded by the track side car trak reader.
The Terminal Yard expansion has extended tracks #8 and #9. With longer trains being moved around the yard more yard power is needed. Today's yard power is a trio of New Haven H16-44s and they are pulling the caboose from SV-2.

The NH yard power has shoved the caboose into the caboose servicing track. 

The yard power has pulled the T.O.F.C. cars from SV-2 to the left and shoved them into the T.O.F.C. track

Meanwhile at Bedford Tower BP-41 is being held awaiting some additional engine help to get this long string of cars from Ford to Terminal Yard. The balky old ALCO will probably not make the hill and shutting down the main there would be catastrophic. So 1/87th scale PC Ralph is playing it safe and has requested some helpers meet him at Bedford Tower. 1/87th scale PC Ralph is shooting the breeze with 1/87th scale John B as they await the helpers from Terminal Yard.

A short time later a trio of GP20s are dispatched from Terminal Yard to assist BP-41 and they pass the Coal Job at Hudson Coal.

Well look at that! 1/87th scale Engineer Ed is the engineer of the rescue units. Below a three way discussion of the game plan is under way.

The money shot! A trio of GP20s and an RS-2 lead BP-41 thru Bedford NY towards Terminal Yard.

BP-41 climbs the grade towards Terminal Yard while the Coal Job is getting started with it's work at Hudson Coal. 

BP-41 arrives at Terminal Yard heading into Track #1. 

1/87th scale PC Ralph will need to check in at the power desk and find some new road power for Train BP-12 that is the counter part to BP-41 and the second half of the Bedford Park Turn. Those auto parts cars from ACME via West Mill and the auto racks that came in on SV-2 need to get to the Bedford Park Ford Plant ASAP.  We'll save that for tomorrow's installment to see what develops.

Thanks for reading!!!