P.C.C.M. 37E / PC Train VN-4 arrives at Terminal Yard.

Greetings All,

Today we'll get the remainder of the freight cars sent out from West Mill Yard via PC Train WV-2 Weehawken - Selkirk) on Ralph's excellent Kings Port Division layout to my Terminal Yard via PC Train VN-4 (Selkirk - Empire City)

It's a fine summer day in Empire City as PC Train VN-4 from Selkirk rolls thru downtown on it's way to Terminal Yard. The lineman in back of PC#7692 has a great vantage point to get a face full of exhaust. Good thing this is not an ALCO consist!

After crossing the Cornelius Vanderbilt Memorial Bridge VN-4 passes Bedford Tower as tower operator 1/87th scale John B does a double take when spotting the first freight car in the train. The Los Feliz and North Western is 1:1 scale fellow modeler and blogger John B's freelance home road. We recently exchanged home road decals and he did a great job on an E.B.R.R. hopper. Check it out here: https://modelrrmisc.blogspot.com/2017/08/empire-belt-hopper.html

 VN-4 rolls past the Coal Job at Bedford Station.

The four Penn Central EMDs check out some newly painted PC coal hoppers. 

The first block of cars in VN-4's train is this cut from the west coast that came thru Clearing Yard in Chicago. LFNW #160 is loaded with wine from Vintner's Co-op in Jacques CA. The load is consigned to Ralph's Grocery Warehouse in Empire City NY

The West Mill block starts at P&E #3638 and stretches all the way back to the caboose. P&E #3638 is loaded with packaged meals from Cavendish Food & Spirits in Mayfield NY and consigned to Pilgrim State Hospital in Brentwood NY. The bridge girder is from Kings Port Steel and is headed for NYS DOT Region 10 in Hauppauge NY. Both served by the Long Island Railroad.  

B&M #109 and #110 originated at Corning Glass in Corning NY and are loaded with mirrors and sheet glass for Superior Furniture in Empire City.

A pair of coil steel coaches from Kings Port Steel loaded with coil steel are headed to Gervais Pipe and Fitting in Empire City. 

VN-4's four unit EMD lash up easily hauls the tonnage up the grade towards Terminal Yard

VN-4 arrives at Terminal Yard

And heads to the weigh in motion scale on track 9.

The TY scale master, weight watcher, Jenny Craig(?) has come out of his shack to inspect the bridge girder and spacer cars.

VN-4 has officially arrived and the TY switch crew gets to work pulling off the caboose.

Tomorrow we'll check out what happens with VN-4s freight cars.

Thanks for reading!!