P.C.C.M. 37F / Dispatch of Empire Belt Train EC-1

Greetings All,

This is the first concluding series P.C.C.M. on the N.Y.C.T.L since the arrival of the Empire Belt Railroad at Empire City's North Side Yard and I apologize in advance if I rail fanned these installments a little too much. 

Last installment we recorded the arrival of PC Train VN-4 at Terminal Yard. VN-4 left Selkirk with cars from West Mill via Train WV-2 http://kingsportdivision.blogspot.com/2017/08/pccm-37b-wv-2-picks-up-cut-for-terminal.html and a block of cars from Clearing Yard in Chicago that originated in California.

Let's pick up the action at Terminal Yard as the TY switch crew breaks down VN-4 into blocks for the Empire Belt and the PC Bedford industries. As always the crew at West Mill under Cappy Foster were on their A game in blocking the cars sent out on WV-2. 

The all important Dispatch Sheet and my switch list.

The Terminal Yard switch crew is back to using the tried and true EMD SW8s. Here they are setting up an outbound train for industries in Bedford NY.

 A block of cars for Bedford NY include the red TPFX 50' boxcar #5510, jade green plug door boxcar #160502 and covered hopper NYC #892010 are all from West Mill NY having traveled on PC Train WV-2 to Selkirk before being cut into PC Train VN-4.

The TY crew is now setting up cars for Empire City industries via the Empire Belt's North Side Yard. With the inception of the Empire Belt RR what was formerly one train is now two. How's that for progress!

Below the TY switch crew is setting up the cars for North Side Yard on track 6 which have been cut from the Long Island RR block sitting on track 9.

The L.I.R.R. block has been re positioned to the head of train EC-1 (Terminal Yard - Empire City) with a MILW boxcar added as a buffer car (plus it will clean the track!). By doing this here the E.B.R.R. crew at N.S.Yard will not have to handle the car twice. 

L.F.N.W. #160 is cut into the block of cars for North Side Yard. The car was picked up by the Los Feliz and North Western loaded with wine from Vintners Co-op in Jaques, CA. The car was interchanged with the A.T.S.F. and forwarded to the Belt Railway of Chicago's Clearing Yard for interchange with the PC to head east. 

 The Empire Belt's GP30s couple up to EC-1.

 And EC-1 heads out of Terminal Yard towards Empire City.

 EC-1 meets the Coal Job at Bedford NY

 And rolls thru Bedford Station.

 EC-1 passing Bedford Tower

 And now on the High Line

 Passing Hohman Ave Tower Operator 1/87th scale Larry D

Arriving North Side Yard with 1/87th scale Sir Neal giving a roll by inspection.

Crawling along track 2 while 1/87th scale conductor John checks his watch. Man that guy's uptight about the time all the time!

Meanwhile at Terminal Yard the Coal Job has arrived and is going thru the weigh in motion scale on track#8.

With the tracks clear in Bedford 1/87th scale Sir Neal and his GP9ms are pulling a transfer freight extra to Terminal Yard  

 The E.B.R.R. Extra heads to the scales on track 9.

That's it for the Coal Job and the E.B.R.R. transfer freight. Both are now officially in the yard and off the sheet.

With the transfer freight out of the way the Empire Belt GP30s have left the yard and are now on the main heading back towards Hohman Ave to reenter the yard and pull the cars for the Empire City Industries.

The GP30s couple up to their caboose and get ready to work the Empire City industries. We'll pick that up in tomorrow's episode. Same bat time, same bat channel! 

Thanks for reading!!!