P.C.C.M. 41E

Greetings All,

Welcome back to P.C.C.M. 41, the Tom Seaver series.

Tom Seaver fun fact #5: Tom pitched for 20 seasons compiling a 311-205 record that included 3 Cy Young Awards and 12 All Star selections. Tom was elected to the Baseball of Fame in 1992 with the highest percentage of votes ever at that time. 

With one installment left the dispatchers and yardmasters on the K.P.D., A.P.R.R. and L.F. &N.W. will be getting a good idea of what train traffic will be headed their way. Sit back and enjoy and tomorrow we'll wrap it up here and get these trains on their way.  

To:        West Mill / Rock Ridge / Zenith Yard 
From:    Terminal Yard
Subject: Dispatch of Bedford Local and arrival of Extra 505 from                  North Side Yard. 

Last installment saw 1/87th scale Senior Engineer Sir Neal and conductor AT JOE leaving Empire City with Extra 505 headed for Terminal Yard.

With Extra 505 heading towards Terminal Yard the Bedford Local departs same.

The Bedford Local with two SW8s coupled nose to nose make their way their way thru Bedford NY on track 3. Tucked in behind the engines is empty Los Feliz & North Western 50' boxcar #160.

The BL gets ready to work the Bedford industries from track 3 and a commuter train occupies track 2 at Bedford Station.

Bedford Tower operator 1/87th scale John B works a three train meet as Extra 505 is held at the signal. 1/87th scale John B might actually envy Larry D over at Hohman Ave Tower. Larry's dealing with all kinds of construction noise but dealing with these new commuter trains might give John B a bigger headache!

With the commuter train getting ready to leave the Bedford Local works the Hostess / Wonder Bread Plant pulling a Hoschton Railway Company 50' RBL loaded with baked goods for Fisher Foods in Cleveland Ohio. The HRC car will travel to West Mill, interchange with the KP&W who will take the car out to Salamanca NY for interchange with the Erie Lackawanna RR and delivery to Fisher.

The Bedford Local is now working Heileman Brewery and pulling empty 50' RBLs BM 109 and BM 110. These two cars are in pool service out of Corning Glass in Corning NY which is served by the KP&W.

Empty LF&NW 160 is spotted at Heileman Brewery with two other empties. Hey! Look who finally got a signal to proceed. Extra 505 heads towards Terminal Yard on track 2.

1/87th scale Senior Engineer has the throttle in notch 8 as he makes up for lost time rolling thru Bedford NY

Extra 505 hits the T&R Gravel curve with flanges squealing in protest! 

With some room to maneuver the Bedford Local SW8s  cross over to track 2 for a runaround move to  head back to Terminal Yard

The engines have run around on track 2 and head back to their train on track 3.

The SW8s couple up to their train. 

While Extra 505 arrives at Terminal Yard with numerous freight cars in tow including.

NYC 80775, an empty headed for Kings Port Steel, PC depressed flat 766053 with a refurbished excavator for Sal's Salvage and two gondolas of pipe for the Hudson Valley Ag Coop.

GM&O 21129 an empty for American Hardware Supply in Bedford Park and BM 105 another empty that will be heading to Berk Enterprises in Bedford NY

Meanwhile the Bedford Local holds on track 3 as a PC FP7 leads a commuter train to Bedford Station.

With clear tracks the SW8s throttle up for the run upgrade to Terminal Yard.

The Bedford Local arrives at Terminal Yard.

Tomorrow we'll wrap up my portion of the series with some last minute train building and the dispatch of trains from Terminal Yard with cars for three home layouts. 

Thanks for reading!