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Three new industries are now open and ready for business on the N.Y.C.T.L. I finally hit the turn at the Terminal Yard expansion area and added a new on line industry, Bruce Electric Equipment, named for 1:1 John Bruce and 1/87th scale John B. who works the Bedford Tower.
The industry is a nod to John's, encouragement and generosity over the years and his supplying some of the electrical wire used in the Terminal Yard expansion.
The building is made from foam core board using Evans Designs software to make the paper building on my computer. I printed the building on photo paper and glued it to the foam board with a craft bond glue stick.
Here it is open for business. The loading dock is made from foam core board that I painted with a rattle can.
Signs were found during a Google search and printed out on photo paper. The signs are also attached with a glue stick.
Three 40' boxcars are shoved into place.
The view from the finished portion of Terminal Yard.
With a three car loading dock Bruce Electric Equipment will be a major on line customer for the N.Y.C.T.L. The 1/87th scale company will mimic their 1:1 counterpart by offering a wide range of electrical products like generators, transformers, rectifiers, control panels, circuit breakers etc.
Within the virtual ops or Penn Central Car Movements B.E.E. should be able to ship and receive with some of the major industries on the participating layouts.
Next up is another 'facade' industry, Terminal Warehouse and Cold Storage. The facade has been in place for several months but now it's lettered and officially open
Terminal Warehouse is broken down into three buildings and has a total capacity of 10 50' cars or 11 40' cars.
The Terminal Warehouse Building 1 in place next to Bruce Electric Equipment takes care of this corner. Next I'll tackle the foreground
The huge three building Terminal Warehouse represents the large urban rail served warehouses of yesterday. Breaking it into three buildings offers a nice variety of operational possibilities. The warehouse tenants can be any that I come up with and should be a big plus for the virtual ops as freight traffic increases.
Last but not least is Empire Produce located in the heart of Empire City. This structure has been sitting here for awhile undecorated and unnamed and unused.
Some stick on letters, printed signs, doors and rooftop details give the building an identity and purpose.
From the street side Empire Produce fits the neighborhood nicely.
The lettering and signs catch the eye when looking from this side
Empire Produce boasts a three car capacity. Below are two 50'ers and one 57'er which is the max.
I chose Empire Produce for this structure made from an old yard sign because I think it will be a good virtual ops industry that can receive freight cars from all participating railroads and it fits into the big city look. Got to feed the 1/87th scale people! The signs show the wide variety of produce that can be shipped from all parts of the country.
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Modeling a 1/87th scale working coal mine that supplies large amounts of coal to industries like Kings Port Steel and for export from the Genesee Coal Docks on Ralph's Kings Port Division layout and is the primary coal supplier for the R.M.O. Electric Company on 1:1 Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR layout had me looking to make my Hudson Coal mine look more the part.
Hudson Coal looking a little to clean and neat circa P.C.C.M. 44.
What was once pristine is now showing signs of non stop coal loading. I even added the decal after seven years.
The train yard and surrounding concrete looking dirty and aged.
The second Hudson Coal decal is in place. Rust and coal dust and plenty of it on these metal building.
Everything is weathered with Doc O'Brien's weathering powders.
The coal hoppers are returned to their respective tracks.
Not bad, but now the coal hoppers themselves look a little to clean for being in continuous coal service.
A light misting of rattle can black has eliminated any signs of cleanliness.
The coal hopper weathering is subtle showing the cars are still in good shape and have many more revenue miles ahead of them.
A look into the Hudson Coal Yard.
A clean B&O F7 works it's way down the grade behind Hudson Coal showing a sharp contrast with the dirt and grime in the foreground.
The Hudson Coal forklift is no longer nice and shiny. It looks like it's been worked hard and left out in the elements.
The 'Coal Power' sign has been put back and Hudson Coal has reopened for business.
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Welcome back for the conclusion of the 45th Penn Central Car Movement series! This virtual op series featured four layouts with rail traffic heading to the east coast from as far away as Denver, Colorado. A quick recap, the A.P.R.R. batted lead off, 31st Street Yard and Cicero Yard loaded the bases and the K.P.D. came thru with three successive hits before the N.Y.C.T.L. came to bat.
Now let's wrap it up!
We start the day at the Empire Belt's North Side Yard located in Empire City NY with E.B. Train EC-2 (N.Side Yard to Terminal Yard) due out at 10:00 AM with GE U30Cs 6574 & 6576 as the assigned power.
EC-2 meets the F-M powered Coal Job at Bedford NY with a train of empties as EC-2 heads to Terminal Yard. The C.J. will spot the hopper cars left at Hudson Coal yesterday for loading under the tipple along with the empties they are hauling below.
EC-2 arrives at Terminal Yard and in the background we see some of the freight cars that will make up outbound E.B.R.R. Train EC-3 (Terminal Yard - North Side Yard)
The E.B.R.R. U Boats have headed into the engine facility for fueling.
Fueling complete the E.B.R.R. six axle GE's have coupled up to their freight cars and get ready for a terminal air test.
Air test completed EC-3 departs Terminal Yard
EC-3 meets the Coal Job holding track #3 at Bedford now with a train of loaded coal hoppers.
EC-3 arrives back at North Side Yard.
The trainmen of the N.Y.C.T.L. and Empire Belt talk it over and get their assignments from 1/87th scale Senior Engineer Sir Neal.
The big GE's have cut off from their train and are running light back towards the Hohman Ave yard entrance to begin their switching duties.
E.B.R.R. caboose 1604 protects the shove move thru Empire City
Today's switching work is confined to the Gervais Pipe / Ralph's Grocery Warehouse siding with both receiving freight cars. Loaded reefers have been pulled from Ralph's Grocery Warehouse and coupled up to the caboose. The engines are now shoving some loaded boxcars back towards R.G.W.'s rail siding.
Two AP 50' RBL's loaded with paper products from Marcal in Rock Ridge NJ and RI boxcar 35062 loaded with Tivoli beer from Denver CO are spotted at Ralph's Grocery Warehouse siding.
Next move is spotting these two Evans Breadbox Trough cars at Gervais Pipe & Fitting. They are loaded with steel coils from Kings Port Steel in Kings Port NY. at Gervais Pipe & Fitting.
The switching work done now's a great time to pick up a couple of pies from Pizza Land conveniently located right outside Ralph's Grocery Warehouse.
A pizza drop off for 1/87th scale Larry D at the Hohman Ave tower.
Back to the yard office the guys file in to sit down and chow down.
A short time later the daily Long Island Railroad transfer run from their Fresh Pond Yard to North Side Yard makes it's way thru Bedford NY.
Bedford Tower operator 1/87th scale John B is out to greet the L.I.R.R. conductor as his own lunch gets delivered. Fresh Pond Yard located in Glendale NY is home to a large German American community and some fine ethnic restaurants. 1/87th scale John B will be feasting on some Goulash soup and Krainerwurst this afternoon. Mention Glendale and John B will tell you 'Try the Krainerwurst, it's the best in the city'
The L.I.R.R. Alcos round the curve at Walsh Steel Wool as the Precinct captain has come out to have a talk with his newest rookie who's been too preoccupied by the length of the crossing closings.
The L.I.R.R. arrives at North Side Yard
Having dropped their train on track 3 they make a runaround move to access their outbound freight cars on track2.
The L.I.R.R. departs North Side Yard with two gondolas loaded with steel slabs from Kings Port Steel consigned to Mid Island Steel in Medford NY and a 50' Tropicana RBL loaded with OJ from their NJ facility for the A&P in Garden City NY
Two trains, seven engines, three builders. As was a common later PC practice their train is powered by more than a sufficient number of GE and EMD engines. As much as we liked the F-Ms, Alcos and Baldwins the PC kept them corralled so they couldn't cause trouble on the important mainlines.
Steel and Orange Juice makes it way east.
With a green signal the L.I.R.R. heads back towards Fresh Pond and that wraps up this installment and the 45 series.
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