Greetings All,
Welcome back to the conclusion of our first five layout intermodal virtual op!
Be sure to check out the blog posts from the participants
We open up with Train Q160A that originated in Bedford Park IL as Train Q160 and was split at Syracuse NY with cars for Empire City being sent on as Q160A while the remainder of Q160 continued to Port Newark NJ and the Reynolds Intermodal Yard in Rock Ridge NJ on Neal's A.P.R.R.
Q160A, powered by a pair of Conrail B23-7s, comes thru the west side of Empire City.
Q160A with double stacks in tow heads across the Empire City viaduct.
Q160A hits the High Line as it heads towards Bedford NY and Terminal Yard.
Q160A passes Bedford Station and Heileman Brewery. That CR 57' reefer is unique as it was the only GPS guided reefer of it's time. The car was later donated to the Danbury Museum
The Stack Train makes it's way thru Bedford NY
Q160A arrives at Terminal Yard thru the newly added tunnel portal and where the ACI scanner still stands as a sentry to record arrivals and departures.
The B23-7s bring the train towards the intermodal tracks and Q160As run is over.
The next train coming thru Empire City is Conrail Train TV-8 (Chicago - Terminal Yard) behind a trio of EMD products.
TV-8 is on the EC viaduct where we get a look at the BN GP38-2 that has run thru from Rennick Intermodal Yard in Denver Co.
TV-8's spine cars are mostly loaded with trailers from the west coast .
An A.T.S.F. Fuel Foiler 10 pack straight out of California brings up the rear of TV-8 as we catch the train rolling thru Bedford NY towards Terminal Yard.
TV-8 is entering another new tunnel portal to access Terminal Yard. Both portals are courtesy of John B who sent me a 'project box' about a week ago. Thanks John!!!
TV-8 arrives at Terminal Yard and pulls into track #2.
The last train of the day is this NYSW train running to Terminal Yard on trackage rights. This trio of B40-8s are one of my favorite lashups and I had to get them into the mix. Old Empire Belt cabooses sit stored in the background and await an uncertain fate in these modern times.
Coming thru the west side we catch a trio of T.O.F.C. cars from Williams Yard towards the rear of the NYSW train.
The B40-8s hit the High Line and head towards Bedford NY.
NYSW B40-8s roll thru Bedford NY towards Terminal Yard as an Amtrak train behind a B40-8CW leads a passenger train towards Empire City Station on track #1
At the T&R Gravel curve.
The NYSW train arrives at Terminal Yard on track#3
The NYSW train is now officially in the yard and that concludes today's intermodal ops.
The last move of the day is the dispatch of Train EC-1 (Terminal Yard to Empire City Northside Yard) behind an NS GP50 and BNSF GP38-2.
That wraps up Intermodal Ops #1E !!!!
A special thanks to John B, Brian, Ralph and Neal for their participation and a shout out to John B for inspiring this.
Thanks for reading!!!!!
To: Bedford Park Yard
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To: Terminal Yard
From Rock Ridge
Acknowledgement of Intermodal movements Q160A & TV-8
Rock Ridge Out!
What an incredible lineup of motive power displayed on this op session! I have to agree the NYS&W motive power is very impressive. So are the CR units. I did see you get some Amtrak Superliner cars in there, must have been some ex-SF cars, maybe? Nice wrap up!
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DeleteThanks for the compliments 1:1 Sir Neal!!! I'm still crawling around under the layout finding 'stuff'!
To: Terminal Yard
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Acknowledge Trains Q160A & TV-8 in the future! What's a Conrail? :)
West Mill Out
Agree with Neal that you have a remarkable line up of rolling stock for this op! Interesting information about the GPS reefer. Seems like it would have been a good idea! Great guest appearances by the BN GP38-2, the NYSW consist, and AMTRAK! Very nicely done!
10-4 West Mill...
DeleteThanks Ralph!!! It's been nice running these 'modern' engines and rolling stock.
Wow!!! The NYCTL does it again! Really sharp looking intermodal equipment and action. Conrail, BN, NYSW, NS, BNSF and Amtrak, all having roles in your post. Really enjoyable post. I had lots of fun participating with everyone on this virtual ops!
ReplyDeleteThanks Brian!! I'm glad it was a fun time for you as well. I think you, me and John B (nice rhyme) all discovered a plethora of modeling projects waiting for us when he got out the intermodal stuff.
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