P.C.C.M. 62 / NYCTL Part 6

Greetings All,

Welcome back to the P.C.C.M. 62 series!!

It's time to close out the NYCTL's inbound freight portion. So grab a comfortable chair, a drink of your choice and maybe a snack as we get the final virtual ops freight cars from Sir Neal's APRR and PC Ralph's KPD delivered.

Train EC-1 with a trio of ex New Haven EMDs prepares to depart Terminal Yard for the Empire Belt RRs North Side Yard in Empire City. The New Haven fantasy engines are factory painted Athearn BB units and are some of my favorites.

EC-1 heads thru Bedford NY. 

 PC N5G caboose #18417 brings up the markers.

Bedford Towerman 1/87th scale John B checks out the latest NH power rolling past. 

EC-1 pulls into the EBRR's North Side Yard and 1/87th scale PC Ralph is out to inspect the train as it arrives.

EC-1 has reclaimed its caboose and 1/87th scale engineer Big Mike and conductor trainee Robert R bring the latest scuttlebutt from Terminal Yard including the reason for the profusion of New Haven engines being run on the NYCTL in PCCM 62.

EC-1 heads back to Terminal Yard caboose lite. Congratulations to 1/87th scale conductor trainee Robert R for completing his first PCCM! Word is he's enjoyed working these transfer runs with Big Mike and should be ready for more challenging assignments in future PCCMs.

With EC-1 out of the way 1/87th scale PC Ralph will get to work with the Afternoon Industrial Job.

Today's AIJ,  powered by a GP30-FB1-GP30 consist, crosses over to the industry track under the watchful eyes of 1/87th scale senior engineer Sir Neal. The five freight cars on track #3 will be interchanged here later with the LIRR. 
1/87th scale PC Ralph brings the AIJ across the Empire City viaduct on the west side of town. I'm imagining the ALco FB1s are newly returned to the EBRR from a short term lease to another RR.

The AIJ is now shoving back on the west side industry lead. 

TP&W 40' boxcar #627 loaded with new 55 gallon barrels from Amalgamated Container Corp or ACCO is spotted at Drywell Inks.

The NYC Pacemaker car loaded with sewing machine and wire twister parts from Quality Fabrications is spotted at Moore & Co.

The work on the west side complete the AIJ heads across the High Line to work the east side industries. As always 1/87th scale PC Ralph gives the fans in the rail fanning pavilion a nice horn show.

The AIJ is working the Gervais Pipe / Ralph's Grocery Warehouse siding and pulling out cars from both industries.

Now being spotted at Ralph's Grocery Warehouse are patriotic BAR 40' boxcar #5226 loaded with packaged meals and spirits from Cavendish Fine Foods and EL 40' boxcar #73510 loaded with food products from International Multi Foods. 

A pair of Evans Breadbox trough coil coaches loaded with steel coils from Kings Port Steel are spotted at Gervais Pipe & Fitting.

The AIJ is now over at Neal's Lumber & Hardware pulling out a 50' EBRR boxcar under the supervision of 1/87th scale Sir Neal.

This pair of EBRR 40' boxcars loaded with bulk hardware and plumbing supplies from American Hardware Supply in Rock Ridge NJ are spotted at Neal's Lumber & Hardware. These cars are making their first PCCM revenue run and reflect the older brown and newer jade green EBRR color schemes.

EBRR 50' RBL #358160 pulled from Neal's Lumber is loaded with wood paneling for Mike's Lumber in Rock Ridge NJ. 1/87th scale Sir Neal himself is out to tell PC Ralph to hold the AIJ on the industry track as the LIRR Transfer Freight for North Side Yard is coming thru Bedford right now.

And there it is! The LIRR's daily freight transfer to and from North Side Yard is rolling thru Bedford towards Empire City.

LIRR C-91 brings up the markers behind a pair of virtual ops cars. PC 40' boxcar #104478 is loaded with Rheingold Beer from their Bushwick Brewery for Reynolds Beverage in Kings Port NY and the P&LE gon is loaded with scrap from Gershow Recycling for Sal's Salvage in West Mill NY 

The LIRR arrives at North Side Yard. The cars going to the LIRR are on the left and include PC Gondola #288673 loaded with two containers from ACCO for West Chemical in Long Island City.

LIRR 1556 couples up to the empty Corning covered hopper making it's first PCCM run heading to West Hills Silica Sand Mining in Huntington NY for loading and eventual return to Corning Glass in Corning NY.   

The LIRR leaves North Side Yard with five loaded cars. The conductor is very hopeful that he will not be delivering the PC gondola with the tanks to West Chemical whose siding was known as the "stink track"! See end of post for more. 

The LIRR crosses the High Line and heads out of town. The three 50' NYC double door boxcars are loaded with TVs from Zenith in Bloomberg NY and headed for B Gertz in Jamaica NY.

The EBRR trainmen have set up their yard and late afternoon moves. 1/87th scale senior engineer Sir Neal will be running afternoon transfer train EB-4 to Terminal Yard.

EB-4 comes out of the yard onto the westside with EBRR #358160, PC #104478 and a P&LE gondola of scrap. The three will be heading to the APRR & KPD respectively in a future PCCM.

EB-4 rolls into Terminal Yard. Maybe the trainmaster will get his wish and get those NH engines out of his hair for awhile.

1/87th scale Sir Neal has brought his engines to the fuel rack where he gives Wet Willie some words of encouragement. He may have even offered him a spot at the APRR's Richmond Hill Engine Terminal. Or maybe it was the joint KPD / KP&W terminal!

A look at Terminal Yard track #6 shows a loaded gon, three loaded box cars and nine loaded coal hoppers ready for dispatch off the NYCTL to the APRR and KPD in a future PCCM. And with that we close out the NYCTL's PCCM 62 portions.

Be sure to check out the action on 

Sir Neal's APRR and PC Ralph's KPD.

West Chemical Stink Track

West Chemical made CN disinfectant cleaner (Motto: ''You can't spell clean without CN'') CN was an iodine-containing product sort of like betadine lotion, but it was made with industrial-grade ingredients instead of pharmaceutical-grade. As a result it smelled of iodine with a strong overtone of dead fish. Stink track indeed!

Albert Waltien.

The above and more on West Chemical and the LIRR can be found here in the Long Island City section:

http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/freightsidings.htm

Thanks for reading!!

See ya soon!!