P.C.C.M. 63 / NYCTL Part 5 / Trainmaster & the MIJ

Greetings All,

Welcome back to the 63rd Penn Central Car Movement series!!
                         This is the NYCTL's 5th of 6 posts.

Today the NYCTL will continue delivering cars from PC Ralph's Kings Port Division and Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific Railroad that came into Terminal Yard with PC Train LI-2.

We're at the Terminal Yard Engine Facility with 1/87th scale Alco Joe called for train EC-1, the morning transfer run from Terminal Yard to the Empire Belt RRs North Side Yard in Empire City NY. With no Alcos in sight Alco Joe has confronted Wet Willie who assures him he's going to really like what the he has set up for him. 

Hot diggity! thinks Alco Joe as he is at the throttle of an honest to goodness Fairbanks-Morse H24-66 Trainmaster. Word is this engine was intercepted going from 59th Street Yard to Altoona. 
Two smooth running SD9s are coupled up to the Trainmaster just in case there are any problems with the big FM unit that is nearing the end of it's career.

Local rail fans caught wind of the Trainmaster assigned to EC-1 and filmed it coming thru Bedford Station loud and proud.

Trainmaster #8704 leads EC-1 into North Side Yard and the EBRR trainmen have come out to take a look. The 8704 would become  6704 for the PRR-NYC merger. None of the nine ex PRR Trainmasters received a Penn Central paint job.  

1/87th scale Alco Joe has cut from his train and run out of the eastside of the yard. Below he has crossed onto the industrial track and is running the engine consist back toward the Hohman Ave tower. What's going on here?

He's running the ex PRR engines thru the westside reverse curve. Aha! I see what he's doing.

Now back at North Side Yard 1/87th scale Alco Joe has coupled the engines onto his caboose with the Trainmaster now in the lead. Below Alco Joe explains the move to the EBRR guys. I can run the Cadillacs anytime but running this Trainmaster might be a once in a lifetime event for me and I'm going to enjoy it as much as I can.

The Trainmaster leads EC-1's engines and caboose out of North Side Yard and thru the westside curve. All 9 of the PC Trainmasters were off the roster by the end of 1970 making Alco Joe's earlier reverse move a very good move indeed.
EC-1 running caboose lite back to Terminal Yard. That good looking PRR N6B caboose was built and painted by 1:1 John Bruce and looks like a perfect match for this lash up.

With EC-1 and the Trainmaster gone the EBRR trainmen decide that 1/87th scale Sir Neal will run the Morning Industrial Job and PC Ralph will work the yard.

1:1 scale Conductor John has filled out the second PC Ralph switch list to assist 1/87th scale Conductor John with his MIJ duties. The list to the right has cars brought in on EC-1 and PCCM cars sitting at Empire City industries that need to be moved. 

The MIJ gets right to work shoving into the Gervais Pipe siding to pick up these two empty Evans Coil Coaches that will head back to Kings Port Steel in a future PCCM.

The MIJ has shoved back to Ralph's Grocery Warehouse to retrieve empty 40' boxcars BAR 5226 and EL 73510 for their next PCCM destinations.

With the empties out of the way a trio of APRR 57' Reefers loaded with packaged meals from C&P Restaurant Supply are shoved into the Ralph's Grocery Warehouse siding.
The work is done on the eastside and the MIJ is now working Neal's Lumber & Hardware in midtown pulling this pair of empty EBRR 40' boxcars for their next PCCM destination.

With the EBRR empties out of the way a pair of loaded boxcars from Hedberg Aggregates in Marion NY are shoved in to Neal's Lumber & Hardware. P&E boxcar #3638 is loaded with bagged gravel and PC boxcar #77047 loaded bagged landscape rock 

The MIJ with one car in tow heads toward the westside to pull that NYC Early Bird boxcar from Prestage Gear loaded with gears for Laroche Cycle. Working the yard 1/87th scale PC Ralph has pulled out three EBRR 57' reefers so the diesel fuel truck can fill their fuel tanks. The EBRR cars will go to Ralph's Grocery Warehouse once the APRR cars are emptied and reloaded. Right now they are considered constructively placed.

The EBRR hard at work! 1/87th scale Sir Neal has the MIJ back together after some car shuffling and is going to pass the Hohman Ave Tower to work the westside industries. PC Ralph is working on getting the final EBRR 57' reefer fueled and will shove the cut back into the yard.

We'll end it here for today with the MIJ crossing the Empire City viaduct. Tomorrow we'll close out PCCM 63 with the MIJ working the westside industries in the background and the LIRR making its daily run to North Side Yard to interchange freight cars with the EBRR. 

Be sure to follow the action on 

PC Ralph's Kings Port Division and

Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific Railroad

Thanks for reading!!!

See ya tomorrow!!