Greetings All,
Welcome back to the first Virtual Ops aka the Penn Central Car Movements of 2020! Today we continue our 68th P.C.C.M. series between PC Ralph's Kings Port Division and my NYCTL. Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR will be joining the op next weekend.
We open today at the Empire Belt's North Side Yard with 1/87th scale senior engineer Sir Neal, PC Ralph, his trusty brakeman / conductor and conductor John planning their moves for the day.
1/87th scale PC Ralph will run the Morning Industrial Job (MIJ) using EBRR U Boat #6574. Sir Neal will attend to important yard duties and then run Train EB-2 to Terminal Yard.
1/87th scale PC Ralph has wasted no time and is shoving the MIJ into the east side industrial siding.
Empty HRC RBL #913001, PC boxcar #160502 and an NYC Early Bird boxcar are pulled from Ralph's Grocery Warehouse.
1/87th scale PC Ralph does some car shuffling for later moves cutting the HRC RBL and NYC boxcar from the train for now.
Empty PC boxcar #160502 and four flat cars of pipe are coupled to the EBRR caboose as the MIJ spots cars at Ralph's Grocery Warehouse and Gervais Pipe & Fitting.
Next stop for the MIJ is Neal's Lumber & Hardware to pull empty EL boxcar #73510 and EBRR boxcar #358160 as 1/87th scale senior engineer Sir Neal who has strolled over from North Side Yard lends a hand with the couplers & brakes.
The MIJ has retrieved the HRC RBL and NYC Early Bird boxcar and rolls into midtown running long hood forward. Empty NYC covered hopper #892010 at Red Wing Milling at right will be heading back to Empire Grain in West Mill NY.
Working the midtown siding HRC RBL # 913001 is spotted at Empire Produce for its next PCCM load.
The Morning Industrial Job is back together and passes Hohman Ave Tower as it heads west.
1/87th scale PC Ralph starts working the westside industries pulling a pair of empty EBRR 40' boxcars from the storage track.
Next move is to pull this old NYC Pacemaker car from Moore & Co loaded with burlap bags for Agway in Bloomberg NY.
PC 50' boxcar #360158 is pulled from Superior Furniture loaded with furniture for Battaglia Brothers Warehouse in Kings Port NY.
The empty NYC Early Bird boxcar is spotted at Walsh Steel Wool Products for its next PCCM load.
EBRR boxcar #358160 is spotted at Moore & Co for it's next PCCM load.
EL boxcar #73510 is spotted at Walsh Steel Wool Products for its next PCCM load.
Last but not least the empty pair of EBRR 40' boxcars are returned to the west side storage track. Whew! That was a lot of work!
The MIJ rolls thru midtown long hood forward heading back to North Side Yard.
The MIJ eases down track 2 as it returns to North Side Yard.
We'll cut it here for today with the Empire Belt trainmen planning the departure of EBRR Train EB-2, the daily transfer run to the PC's Terminal Yard.
We'll close it out tomorrow with the arrival of EB-2 at Terminal Yard, the building of our outbound trains and dispatch of same to PC Ralph's Kings Port Division and Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR.
Thanks for reading and watching!!!
See ya tomorrow!!!!
To: North Side Yard, Terminal Yard, Rock Ridge
ReplyDeleteFrom: West Mill
Acknowledge the dispatch and work of the MIJ.
West Mill out.
And what a lot of work it was on the MIJ! Nice job switching cars for this and upcoming P.C.C.M.s! I rally like those large pipe loads on the flat cars! Looking forward to the third installment!
Thanks Ralph!!! 1/87th scale Ralph sure did a fine job today! The pipe loads are Athearn products that I bought a long time ago. They are made of metal and designed for a bulkhead flatcar. Not having a bulkhead flatcar at the time I split them up to be four 40' flatcar loads. They loads are quite heavy and splitting them into four loads instead of a single car load has worked well.
DeleteI have certainly been enjoying this series John! I really like seeing your U23C working the yard and now you have rolled out the FA's, which I am quite fond of. I'm almost certain you have already seen the U23C working the yard at Selkirk on Youtube. Great work!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the compliments Robert!! Please send me the link with the U23C at Selkirk if possible. I don't recall seeing that, although I may have and just don't remember. But if you can find it I'd love to watch it.
DeleteHi John, I have two U23C videos here for you. The first one is really good. The second one is from a youtube channel that I have been subscribed to for several years now, nhrrman. He has a lot of Conrail, Boston and Maine footage and much more.
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khXkFCjOvS0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMm7ERO5LkU
My mistake, these videos are both from nhrrman.
DeleteThank you Robert!!! Based on the videos I'll be turning my U23C to run short hood forward when pulling cars from the yard tracks.
DeleteThanks for the head's up and the link to the videos. I'm going to put up the links next time I post an entry with my U23C.
To: Terminal Yard
ReplyDeleteTo: West Mill
From: Rock Ridge
Acknowledgement - MIJ for the day
Acknowledgement - EB-2 working the line for departure to Terminal Yard.
Rock Ridge Yard Out!
Now that's a lot of freight to be moving! The MIJ crew did a great job of pulling it together. The 4 flat cars with the pipe load are very impressive and I read what you posted on how they came to fruition.
Please advise the folks at Pilgrim State that Freihofer has been notified of the 'shortage' and will make sure a dedicated 40' freight car will come their way soon.
10-4 Rock Ridge...
DeleteThanks for the compliments 1:1 Sir Neal!!!
P.S.H. to be notified of 'shortage' and correction. The load is shorted by an unknown amount as the west Millguys sealed and locked the door so the load could not be inspected until arrival at P.S.H.
Nice to see the Empire Belt servicing the local industries. I agree with Robert R. the U23C is looking sharp dragging strings of cars across the layout. The FA, FB lash up always a fan favorite!
ReplyDeleteThanks Brian! Turning the U28C into a U23c has given this engine a new lease on life.
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