Greetings All,
Welcome back to the Inbound portions of our
68th Penn Central Car Movement series!!!
Today we'll close out the NYCTL portion
of this three layout virtual op featuring
PC Ralph's Kings Port Division,
and my NYCTL.
The action starts in Empire City NY at the Empire Belt RRs North Side Yard with 1/87th scale PC Ralph getting ready to board the 6574 and work the Afternoon Industrial Job.
The 6574 has coupled up to P&LE 40' boxcar #358962 brought in earlier from Terminal Yard in Train EC-1 and the EBRR trainmen go over some last minute freight car decisions.
After deciding not to turn the 6574 to deliver a single car the A.I.J. shoves the P&LE boxcar east.
P&LE 40' boxcar #358962 loaded with cake mixes from Blue Ribbon Flour located in Kings Port NY is shoved into the east side industrial lead.
P&LE 35892 is delivered to Ralph's Grocery Warehouse.
While 1/87th scale PC Ralph works the east side industries senior engineer Sir Neal prepares North Side Yard for the arrival of the Long Island Railroad daily transfer train.
The cars for the LIRR brought in earlier on Train EC-1 are shoved back on track 3 for an easy pick up by the LIRR.
A short time later the LIRR Transfer is caught running thru Bedford NY towards North Side Yard.
The LIRR heads thru Empire City with two empty hoppers, an empty NH boxcar and non player WP track cleaning boxcar.
The LIRR arrives at North Side Yard. The two empty hoppers are returning from NYS DOT Dist #10 in Hauppauge NY to be forwarded for their next PCCM load. The empty NH boxcar is returning from the Macy's Warehouse in Jamaica NY.
The LIRR Transfer rolls down North Side Yard track #3. The engines will uncouple from the PRR hopper and then couple up to PC boxcar #104478 loaded at Gern Industries in West Mill NY with cement flux for Lombo Concrete in Huntington NY. .
The LIRR engines have shoved the outbound freight cars east out of the yard and are heading west back to the Hohman Ave entrance to grab their caboose.
The LIRR engines shove back into North Side Yard.
LIRR caboose #C-91 gets coupled onto EBRR boxcar #360279 loaded at IBM in Binghamton NY with office equipment for Nassau County Community College.
After a terminal air test the LIRR Transfer departs North Side Yard and gets a roll by inspection from the Hohman Ave towerman.
LV boxcar #8247 is partially loaded with baked goods from Freihofers Bakery for Pilgrim State Hospital. LV Reefer #7120 is loaded with pickles & mustard from Heintz & Weber in Buffalo NY for Bohack Supermarkets. Both are making their NYCTL virtual ops debut.
The LIRR rolls around the west side curve.
Crossing the EC Viaduct a Gulf tank car from Kings Port Gulf with diesel fuel for the LIRR Morris Park Yard and PC and KP&W PS2 hoppers loaded with aggregate from Hedberg Aggregates in Marion NY for Suffolk Cement round out the freight consist.
See the inbound and outbound LIRR Transfer train
The LIRR Transfer heads back to its home rails.
That wraps up the NYCTL inbound portions of PCCM 68! Thanks to PC Ralph and Sir Neal for another fun virtual op!
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To: Terminal Yard, North Side Yard, Rock Ridge
ReplyDeleteFrom: West Mill
Acknowledge dispatch of the Afternoon Industrial Job and the inbound and outbound LIRR Transfer.
West Mill out.
The scene featuring the crew discussing how to best forward P&LE boxcar #358962 was a neat bit of railroading that reflects prototype reality and your own thoughtful approach toward the ops! The photo of the group conferring on the track while the a crewman waits on the front porch of EBRR #6574 added a nice touch of realism and a glimpse of the daily work involved in running a railroad. The N.Y.C.T.L.'s connection with the LIRR adds a lot of interest to the virtual ops with the additional industries it serves and the railfan candy of getting to see LIRR equipment roll in and out of North Side Yard. Great wrap up of this series!
10-4 West Mill...
DeleteThank you for the compliments Ralph!!!
And thank you for co-founding this enjoyable enterprise four years ago!! 68 PCCMs and counting!!
To: Terminal Yard
ReplyDeleteTo: West Mill
From: Rock Ridge
Acknowledgement - AIJ with engine 6574
Acknowledgement - LIRR daily transfer
Rock Ridge Out!
Nice wrap up. Glad the crew made the joint decision on how to handle that one car. This way the team wither gets the praise or the write up!!
Always nice to see the LIRR train in action. Brings back the memories when I used to go to the Garden City freight yard off Stewart Ave. to watch the engines work the area.
Well done!
10-4 Rock Ridge...
DeleteThanks for the compliments 1:1 Sir Neal!!!
Glad the LIRR portion brought back some pleasant memories for you.