Welcome to my Blog. The scope of this blog is to record the trials and tribulations of building and maintaining an HO scale layout, the trains and all of the ancillary projects that go with it. In 2017 New York Central subsidiary short line Empire Belt Railroad came into existence. The New York Central / Penn Central and Empire Belt are now the major railroads featured.
Empire Belt GP30s
The EBRR GP30s round a curve on the Empire City Belt Line.
Welcome back to the Penn Central Car Movements #72!!
The P.C.C.M. #72 three layout virtual with my N.Y.C.T.L. interchanging freight cars with 1:1 Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR and PC Ralph's Kings Port Division continues today with the dispatch of our outbound freight trains. The action opens with the Terminal Yard yard job getting to work on the freight cars brought in on yesterday's EBRR train, EB-2.
An EBRR loaded boxcar for Marcal, gondolas for Shapeless Steel and an empty RBL for Tropicana are shoved into the Rock Ridge Yard holding track.
The Pier 16 yard job gets into the action pulling three NYC 50' boxcars from Bruce Electric Equipment that are loaded with wires and cables for IBM in Binghamton NY.
The loaded NYC cars are brought to Terminal Yard track #8.
The Terminal Yard yard job is now shoving the three NYC boxcars into track #2 where he will start building the train for West Mill.
The three empty PC RBLs picked up yesterday at Ralph's Grocery Warehouse yesterday are being pulled towards the Pier 16 yard to satisfy a request for three empty 50' boxcars.
The empty PC RBLs are spotted at Bruce Electric Equipment for their next PCCM load.
Over at the engine terminal GM&O 40' boxcar #21129 is being loaded with empty 55 gallon drums to be returned to Kings Port Gulf as the engine terminal switcher stands by to couple up.
The 9999 shoves the GM&O 40' boxcar out of the engine terminal.
The 9999, PC's only 44 ton switcher, shoves the GM&O boxcar going to the Kings Port Gulf Facility into the West Mill Block.
With the 9999 now clear the yard job gets to work building the West Mill train.
Block 2, the Kings Port block, is coupled into the West Mill train.
Block 1, the KP&W Williams Yard block is coupled on.
Empty BM and LV cars are on the head end of Block #1, the KP&W Williams Yard block, as these cars will head back to the BM and LV via interchange with the KP&W.
It is time to get these trains on the move!! The train for Rock Ridge Yard, Extra 2327, powered by a trio of GP35s is ready to go! The GP35s will bring the train to Weehawken where it will be turned over to the Atlantic Pacific RR for delivery to Rock Ridge Yard.
Watch Extra 2327 heading out of town here;
Next stop Weehawken Yard!!!
The West Mill train's power, a PC F7 A-B-B-A set is coupled on. This train will be Extra 1862 and will terminate at Selkirk. A Kings Port Division train will then take it to West Mill via the River Line.
Watch Extra 1862 leaving town here
Nest stop Selkirk!!!!
That wraps up the N.Y.C.T.L. outbound portion of P.C.C.M. 72. The 1/87th scale Terminal Yard trainmen are enjoying the quiet before the inbound portions storm arrives this weekend.
We'll pick up the inbound portions this weekend with 40 freight cars from the K.P.D. and A.P.R.R. arriving at Terminal Yard. Yikes!
Welcome back to the Penn Central Car Movements #72!!
The P.C.C.M. #72 three layout virtual with my N.Y.C.T.L. interchanging freight cars with 1:1 Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR and PC Ralph's Kings Port Division continues today. We open up a the Empire Belt RR's North Side Yard with the EBRR trainmen going over their assignments. 1/87th scale Sir Neal will be running the Morning Industrial Job using the newly arrived U23Cs. 1/87th scale PC Ralph in GP30 #2160 will work the yard and take the transfer train, EB-2 to Terminal Yard.
The Morning Industrial Job is heading over Hohman Ave to work the west side industries.
Some of the MIJ cars are left on the EC viaduct as the U23Cs shove a block into the west side industrial complex.
EBRR 50' boxcar #360279 is spotted at Reliable Machine Company for its next P.C.C.M. load.
The MIJ is pulling an empty EBRR 86' boxcar from the storage track and loaded boxcars from Walsh Steel Wool Products.
EL 73510 and NYC Early Bird boxcar are loaded with steel wool scrap for Boom's Ready Mix in Kings Port NY.
The MIJ is now working the Moore & Company siding and pulling EBRR 50' boxcar #358160 loaded with bulk paper for Marcal in Rock Ridge NJ. They're gonna need it!!
The switch work is complete on the west side and 1/87th scale Sir Neal shoves the train back towards Hohman Ave.
1/87th scale conductor John is protecting the shove move and getting a wave from the Hohman Ave tower man.
The Morning Industrial Job is working the midtown siding and pulling the orange HRC 50' RBL from Empire Produce loaded with fresh fruit for Van Winkle Canning in Bloomberg NY.
Empty EL 57' reefer #5034 is spotted at Empire Produce for its next P.C.C.M. load.
The MIJ is shoving east to work the east side industrial sidings.
E.B.R.R. 50' gondolas #5287 & 5283 loaded with pipe for Shapeless Steel in Rock Ridge NJ are being pulled from Gervais Pipe and Fitting.
Three empty 50' Penn Central RBLs are pulled from Ralph's Grocery Warehouse.
1/87th scale Sir Neal has left the Morning Industrial Job's freight cars tied down on the industrial running track, tied up his U23Cs in the yard and is bringing the waybills to the office.
With his waybills in hand 1/87th scale PC Ralph and his trusty conductor couple an empty Tropicana RBL onto the MIJ freight cars and prepare to depart as EBRR train EB-2.
EB-2 crosses the Empire City viaduct.
Train EB-2 heads thru Bedford NY.
EB-2 arrives at Terminal Yard.
We'll cut it here today with 1/87th scale PC Ralph heading back towards North Side Yard caboose light.
We'll pick it up and close it out tomorrow with the Terminal Yard train men working hard to get our outbound trains built and dispatched.
Welcome back to the Penn Central Car Movements #72!!
The P.C.C.M. #72 three layout virtual with my N.Y.C.T.L. interchanging freight cars with 1:1 Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR and PC Ralph's Kings Port Division continues today. Extra 1218 has arrived back at Terminal Yard with seven P.C.C.M. cars in tow.
The yard job has coupled on to Extra 1218's freight cars.
Three APRR ballast hoppers are shoved into track #5 that is holding the cars for the APRR's Rock Ridge Yard.
PC and KP&W PS-2 hoppers of sand and two hoppers of ballast are shoved into track #4 that is holding cars for the PC's West Mill Yard and KP&W Williams Yard that are part of the K.P.D.
The yard job gets to work switching out the Terminal Warehouse and Cold Storage siding.
Being retrieved are three P.C.C.M. cars, the PC 50' boxcar, NP 50' reefer and EL 57' reefer, along with some non P.C.C.M. cars.
Empty PC 50' boxcar #142770 is shoved into track #3 as the yard job builds a combined Bedford Local and Empire Belt RR Transfer.
NPM 50' reefer #473 loaded with frozen food for C&P Restaurant Supply is coupled to the Rock Ridge Yard block in track #5. Empty EL 57' reefer will be put into the combined Bedford Local - Empire Belt RR Transfer for delivery to Empire Produce in Empire City.
Two turbo charged NYC GP20s are assigned to the combined train and 1/87th scale Alco Joe and conductor Murray have been called.
Extra 6107 rolls into Bedford passing the Hostess Plant and two empty B&M RBLs that need to go back to Merrimack NH per the "Return Empty" instructions on the cars.
Empty B&M RBLs #110 & #109 getting pulled from the Hostess Plant will travel to Merrimack NH via the PC-KP&W-BM with the cars being interchanged at the KP&W's Williams Yard in Kings Port NY.
The long line of cars pulled from the combined siding are shoved back to couple onto empty AP 50' RBL #58260 that we saw in part one getting pulled from All City Storage in Bedford Park.
AP RBL #58260 is spotted at University Mill Work for it's next P.C.C.M. load.
Empty PC 50' boxcar #142770 is spotted at Berk Industries for it's next P.C.C.M. load.
Extra 6107 gets held at Bedford Station to allow an inbound train for Terminal Yard to clear the High Line. 1/87th scale Alco Joe is on the front of the GP20 to watch the Alcos roll by. Hmm...😉
Extra 6107 gets clearance to cross over to the main towards the High Line and Empire City to deliver 57' EL reefer #5034 to the Empire Belt RRs North Side Yard.
Extra 6107 rolls into North Side Yard.
Extra 6107 is tied down on North Side Yard track #1 and 1/87th Alco Joe is greeted by his buddies from the E.B.R.R.
After exchanging paperwork and dropping the EL reefer 1/87th scale Alco Joe leads newly designated Extra 6109 out of North Side Yard past the Hohman Ave tower.
Extra 6109 heads thru Bedford towards Terminal Yard.
Extra 6109 arrives back in Terminal Yard.
We'll close it out here for today with 1/87th scale Alco Joe bringing the GP20s thru the engine terminal towards the sanding racks.
We'll pick it up tomorrow in Empire City with the Empire Belt RR getting into the virtual ops action.
