Exploring New Off Layout Freight Traffic, Part 2

Greetings All,

Today's post is a follow up to the exploration of new off layout freight traffic first introduced in P.C.C.M. 69 Part 3 and followed up on in the preceding post.

NYC SW8 #9608 and a bay window caboose are assigned to a newly established Pier 16 Yard Job to further explore some off layout freight traffic operations.

The focus of today's op will include the delivery of reefers and stock cars from NYC Train NY-4. The U23C on track seven will be responsible for shoving these cars to the Pier 16 yard.

The reefers and stock cars have been delivered and it's time for the 9608 to get to work setting up the first transfer of the day. The 9608 will sort the newly delivered cars and spot them for pick up by a newly established Transfer Job. 

SW8 #9622 and calf #8842 (a track cleaning car) are assigned the new Transfer Job. The 9622 shoves backwards with a block of reefers and stock cars to clear the switches to the staging track that is our link to an imaginary 12th Ave running track.

The transfer freight heads for 12th Ave. The track cleaning non prototypical NYC calf will keep the hidden track clean.

With the transfer freight "off layout" the Pier 16 Yard Job gets to work swapping a block of loads for the empties on the right.  

The 9608 shoves the empties into track 9 for pickup once the loads are spotted.

 A short time later the transfer freight returns lite and heads toward the Empire Power Authority to pull a load of empty coal hoppers.

 The empties are dragged across to track 9 for the 9608 to pick up. 

The empty coal hoppers have been shoved into the Pier 16 Yard and three empty covered hoppers are placed for pickup by the 9622.

The empty covered hoppers ae shoved into place at the E.P.A. to collect fly ash.

Back at the the Pier 16 Yard the 9608 does a little housekeeping to get rid of the empties.

Empty coal hoppers, reefers and stock cars are spotted for pick up by the Terminal Yard U23C.

U23C #6718 couples up to the empties and will bring them to Terminal Yard for blocking into outbound trains. 

With the U23C gone and working at Terminal Yard the 9608 pulls  a block of empties out of the Pier 16 Yard that will be picked up by the 9622 and calf. 

The 9622 shoves the block of empties back thru the switches to access the 12th Ave running track.

The empties head towards the 12th Ave running track to deliver these empties to their respective rail yards.

A couple of hours later the transfer run brings back a mixed bag of loads and empties. 

The 9622 shoves the block into track 9 for pick up by the 9608.

The two Swift reefers and CB&Q reefer from NY-4 get spotted for pick up by the transfer engines.

The op ended here with the transfer engines bringing the loaded reefers to their respective consignees via 12th Ave.

I'll need to remember that these engines and cars are under the silos next time I fire up the layout!!!

The above took approximately 90 minutes from start to finish and was quite enjoyable. This was only a small portion of the ops available on this side of the yard. The Pier 16 Grain Silos were not worked, the EPA did not get new coal hoppers, Bruce Electric Equipment did not get a switch and the team tracks were barely used. 

Using the two engine approach streamlined the whole op and eliminated a lot of run around moves. I found there was plenty of work for both engines!

More fine tuning to follow!!

Thanks for reading!!!

See ya soon!!!