Empire Belt GP30s

Empire Belt GP30s
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Sunday, April 5, 2020

Penn Central Car Movements #72 / NYCTL Part 7 / The Inbound Cycle Continues

Greetings All,


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 delivery of our inbound freight trains.

We pick up the action at Hohman Ave with 1/87th scale Alco Joe bringing Extra 9921 out of North Side Yard and heading back to Terminal Yard.

Extra 9921 passing Bedford Station


1/87th scale Alco Joe brings Extra 9921 into Terminal Yard.
The 1st generation Alcos head back into the engine terminal.
It's time for the Empire Belt RR to get busy.
1/87th scale PC Ralph in the 2160 is working the EBRR Morning Industrial Job and bringing the inbound cars onto the industrial running track.
The MIJ crosses the Empire City viaduct to work the west side industrial complex.
1/87th scale PC Ralph shoves NYC boxcar #80775 towards the Reliable Machine Co.
The MIJ shoves under Superior Furniture to reach the Reliable Machine Co.
EBRR boxcar 360279 gets pulled from Reliable Machine Co loaded with paper & cardboard processing machines for International Paper in Rochester NY.
NYC boxcar 80775 loaded with subcontracted machine parts from Quality Fabrications in Bloomberg NY is spotted for unloading at Reliable Machine Co.
Work on the west side complete the MIJ heads east.
1/87th scale PC Ralph brings the MIJ around the curve to work the east side industries.
First stop is Ralph's Grocery Warehouse to spot PC 77047 loaded with soda from Woodstock Hills in Bloomberg NY and AP RBLs 60384 and 60392 loaded with paper products😉 from Marcal in Rock Ridge NJ.
Empty 52' gondolas EBRR 5289 and APRR 8203 making their virtual ops debut are spotted at Gervais Pipe for their PCCM loads.
The MIJ has crossed onto the main to access North Side Yard.
1/87th scale Sir Neal, conductor John and PC Ralph have their yard in order and are ready for the next wave of inbound freight traffic.
And here it comes!!! Extra 2236 outta Selkirk with a block of cars from the KP&W's Williams Yard in Kings Port NY heads thru Empire City.

Extra 2236 passing Bedford Station
and arriving at Terminal Yard

The yard job pulls Extra 2236's consist out of track #1.
Extra 2236 power consist heads for the engine terminal.
We'll cut it here for today with Extra 2236's consist on the fuel pad  joining the other inbound PCCM 72 motive power in the engine terminal.
We'll pick it up tomorrow at Terminal Yard and close it out with the final NYCTL car movements.


Be sure to catch the series as it unfolds on 
PC Ralph's Kings Port Division and 
Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR

Thanks for reading and watching!!!
See ya tomorrow!!! 

4 comments:

  1. To: Terminal Yard/ Rock Ridge
    From: West Mill

    Acknowledge arrival of Extra 9921 with special bridge loads.
    Acknowledge dispatch of the MIJ
    Acknowledge arrival of Extra 2236 from Selkirk with cars from Williams Yard.

    West Mill out!

    Three trains of action today at Empire City! You really did receive a lot of freight cars this time around! Railfans enjoy the sights and the related photos and videos. Great sound effects on the video footage by the way! The new gons at Gervais are looking good! I noticed all of the vehicles on your layout such as the bus going up hill by Reliable Machine and all of the trailers and trucks at various industries. Nice details! Did a survey crew take a close look at Terminal Yard tunnel to check clearance by those bridge components on Extra 9921? :)

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    1. Thanks for the compliments Ralph!!!

      Empire City is a heavy traffic city! The NYCTL survey crew kind of just winced and hoped the loads would clear. And they did!!!

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  2. To: Terminal Yard
    To: West Mill

    From: Rock Ridge

    Acknowledgement – Extra 9921 to Terminal Yard
    Acknowledgement – EBRR working the Morning Industrial Job
    Acknowledgement – Extra 2236 from west Mill to Terminal Yard via Selkirk, NY

    Confirmation – Delivery AP 60384 & 60392 to Ralph’s Grocery Warehouse
    Confirmation – Delivery EBRR 5289 and APRR 8203 to Gervais Pipe

    Rock Ridge Yard Out!

    Outstanding work on getting freight delivered. Extra 9921 with the steel structures looked very impressive. There’s a lot of detail on that train, especially protecting the loads with the flat cars as spacers, very nice! The Patti-O Paint Shop did an outstanding job on those new gondolas. The APRR management sends its thanks and on the next delivery to Terminal Yard will send a special package to be delivered to the paint shop!

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    1. Thanks for the compliments 1:1 Sir Neal!!!

      The Extra 9921 was fun to put together and run. Even better it made it thru the layout w/o taking down any overhead structures!

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