A Tuesday Op Session

Greetings All,

After a week long hiatus with no layout operations I was  quite happy to be able to easily start an op session where I last left off. Sitting on track #4 in Terminal Yard from my last op session was Train BT-27, The Bedford Local. With the car cards and waybills waiting for me it was very easy to get right back into the ops mode.

 Penn Central GP-7s 5699 and 5693 are our power for today.

First stop for BT-27 is Hudson Coal to deliver this bulldozer rented from Empire City Caterpillar.

The conductor has dropped the car card and waybill off.

BT-27 rolls into Bedford on the Bedford Secondary. There is a lot of work waiting for the crew today.

 BT-27 stops outside the "new" Neubaum and Heileman siding. Two loaded boxcars will be pulled from Heileman Brewery.

With the two loaded boxcars out of the way the crew pulls ahead with four boxcars brought from Terminal Yard. 

Three 40'ers are shoved into the Heileman Siding and Neubaum's Coffee & Tea Importers gets it's first shipment of coffee at it's new location in the EL 50' plug door boxcar.

The paperwork is dropped at the respective industries. 

After servicing the two industries the BT-27 engineer waits for permission to access the mainline for a runaround move.

The GP7s head down the main to start working the industries and to get behind their caboose. 

The crew makes their first long pull from University Millwork and Berk Enterprises.

 That pull is coupled onto the caboose.

A second pull from Berk and Hostess is underway to facilitate re-spotting three virtual ops cars and taking the NYC RBL back to Terminal Yard.

After several switching moves the work at these three Bedford Industries is completed.

The paperwork is dropped in the proper waybill slot. The hanging car cards and waybills are BT-27s freight car consist.

BT-27 shoves back into the siding to reclaim the caboose before heading for Terminal Yard. This is a perfect time to double check and verify the trains paperwork. It's also a good time to remember to take the paperwork with you!

 With everything in order BT-27 heads for home.

The freight cars and caboose are dropped on track 9. The conductor will drop the paperwork at the yard office.

The 5699 and 5693 pull up to the fuel rack and will be ready to go for their next assignment.

That closes out our op session for today. I was impressed how easy the car cards and waybills made it to start an op right back up after a hiatus. There is still plenty of work ahead as I continue filling out car cards and waybills for the rest of the fleet. 

Thanks for reading!!!

See ya soon!!!