Penn Central Car Movements #73 / NYCTL Part 5 / Trains MR-5 and BT-27

Greetings All,

Welcome back to Penn Central Car Movement series #73!!

This three layout virtual op with PC Ralph's Kings Port Division and Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR interchanging freight cars with my N.Y.C.T.L. continues today with a mine run and short turnaround.

We open up at Terminal Yard with 1/87th scale Alco Joe assigned to train MR-5, the Mine Run, with NYC GP20s for power. Kar Knocker has given the OK that the train is good to go.

Train MR-5 passes T&R Gravel with four empty PC PS-2 covered hoppers sent from the APRR Engine Terminal. 

The GP20s pull a pair of loaded hoppers from T&R Gravel.

The cars from T&R Gravel are shoved into Hudson Coal where MR-5 will work next. Hmm... 

The four PS2s are spotted at T&R Gravel to be loaded with locomotive sand for the APRR.

Now coupled back up to the empty coal coppers the GP20s pull onto the Bedford Secondary to clear the Hudson Coal switch.

Aha!!! MR-5s caboose couples up to the T&R Gravel cars and then pulls them out with the loaded coal hoppers ensuring the caboose will be on the rear of the train for the return trip.**

The last of the loads are pulled from Hudson coal.

The long train of empties and loads stretches out on the Bedford Secondary. 

1/87th scale Alco Joe has the GP20s shoving the empties back towards Hudson Coal on the main.

Empties to be filled for RMO Electric and Corning Glass Works are spotted for loading.

1/87th scale Alco Joe has MR-5 back together and starts heading back to Terminal Yard.

The turbocharged GP20s easily drag the loaded cars up the grade.

MR-5 returns to Terminal Yard and is crossing the weigh in motion scale.

The next train out of Terminal Yard is short turnaround BT-27, the Bedford Local. Engineer 1/87th scale Robert R will be officially qualifying today on BT-27 under Big Mike's tutelage.

BT-27 rolls along the Bedford Secondary and approaches the Hostess Plant where they have work to do. 

First move is to spot this Hostess covered hopper loaded with flour from the large Cargill Plant in Rock Ridge NJ.

Second move is spotting PC boxcar #360158 loaded with bagged flour from Blue Ribbon Flour in Kings Port NY.

Fulfilling an empty car request the next move is to spot this HRC 40' boxcar at Heileman Brewery for its next P.C.C.M. load. 

The guys are lined onto the main and stop to chat for a minute with the Bedford Tower man. Looks like the freight cars for Bedford Park are backing up with Robert R on a training day. 

After a quick runaround move and a long pause by Big Mike inside the Hostess Plant BT-27 starts back to Terminal Yard.

We'll cut it here today with BT-27 back in the yard and 1/87th scale Robert R now officially qualified on BT-27. Big Mike has wiped the powdered sugar from his hands to give Robert R a big pat on the back. 

We'll pick it tomorrow with the first of two trains going to Empire City, Train EC-1, getting dispatched from track 2. 

Be sure to follow the action on PC Ralph's Kings Port Division and Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR!

** I've been trying to incorporate T&R Gravel and Hudson Coal car movements into a single Mine Run for years. I always had trouble with getting the outbound T&R cars into proper position with the Hudson Coal outbound cars and caboose until today. That simple move eluded me for a very long time. 

Thanks for reading and watching!!

See ya tomorrow!!