Penn Central Car Movements #80 / N.Y.C.T.L. Part 1

 Greetings All,

Welcome to Penn Central Car Movements #80!!

Follow along as the P.C.C.M's enter their fifth year! This virtual op will once again be a three layout affair with my N.Y.C.T.L. interchanging freight cars with PC Ralph's Kings Port Division and Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR.

We open up in the early morning at Bedford Park Yard with engineer Robert R getting ready to board his Alco S-4.

First move of 2021 is pulling this empty car from All City Storage.  Second move will be to pull two empty AP 40' boxcars from American Hardware that are behind the engine.

Third move is to pull two empty Evans Steel Coaches from the Ford Plant.

The tight confines of the Bedford Park Yard make for challenging switching and runaround moves.

Our WSOR Cancer Awareness Car gets coupled up to some other non P.C.C.M. cars in the tiny yard.

Robert R couples the AP 40' boxcars and Evans Coil Coaches to the cars coming out of the yard.

The train is left on the running track as empty APRR and EBRR auto parts cars get pulled from the Ford Plant. Once the train is back together they will head to Terminal Yard as Train BP-12

Train BP-12 comes out of Bedford Park and heads to Terminal Yard

Robert R brings the train into Terminal Yard.

BP-12 is yarded on track #1.  

Robert R heads back to Bedford Park Yard with Train BP-41. 

With BP-41 gone Big Mike running the yard job gets busy building a hot outbound train pulling these for T.O.F.C. cars going to the KP&W's Williams Yard. 

Empty Steel Coaches from Ford going to the KP&W for delivery to Kings Port Steel are included in this high priority train. You' can't build cars without steel! At least in the late 60's and early 70's.

AP and EBRR empty auto parts boxcars are coupled in for return to IDEAL Auto parts in Rock Ridge NJ.

The hot train to Selkirk awaits power and crew as we catch ATJOE strolling towards the trio of GP7s powering today's Bedford Turn.

ATJOE brings the Bedford Turn (Train BT-27) into Bedford where he'll work several industries. 

One stop is the Schaefer Brewery pulling some loaded Schaefer reefers.

Empty AP 40' boxcars #4035 and #4182 join a pair of EBRR boxcars on the Schaefer Brewery siding awaiting their next P.C.C.M. loads.

With the switching done at Schaefer the BT-27 is held at Bedford Station and ATJOE is out on the walkway looking towards Terminal Yard.

Back at Terminal Yard the power is coupled on and the Kar Knocker has cleared the train for departure.

The Hotshot rumbles past Bedford Station.

The train rumbles thru Empire City.

Next stop Selkirk!!!

We'll close it out here today and pick it up tomorrow in Empire City.

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

Thanks for reading and watching!!!

See ya tomorrow!!!