Penn Central Car Movements #81 / N.Y.C.T.L. Part 1/ The Outbound Cycle Begins

Greetings All,

Welcome to Penn Central Car Movements #81!!!

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. 

A wise wordsmith from the north known as PC Ralph commented in the past about the "caprice" of our Rail Traffic Management Form (RTMF) that directs the flow of our freight cars similar to a waybill as being very unpredictable as it cycles the cars around the layouts.

We developed the RTMF almost five years ago as a way to keep the PCCM car movements fluid. Some freight cars are in an unload reload cycle, some in a return empty cycle and some have intra layout car movements built in to add variety. This outbound portion on the NYCTL will show the caprice of the RTMF in all it's glory! 

We open up in the early morning in Bedford Park Yard with engineer Robert R pulling a pair of empty NYC double door boxcars from All City Storage for their next PCCM loads.

Now at the Bedford Park Ford Plant three empty 60' boxcars get pulled for return to ACME Auto Parts in Mayfield NY. 

Robert R is ready to take the Bedford Park Transfer, Train BP-12, to Terminal Yard and gets orders from the Bedford Towerman.  

Train BP-12 heads for Terminal Yard.

The BP-12 arrives at Terminal Yard. Robert R will head back to Bedford Park off camera with some non PCCM cars as Train BP41 and we'll catch up with him next weekend during the inbound series.

Let's turn our attention to Jimmy Alco and the LIRR Transfer run coming over the High Line into Empire City. 

The LIRR train arrives at North Side Yard to interchange freight cars with the Empire Belt Railroad.

Jimmy Alco checks in with the Empire Belt guys who offer their traditional lunch recommendation. Jimmy passes on that today as Mrs. Alco is making her classic smoked salmon for dinner. Like I don't get enough smoke running these Alcos everyday said Jimmy. 

Non PCCM cars for Long Island industries are coupled onto the LIRR caboose.

Jimmy Alco heads for home.

Sir Neal, PC Ralph and the boys work out a plan of action to service the Empire City industries that rely on them and for the crowded North Side Yard that began the op with a good amount of PCCM cars already in the yard awaiting movement.

The EBRR GP30s have returned to service and PC Ralph is at the throttle working the Morning Industrial Job shoving east on the Empire City secondary track.

First stop is Ralph's Grocery Warehouse to pick up a trio of empties for their next PCCM loads. 

Gondolas from the Kings Port & Western RR, Michigan Central and Empire Belt are spotted at Gervais Pipe for their next PCCM loads. 

A string of non PCCM covered hoppers get pulled from Empire City Cargill.

An empty Cargill covered hopper is spotted for its next PCCM load. 

Next move is to pull empty NYC double door boxcar #47062 from Neal's Lumber and Hardware for its next PCCM load. 

 

Now working Empire Produce and pulling two reefers loaded with...Produce! (shout it out if you know it!) BAR 7574 is going to C&P Restaurant Supply and the NPM reefer is going to Shop Rite. Both are in Rock Ridge NJ and served by the A.P.R.R.

The Morning Industrial Job is back together and heads west.

Crossing the Empire City Viaduct PC Ralph surveys the very busy, very congested West Side and knows there will be much switch work here today!

P&E boxcar #3638 is pulled from Drywell Inks with a load of bulk ink in 55 gallon drums for the Catskill Mountain Press.

Empty PC boxcar #104478 that came in on the LIRR transfer gets spotted at City Pallet for it's next PCCM load.  

This NYC Early Bird boxcar pulled earlier from Ralph's Grocery Warehouse is spotted at Walsh Steel Wool for its next PCCM load.

 

We'll end it here for today with AP boxcars 60382 and 60394 that started the op empty in North Side Yard spotted at Moore & Co for their next PCCM loads. Empty PC boxcar 77047 is constructively placed on the west side storage track for its next PCCM load from Moore & Co. The caprice of the RTMF is on full display today!  

We'll pick this up tomorrow with PC Ralph taking the Morning Industrial Job back to North Side Yard.

Tomorrow we'll check in with the EBRR, the Coal Job and the Bedford Turn. 

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!!!