Greetings All,
Welcome back to Penn Central Car Movements #81!!!
Follow along as the P.C.C.M's continue in their fifth year and the NYCTL continues to experience the caprice of the Rail Traffic Management Form.
This virtual op is once again 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 today on the west side of Empire City with PC Ralph notching up his GP30s to bring the Morning Industrial Job train featured yesterday back to Terminal Yard.
The Morning Industrial Job gets underway.
The MIJ eases into a crowded North Side Yard.
A few hours later PC Ralph tacks on the caboose as he builds EBRR Train EB-2, a daily transfer from North Side Yard to the Penn Central's Terminal Yard.
Sir Neal has coupled his GP9s onto the head end of the EB-2 and after an air test will depart for Terminal Yard.
Train EB-2 passing Bedford Station.
Sir Neal is well into Terminal Yard as he moves slowly forward with the 35 car EB-2.
PC Ralph's GP30s are still on the yard lead shoving the caboose.
The EBRR power is coupled together. "Let's get out of here! Big Mike is gonna have a fit when he sees what we brung him!
The EBRR guys flee like felons in the night running to North Side Yard caboose lite.
Back at Terminal Yard Alco Joe is glad to be called for todays Coal Job as he strolls towards the vintage RS1s that will power his train.
The Coal Job has cleared the Hudson Coal turnout and shoves back into Hudson Coal.
A six car cut of coal hoppers is being pulled for RMO Electric that provides light and power for the metropolis that is Rock Ridge NJ.
The next six car block is going to Tri Mount Cement in South West Mill that is making its virtual ops debut in PCCM 81.
Alco Joe has the Coal Job stretched out on the Bedford Secondary.
He'll have to cool his heels and wait until the RDC leaves Bedford Station and clears the main before making his run around move.
Alco Joe has been cleared to take the main and shoves the empties towards Hudson Coal.
The empties are in place. For those scoring at home that non PCCM PC boxcar is from Neal's Lumber & Hardware loaded with cut timbers for shoring up the mine shafts and is part of my actual ops.The Coal Job is ready to go on the Bedford Secondary as an outbound train from Terminal Yard passes on the mainline.
Alco Joe brings the Coal Job into Terminal Yard and across the weigh in motion scale.
There's still one more local train to run today. BT-27, the Bedford Turn, is rolling out of Terminal Yard with three GP7s for power.
The Turn will work the Schaefer Brewery and Neubaum's today.
A Hoschton Railway boxcar is pulled from the Schaefer Brewery loaded with beer for Reynolds Beverage in West Mill NY.
The GP7s do a run around move to get to the other side of the train. No delay here, the NYCTL dispatcher takes his beer movements seriously. Very seriously!
The Bedford Turn heads back to Terminal Yard.
We'll close it out here for today with the Turn back in the yard.
Tomorrow we'll turn the op over the the Terminal Yard trainmen and get our outbound trains dispatched. Should be fun.
To: Terminal Yard, North Side Yard, Rock Ridge
ReplyDeleteFrom: West Mill
Acknowledge dispatch of MIJ to North Side Yard, EB-2 to Terminal Yard, Four locomotive caboose hop to North Side Yard, and the Coal Job.
West Mill out.
Long Trains Runnin'! The Doobie Brothers would have been proud of the lengths of the MIJ and EB-2! Turning the EBRR GP30s into a helper set was a must with that sizeable string of cars, possibly a record number in the virtual ops! All handled very well! Nice quick exit of the four units running light (high tailing it!) back to North Side Yard! RS1 units make for a railfan treat on the coal job. Congratulations to Hudson Coal for signing a new customer Tri Mount Cement eagerly anticipates the coal shipment for its kiln. The RDC with its beautifully applied tiger stripes will hopefully make regular appearances!
10-4 West Mill...
DeleteThanks for all the compliments Ralph!!! That 35 car EB-2 was probably the maximum length train I can run with a helper set. I should have been smoking some doobies to relax as the EB-2 was a first run with no practice. I was glad it made it!
Hudson Coal is happy to have that Tri Mount Cement contract and they are looking to add a third shift to accommodate the demand.
The RDC is a photo bomb machine!! I really like how it came out!!!
To: Terminal Yard
ReplyDeleteTo: West Mill
From: Rock Ridge Yard
Acknowledgement – Morning Industrial Job to North Side Yard
Acknowledgement – Train EB-2 North Side Yard to Terminal Yard
Acknowledgement – Coal Job to Hudson Coal
Acknowledgement – Train BT-27 Bedford Turn
Rock Ridge Yard Out!
That was a great video at Bedford station with the Geeps on the front pulling 35 cars! When I saw the pushers on the end it added to the realism of the train. Modern day trains have pushers, or as they’re called DPU’s (Designated Pusher Units) either mid-train or the end of the train as they now combine multiple trains into one long one.
I must admit, I was never a fan of GP7 engines, but looking in closer detail to them and how they maneuvered thru Terminal Yard, has made me a fan! Nice to see the crew taking their work seriously, especially at Schaefer Brewery!
Looking forward to seeing the outbound!
10-4 Rock Ridge...
DeleteThanks for all the compliments Sir Neal!!!
I wasn't a fan of the GP7/GP9 either but they grow on you and now they are among my favorites.