Greetings All,
Welcome back to Penn Central Car Movements #83!!!
The outbound portions of this virtual op, a three layout affair with my NYCTL interchanging freight cars with PC Ralph's Kings Port Division and Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR, concludes today.
We start our final installment of the Outbound Portion of PCCM 83 at Terminal Yard with Big Mike and Kar Knocker working to organize the yard to receive and dispatch our outbound trains.
Four loaded ballast hoppers for the APRR MOW at Rock Ridge Yard get coupled to a caboose as Big Mike builds train SK-5 that will take freight cars for the Atlantic Pacific RR.
Empty auto parts cars, Gulf tank cars and KP&W PS2 and PC PS2 hoppers loaded with lime for Port Owen Brick are being blocked for train SK-7 that will take cars for the Kings Port Division and Kings Port & Western RR.
PC boxcar #360158 loaded with TV cabinets for Zenith and TPW boxcar #627 loaded with printed labels for Van Winkle Canning are put into Block #5 of SK-7 that takes cars for Bloomberg NY.
Over at North Side Yard PC Ralph is preparing to depart for Terminal Yard with a good sized EBRR Train EB-2. Senior engineer Sir Neal and PC Ralph discuss today's tonnage and decide the EBRR U23Cs that were built for heavy drag service should be able to handle the EB-2 without helpers.
The EB-2 rumbles thru Bedford toward Terminal Yard
The EB-2 rolls into Terminal Yard. Helpers! Who needs helpers!!
PC Ralph and his brakeman conductor are ready to head back to North Side Yard caboose lite but stop first to chat with Big Mike, Kar Knocker and the yardmaster to discuss the pulling power of the U23CS which are on display and the current state of affairs for PCCM 83.Kar Knocker has completed his inspection and Big Mike couples his U23Cs up to the cars brought in on train EB-2. The empty Tropicana RBL will be heading back to Tropicana in Rock Ridge NJ in train SK-5.
NYC covered hopper #892010 loaded with flour for Freihofer's Bakery joins the Tropicana RBL and a trio of gondolas loaded with pipe for Shapeless Steel in train SK-5.
Big Mike is now blocking train SK-7. EBRR #360279 is loaded with processing machines for IBM, RI #35062 is loaded with bulk hardware for IBM in Binghamton NY which will be block #2. The LV NIRX is empty heading back to the LV via the KP&W and will be in block #1. More blocking on SK-7 has the P&LE #35892 and NYC #80775 loaded with bulk hardware and appliance parts for Peerless Appliance in Mayfield NY being put into block #6.
Big Mike now turns his attention to the yard limits movements and pulls APRR covered hoppers from the Pier 16 Silos loaded with grain for Rock Ridge Cargill.
Three PC covered hoppers join the APRR covered hoppers heading to Rock Ridge Cargill with grain loads from the Pier 16 Silos.
The six covered hoppers are placed in train SK-5.
Next move for Big Mike is to pull empty PC boxcar #142770 and empty EBRR boxcars #416035 and #416079 from Terminal Warehouse for their next PCCM loads.
The PC and EBRR empties are placed in the yard and will head out in local trains for loading in the Inbound portion of this op.
Engine hostler Wet Willie has coupled on the power for train SK-5 and Kar Knocker gets the train ready to go.
Train SK-5 heads thru Bedford for Selkirk with freight cars for
the APRR Rock Ridge Yard
Next stop Selkirk!!!
Wet Willie has the SK-7 power coupled on and Kar Knocker is ready to clear the train.
Train SK-7 heads thru Bedford for Selkirk with freight cars for the Penn Central Kings Port Division and Kings Port & Western RR
Next Stop Selkirk!!!!
That wraps up the NYCTL outbound portion!!!!
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 Friday!!
To: Terminal Yard, North Side Yard,Rock Ridge Yard
ReplyDeleteFrom: West Mill
Acknowledge work at Terminal Yard assembling outbound trains.
Acknowledge dispatch of EB-2, SK-5, and SK-7.
West Mill out.
Nice work organizing the arrival of EB-2 and the dispatch of outgoing trains! I've been meaning to ask about the actual length of Terminal Yard's tracks as some of the photos suggest its quite sizeable! Great power choice for EB-2 as it negotiates the grade to Terminal Yard with no difficulties. Power! Power!! Power!!! Speaking of motive power, I'm liking the surprising choice of lashup on the point of SK-7!
10-4 West Mill...
ReplyDeleteThanks for the compliments Ralph!!!
I've been waiting to spring the SK-7 consist on you! Glad you liked it!
I think I have the yard track lengths in a file that I can email you. Track #7 is the shortest of the yard tracks and 1 thru 6 can hold decent sized trains with track #1 the longest of the original stub ended tracks. Tracks 8 and 9 were lengthened during the expansion and have become mostly the arrivals/ departures tracks.
To: Terminal Yard
ReplyDeleteTo: West Mill
From: Rock Ridge Yard
Acknowledgement – Train SK-5 to Selkirk for the A.P.R.R.
Acknowledgement – Train SK-7 to Selkirk for the K.P.D.
Acknowledgement – Train EB-2 North Side Yard to Terminal Yard
Rock Ridge Yard Out!
Now that move to the yard with those U Boats on train EB-2 was very impressive. The U23 engines showed why they’ve been known as a beast! The crew at both Weehawken and Rock Ridge will be ready for the inbound freight!
10-4 Rock Ridge...
DeleteThanks for the compliments on the U23Cs. Prior to the cosmetic conversion from U28C to U23C they spent much of their time in the box w/o a realistic job to do. Now the four of them get plenty of work.