Penn Central Car Movements #83 / N.Y.C.T.L. Part 7 / The LI-2 and LIRR close it out

  Greetings All,

Welcome back to Penn Central Car Movements #83!!!

The Inbound cycle of our three layout virtual op with my N.Y.C.T.L. interchanging freight cars with PC Ralph's Kings Port Division and Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR concludes today.

The action starts with a little early morning excitement at North Side Yard. A pair of would be thieves are caught in the act of trying to break into P&E boxcar #3638.

P&E boxcar #3638 is loaded with REVCO kitchen gadgets that is awaiting delivery to Ralph's Grocery Warehouse. The ECPD police captain was heard to mutter that " these crooks are either idiots going to jail for trying to steal turnip twaddlers or there is a hot market for them we didn't know about!" Either way the crime doesn't pay today!

We open the railroad action at Bedford Park Yard with Robert R pulling a pair of hot auto parts cars from the yard for the Ford Plant.

Empty AP 86'ers and an EBRR 50"er get pulled from the Ford siding

The empties are placed in Bedford Park Yard.

AP 60' boxcar #615827 and EBRR 86' boxcar #67358 loaded with auto parts from IDEAL Auto Parts in Rock Ridge NJ are shoved into the Ford siding for unloading as the assembly line continues to hum.

Robert R ties down back in the yard. The empty AP and EBRR cars will head back to Rock Ridge Yard in a future PCCM.

Our focus now will be Penn Central Train LI-2 that ran from Selkirk NY down the Beacon Branch into CT and then back into NY going over the Hell Gate Bridge to Queens NY. 

With much modeling license I'm running the LI-2 with a solid block of cars for the LIRR like the actual PC LI-2 but will turn the train over to the LIRR at Empire City.

The LI-2 has come off the New York Connecting Railroad and into Empire City.

The LI-2 heads towards Empire City Station and makes the climb out of the lower level of Empire City.

Three H16-44s bring the LI-2 into Terminal Yard.

Kar Knocker gives the train a once over as it enters the yard. 

The yard job pulls off the working caboose.

The F-M diesels couple back on. 

The LI-2 heads towards North Side Yard.

The LI-2 arrives at North Side Yard as an LIRR crew stands by to receive the train.

The engines are uncoupled.

The caboose and engines head back to Terminal Yard caboose lite.

The train has been turned over to the LIRR and Jimmy Alco has coupled his caboose onto the consist. Jimmy reminisces with the EBRR guys back to the days of NH E-33s delivering the train to the LIRR at Fremont Street tower in Glendale Queens.

The LIRR engines are coupled on.

After a terminal air test Jimmy Alco brings the train out of the yard.

The LIRR heads thru Bedford

Next stop Fresh Pond!!! 

Put it in the books!!! That concludes the NYCTL's portion of P.C.C.M. #83. Be sure to catch the rest of the action on PC Ralph's Kings Port Division and Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR.

A future blog entry is planned to further examine both the PC Train LI-2 and the New Haven era Long Island Railroad interchange at Fremont Tower in Queens NY. I've  uncovered some good stuff so far that I think you'll find interesting.

Thanks for reading and watching!!!

See ya soon!!!