Greetings All,
Welcome to Penn Central Car Movements #86!!!
It's hard to believe our virtual ops are on their 86th installment. The virtual ops catalyst has inspired so many train and layout projects over the years it's hard to keep track of them all. It has been a lot of fun to be a participant!!
P.C.C.M. #86 will be a two layout virtual op with my NYCTL interchanging freight cars with Ralph's Kings Port Division. Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR is out of service getting signal upgrades and we hope to have the APRR back for P.C.C.M. #87.
In this series we'll be testing some new train designations to add a little more realism to the ops and to better identify the origination and destinations of our virtual ops trains that travel between our layouts.
The outbound series opens up at Bedford Park Yard with a twenty plus year old Athearn Baldwin S12 #9314 pinch hitting for the usual Alco S4 unit assigned here. 
The 9314 brings BP-12 into a Terminal Yard on track #8. 
The LIRR Transfer comes across the Empire City Viaduct
The LIRR train arrives at North Side Yard.
The LIRR Alcos ease out of North Side Yard and bring their train around the west side curve.
The LIRR Train heads back to Fresh Pond Yard
Over at Terminal Yard Train BT-27, the Bedford Turn, prepares to depart. The PC U boats were painted about six years ago and ride on twenty plus year old power chassis. The NYC U Boat is another twenty plus year old engine now on a non powered chassis.
The work at T&R Gravel done the Bedford Turn enters Bedford on the secondary track.
LV/NIRX boxcar #41000 loaded with printed cartons for Blue Ribbon Flour and PC boxcar #229036 loaded with printed labels for Van Winkle Canning get pulled from Berk Enterprises as part of a long pull.
The Bedford Turn engines head to Bedford Tower to cross onto the main for their runaround move.
We'll close it out today with Train BT-27 arriving in Terminal Yard.
To: Terminal Yard
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From: Rock Ridge Yard
Acknowledgement – Train BP-12 to Terminal Yard from Bedford Park with Baldwin S-12 motive power
Acknowledgement – LIRR Transfer to North Side Yard with return to Fresh Pond
Acknowledgement – Train BT-27 Bedford Turn with a run to Selkirk Yard
Rock Ridge Yard Out!
What a nice surprise to see that Baldwin S-12 working the run. Looks like it had more power to pull a lot more freight!
The string of U-Boats going thru Bedford was nice and as I have said in the past, I think it’s the best place to railfan the railroad! Always love to see the LIRR RS units in action working that freight. Lots of AP and EB freight cars in motion!
The APRR has its crews working around the clock to get the signal upgrades working. Incentives have been offered to get the work completed quickly!
10-4 Rock Ridge...
DeleteThank you for the compliments 1:1 Sir Neal!!!
We at the NYCTL know the APRR Signal Department will get the job done quickly and properly. We look forward to the APRRs return to virtual ops action!!!
To: Terminal Yard, North Side Yard, Rock Ridge Yard
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Acknowledge dispatch of BP-12 from Bedford Park with meet with LIRR transfer.
Acknowledge arrival of BP-12 at Terminal Yard/ Return Dispatch as BP-41.
Acknowledge LIRR Transfer arriving at North Side and returning to Fresh Pond, meeting BP-41
Acknowedge the Bedford Turn BP-27 meeting two trains for Selkirk.
Acknowledge arrival of BP-27 at Terminal Yard.
West Mill out.
Wow! An action packed installment with several well arranged and filmed train meets! Definitely a railfan fest today! Nice acknowledgement and demonstration of well maintained older Athearn units smoothly taking care of business on the N.Y.C.T.L.! The U Boats on the long Bedford Turn looked and ran beautifully in your roll by video! I've watched the videos in this installment twice already and look forward to seeing them again! Great collections of rolling stock on the Selkirk bound trains. An excellent post all around!
10-4 West Mill...
DeleteThank you very much PC Ralph!!! The "vintage" Blue Box units that are the core of the fleet got their day in the spotlight! There were a few repairs and maintenance issues prior to the filming but these older units rank high among my favorites.