Penn Central Car Movements #93 Part 4 / The Inbound Cycle Begins

 Greetings All,

Welcome back to Penn Central Car Movements #93!!!

Our three layout virtual op with my NYCTL interchanging freight traffic with 1:1 Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR and PC Ralph's Kings Port Division continues today with arrival of our inbound trains.

On the 1:1 PC President Paul Gorman is now the chairman and president of the PC. Unable to secure loans and keep the already cash strapped RR afloat his reign will be a short few weeks once the RR files for bankruptcy protection on June 21, 1970. 

On June 25, 1970 the US government will take over the railroad until the judge appoints four trustees to oversee the RR. They in turn will hire an ex Southern Railway executive, William Moore to be president of the RR. And the trains keep rolling...

Now back to our 1:87 scale virtual operations!! We open up the inbound action with Train FAST 50, The Ford Auto Service Train rolling thru Empire City towards Terminal Yard.

The FAST 50 rolls to and arrives at Terminal Yard.

The Fast 50 U-Boats (no EMDs on this train!) have cut from the train and head to the engine terminal as Kar Knocker is quickly out to inspect the train.

The U-Boats ease into the fuel rack.

Over in Bedford Park Yard engineer Robert R brings Train BP-12 to Terminal Yard.

The FAST-50  has been inspected and blocked and Robert R chats with Kar Knocker after coupling up to the first cut of cars for the Bedford Park Ford Plant. 

Train BP-41 heads back to Bedford Park Yard and passes Train SP-10 from Selkirk bringing PCCM cars from the APRR, KPD and KP&W to Terminal Yard.

Robert R brings Train BP-41 into Bedford Park.

Two Evans coil coaches loaded with steel coils from Kings Port Steel are shoved into the Ford steel track.

Robert R pulls the rest of the train further into Bedford Park to make a runaround move.

The runaround move has been made and the Alco S-4 pulls the consist back towards Bedford Tower.

APRR and EBRR 86' boxcars loaded with auto parts from IDEAL Auto Parts get shoved into the Ford siding. 

A non PCCM auto rack is spotted at Ford for loading.

With the Ford Plant material needs temporarily sated Robert R ties down in Bedford Park Yard.

Back at Terminal Yard we catch the trio of GP20s cut from Train SP-10 arriving at the fuel rack.

Big Mike is out to collect the caboose and Kar Knocker gets ready to blue flag and inspect the train.

A few hours later Big Mike starts classifying the freight cars from the SP-10. Empty coal hoppers from Tri Mount Cement are shoved into track #5 for inclusion in the next Coal Job train to Hudson Coal. 

The yard job is now pulling a pair of PC flatcars and empty tank cars from the diesel fuel delivery rack. The tank cars have been assigned to this service to serve as buffer cars to keep the locomotives away from the flammable loads in the cars. 

Three Gulf tank cars with diesel fuel from the Gulf River Facility in West Mill NY are spotted for unloading. 

A pair of EBRR covered hoppers loaded with flour are blocked into Train BT-27, the Bedford Turn, for delivery to the Hostess Plant.

Three Baldwin S-12s assigned to the Pier 16 Job are in Terminal Yard collecting freight cars to be moved to industries within the yard limits.

Empty EL 57' reefer #5034 is spotted at Terminal Warehouse & Cold Storage for its next PCCM load.

Three empty APRR covered hoppers are placed at the Pier 16 Grain Silos for their next PCCM loads.

Two empty NYC 50' double door boxcars are left outside of Bruce Electric Equipment for the EPA industrial switcher.

The Pier 16 crew returns their caboose to the caboose track.

We'll cut it here with the industrial switcher spotting the two NYC cars at Bruce Electric Equipment for their next PCCM loads.

We'll pick it up tomorrow with the dispatch of Train BT-27, the Bedford Turn, and follow along with other Penn Central action.

Be sure to catch all the action on Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR and PC Ralph's Kings Port Division!

Thanks for reading and watching!!!

See you tomorrow!!!