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Saturday, December 3, 2022

Penn Central Car Movements #97 / Holiday Coal Operations Part 2

 Greetings All,

Welcome back to Penn Central Car Movements #97!!!

Our annual Holiday Coal Operations which feature coal train movements across the Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR and PC Ralph's Kings Port Division and my NYCTL continues today.

Day Two
We open up at North Side Yard with conductor John announcing we have work!!! The PC has requested as many empty coal hoppers as we can send getting PC Ralph and Sir Neal out of their lounge chairs.

A traffic downturn has North Side Yard filled with empty Empire Belt hoppers, boxcars and its motive power fleet all being stored serviceable until their next callout.

1:87 Emery photos the yard from his favorite vantage point atop Empire City Produce.

There he is documenting the action or inaction as the case may be.

The EBRR guys get to work sorting out the yard.

Train EB-2, the transfer run from North Side Yard to Terminal Yard, crosses the Empire City viaduct as we see a trio of stored EBRR cabooses on the westside storage track. 

EBRR Train EB-2 gets a highball at Bedford Tower.

Train EB-2 rumbles thru Bedford, NY.


And arrives in Terminal Yard.
 

After coupling up to their caboose for the return trip to North Side Yard PC Ralph, Sir Neal and conductor John checkout the mishap at the TOFC ramp. Looks like the crane operator put a loaded trailer down on the landing gear instead of the wheels causing the landing gear to collapse. It happens sometimes!

The EBRR guys head back to North Side Yard caboose light as train EB-3.

Back in Terminal Yard today's Penn Central Train CJ-1, the Coal Job, is ready to depart for Hudson Coal.

Train CJ-1 departs from Terminal Yard.

The Coal Job starts pulling the loaded hoppers from Hudson Coal.

Uh oh!!!

Four empty hoppers are on the ground blocking the mainline next to T&R Gravel. 

The wreck train has been called and passes Bedford Tower as the CJ-1 power burbles away on the Bedford Park Yard lead. That's none other than Alco Joe at the throttle of the 1728 making the run back to to the Terminal Yard engineers pool district.

Here comes the wreck train!
 
 
Penn Central brass and the Bedford PD watch the wreck train start clearing the mainline. 

The first of the four derailed hoppers are loaded onto a flatcar. Division Superintendent Shore is not having a good day and will be writing reports for the next week!!

The four derailed hoppers are loaded and pulled from the mainline.

A new crew has been called to retrieve the upright hoppers sitting on the main using the CJ-1 power that was stationed at Bedford Tower.

Extra 5693 West brings the upright hoppers towards Empire City and the Empire Belt RR's North Side Yard.

 
The mainline is now clear and a passenger train blocked at East Bedford Station heads towards Empire City Station leading the parade out of Terminal Yard.

The delayed trains are on the move.


The wreck train engines are recrewed and get ready to head to Terminal Yard to turn the crane and tender and drop the derailed hoppers.

We'll cut here for today with the Wreck Train heading to Terminal Yard.


We'll pick it up tomorrow in Terminal Yard with our final installment.

Be sure to follow the action on Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR and PC Ralph's Kings Port Division.

Thanks for reading and watching!!!
See you tomorrow!!!
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6 comments:

  1. Jimmy P.December 3, 2022 at 1:34 PM

    Wonderful photo's here John. Outstanding modeling.

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  2. PCRalphDecember 3, 2022 at 4:58 PM

    To: Terminal Yard/ North Side Yard/Rock Ridge
    From West Mill

    Acknowledge dispatch of EB-2 from North Side to Terminal Yard
    Acknowledge EB-2 meeting BP-41
    AcknowledgeEB-2 arriving Terminal Yard
    Acknowledge collapsed TOFC trailer
    Acknowledge EB-3 running caboose light to North Side
    Acknowledge dispatch of CJ-1
    Acknowledge derailment of CJ-1 at T&R Gravel
    Acknowledge dispatch of wreck train
    Acknowledge CJ-1 power reassigned as Extra 5693 to North Side
    Acknowledge delayed trains PC passenger and ML-15
    Acknowledge Wreck train return to Terminal Yard.

    West Mill out.

    Emery the railroad photographer got a lens full today! Great action with the continued movement of coal hoppers for this special op! FAs on the head end of EB-2 are always a welcome sight! Unexpected action as the trailer hits the ground hard and collapses AND as CJ-1 derails! Not a great thing for the railroad or Superintendent Shore but we railfans love seeing the wreck train and Big Hook! North Side yard is not done with the coal op yet as the exasperated crewman observed! I enjoyed the train meet with BP-41 and watching the delayed passenger train and ML-15 roll by. Those loaded auto carriers are amazing! Looking forward to more tomorrow!

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    1. John R.December 4, 2022 at 7:26 AM

      10-4 West Mill...
      Thank you Ralph!!! You get the creative credit for the trailer hitting the ground! When the derailment actually happened it was going to be the 0-5-0 crane to speed things up but then I remembered your comment about it being a sign of model railroading integrity to call out the wreck train after a derailment. So you get creative credit for that as well!

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  3. Neal M.December 8, 2022 at 9:08 PM

    To: Terminal Yard
    To: West Mill / Kings Port

    From: Rock Ridge Yard

    Acknowledgement – Train EB-2 Transfer North Side Yard to Terminal Yard thru Empire City
    Acknowledgement – Train EB-2 thru Bedford
    Acknowledgement – Train EB-2 arrives at Terminal Yard
    Acknowledgement – Trailer mishap at TOFC ramp
    Acknowledgement – Train EB-3 returns to North Side Yard running light caboose
    Acknowledgement – PC train CJ-1 departs for Hudson Coal
    Acknowledgement – Hoppers on the ground at T&R Gravel blocking mainline traffic
    Acknowledgement – Wreck Train dispatched to accident
    Acknowledgement – Extra 5963 picks up coal hoppers at T&R Gravel heading to North Side Yard
    Acknowledgement – Delayed passenger train now moving thru Bedford
    Acknowledgement – Train ML-15 thru Bedford to Selkirk
    Acknowledgement – Wreck Train returns to Terminal Yard


    Rock Ridge Yard Out!

    Now that was an interesting set of events! The EB crew taking care of that derailment did a great job clearing out the area so trains can move. I think there should be an investigation into this accident. Did Emery catch any of the derailment? I’m sure the NTSB and STB would want to see some photos! I did like the passenger train that headed thru Bedford, some classic cars on that train!

    Nice work Sir John!

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    1. John R.December 9, 2022 at 5:29 AM

      10-4 Rock Ridge...
      It certainly was an interesting day on the layout with the derailment and getting it cleared with the wreck train!! An investigation was conducted and the fault was found to be heavy coal hoppers with one equipped with a track cleaning pad being pulled by empty ones around the curve resulting in the string lining of the empties.

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