Penn Central Car Movements #98 Part 6 / The Empire Belt Delivers

 Greetings All,

Welcome back to Penn Central Car Movements #98!!!

Our two layout virtual op with my NYCTL layout interchanging HO scale freight traffic with Ralph's Kings Port Division continues today with the Empire Belt delivering the PCCM freight traffic from Selkirk and interchanging freight cars with the LIRR at North Side Yard. 

Alco Joe and conductor Murray are called for Penn Central Train EC-1, a transfer run to North Side Yard in Empire City to interchange freight traffic with the Empire Belt RR.

Train EC-1 is on the move.

The EC-1 gets a roll by inspection from the EBRR trainmen as it enters North Side Yard.

Alco Joe and conductor Murray check in with the EBRR guys and turn over the EC-1 freight waybills.

Alco Joe and conductor Murray head back to Terminal Yard caboose lite as Train EC-2.

A couple of hours later the EBRR guys start to get their house in order. PC Ralph has coupled up to four empty PCCM cars that have been cleaned and are ready to fulfill some empty car requests.

Todays Belt Job that will serve Empire City industries is built and ready to depart.

The Belt Job crosses onto the Empire City Line.

The Belt Job starts working the eastside industries.

PC boxcar #77047 loaded with cases of soda from Woodstock Hills All Natural Soda in Bloomberg, NY is spotted at the Ralph's Grocery Warehouse siding with a non PCCM Schaefer RBL loaded with cases of beer. Only the best beverages make it to Ralph's shelves!!

Empty EBRR gondola #509823 is spotted at Gervais Pipe and Fitting for its next PCCM load.

Now working the midtown industries the Belt Job spots this empty 50' HRC RBL at Empire Produce for its next PCCM load.

The Belt Job heads to the west side.

Now on the westside the Belt Job spots empty PC boxcar #104478 at City Pallet for its next PCCM load.

P&E boxcar #3638 is spotted at Reliable Machine Company for its next PCCM load. The Hohman Ave Tower operator gives the train the once over and waves to the crew.

The Belt Job heads back to North Side Yard.

The Belt Job has returned to North Side Yard and is busy getting the yard and transfer run to Terminal Yard together. The empty PC gondolas along with the empty KP&W and PC covered hoppers need to be moved to PC served locations for their next PCCM loads.

North Side Yard is ready for the pending arrival of Long Island RR Train MA-3, a daily transfer run from Fresh Pond Yard.

LIRR Train MA-3 rolls thru Bedford toward North Side Yard. Turn up the volume!!!

LIRR Train MA-3 arrives in North Side Yard.

The LIRR C420s couple up to the outbound freight cars for Fresh Pond as the train enters track #3.

LIRR engineer Jimmy Alco has the C420s pumping up the air on what will be LIRR Train MA-4 as he checks in with the EBRR crew.

LIRR Train MA-4 couples up to its caboose. The Cargill covered hopper is loaded with flour from Blue Ribbon Flour for Ronzoni in Long Island City, NY and the PC flat with the storage tank from ACCO is heading to Olin Matheson Chemicals, also in Long Island City.

Train MA-4 heads to Fresh Pond Yard. Pay no attention to the MA-3 designation!!

We'll cut it here for today with LIRR Train MA-4 heading back to Fresh Pond Yard.

We'll pick it up tomorrow with a long EB-2 train bringing PCCM and non PCCM cars to Terminal Yard. The op will then be turned back over to the PC to make their final moves and close PCCM 98.

Be sure to catch the action on PC Ralph's Kings Port Division!!!

 

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Thanks for reading and watching!!!

See you tomorrow!!!