Empire Belt GP30s

Empire Belt GP30s
The EBRR GP30s round a curve on the Empire City Belt Line.

Sunday, October 15, 2023

Penn Central Car Movements #101 Part 6 / Conclusion of Virtual Operations

 Greetings All,

Welcome Back to Penn Central Car Movements #101!!!

Our three layout virtual op with my NYCTL interchanging freight traffic with Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR and PC Ralph's Kings Port Division concludes today with the Empire Belt delivering the PCCM freight and interchanging PCCM freight cars with the Long Island RR.

The action starts with senior engineer Sir Neal organizing the PCCM and non PCCM freight cars in North Side Yard.  
The yard is set up and PC Ralph gets today's switch list for the Empire City industries.
The Belt Job has departed North Side Yard and crosses onto the Belt Line.
The Belt Job starts working the eastside industries placing three PCCM cars on the Ralph's Grocery Warehouse siding. The two APRR boxcars are loaded with paper products from Marcal in Rock Ridge NJ.
PC boxcar 229046 is loaded with bagged flour from Blue Ribbon Flour in Kings Port, NY.
Three empty EBRR gondolas and one empty PC gondola get spotted at Gervais Pipe & Fitting for their next PCCM loads.
Now working Neal's Lumber and Hardware the Belt Job delivers P&E boxcar 3638 loaded with bricks from Port Owen Brick and PC boxcar 77047 loaded with bagged rock from Hedberg Aggregates.
The work on the eastside is done and the Belt Job heads west.
The Belt Job starts working the westside industrial complex by picking up empty EBRR boxcar 358160 from the storage track.
Empty EBRR boxcar 358160 gets spotted at Reliable Machine for its next PCCM load.
The Belt Job continues working the westside delivering PC boxcar 104478 loaded with 55 gallon drums from ACCO in Mayfield, NY to Drywell Inks.
Empty NYC boxcar 80775 is spotted at Moore & Company for its next PCCM load.
EBRR boxcars 416035 and 416079 loaded with plumbing supplies from American Hardware in Rock Ridge NJ are placed on the storage track pending movement to Neal's Lumber & Hardware once the two PCCM cars placed there earlier are unloaded.
With the switching work done the Belt Job prepares to head back to North Side Yard.
The Belt Job heads back to North Side Yard.
The Belt Job is back at North Side Yard but will hold on the Belt Line and wait for LIRR Train to arrive and depart creating yard space. 
Long Island RR Train MA-3 heads thru Bedford, NY enroute to North Side Yard.
LIRR Train MA-3 arrives in North Side Yard.
LIRR engineer Jimmy Alco checks in with the EBRR trainmen and prepares to get outbound train MA-4 together.
LIRR Train MA-4 departs North Side Yard.
The MA-4 heads to Fresh Pond Yard.
Put it in the Books!!!!
This concludes the NYCTL's portion of the PCCM virtual operations.

Be sure to catch all of the PCCM 101 action on Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR and PC Ralph's Kings Port Division.

Compilation of todays train videos.

Thanks for reading and watching!!!
See you soon!!!


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  1. PCRalphOctober 15, 2023 at 9:57 PM

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

    Acknowledge the dispatch and work of the EBRR Belt Job
    Acknowledge Belt Job returning to North Side
    Acknowledge LIRR MA-3 meeting Junk Train at Bedford
    Acknowledge LIRR MA-3 arriving at North Side
    Acknowledge turnaround dispatch of LIRR MA-4 From North Side to Fresh Pond
    Acknowledge MA-4 meeting RDC

    West Mill out.

    Our Rail Traffic Management Form scheduled a lot of set outs for the N.Y.C.T.L. this series including a lengthy EBRR Belt Job (as always it is a pleasure to see cars I sent to you being delivered to industries on your layout!) as well as what I believe to be the longest LIRR Transfer in PCCM history! This installment really reinforces the "beyond the basement" concept of model railroad operations and makes forwarding freight cars your way even more interesting! I was hoping the beautifully safety striped RDC might cap off the series with a traditional run by! Nice work concluding Penn Central Car Movements on the N.Y.C.T.L. today!





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    1. John R.October 16, 2023 at 9:24 AM

      10-4 West Mill..
      Thank you very much Ralph!!! This was another great virtual op and I'm glad you enjoyed it as much as I did.

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