Penn Central Car Movements #108 Part 6 / Conclusion of Virtual Operations

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Welcome Back to Penn Central Car Movements #108

The PCCM 108 Inbound Cycle concludes today with freight traffic from Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR and PC Ralph's Kings Port Division getting delivered to local consignees.

Our final installment of the series starts in the Terminal Yard engine terminal with Alco Joe called for Train EC-1 and getting ready to board his four engine power consist.

Three EBRR GP18s returning from their Selkirk inspection and a PC GP30 couple up to the EC-1 freight cars for movement to the Empire Belt RRs North Side Yard.

Meanwhile in Empire City Train Extra 4369, an empty hopper train, is heading to Terminal Yard.

Extra 4369 passes Bedford Station and is held for the EC-1.

Train EC-1 arrives in North Side Yard.

Alco Joe uncouples the EBRR GP18s from the PC GP30.

With no freight traffic for Terminal Yard at this time Train EC-2 is a single GP30 that is heading back to Terminal Yard as a lite engine move.

Train EC-2 meets Extra 4369.

Extra 4369 finally arrives in Terminal Yard just making it before the crew reached their maximum hours of service. Whew!!

FP7s 4348 and 4369 arrive at the engine terminal.

Back in Empire City at North Side Yard the EBRR Trainmen get busy building the Belt Job train from the PCCM freight cars delivered by Train EC-1 and PCCM freight cars that were held in the yard during the Outbound train movements.

Senior Engineer Sir Neal confers with PC Ralph from the front porch of EBRR GP18 #7280 that is making its PCCM debut as they get ready to move the Belt Job onto the Belt Line.

The Belt Job enters the Belt Line and makes a shove to Haydon Heights which is named for my late mother in law who was a huge fan and supporter of the layout contributing motive power, rolling stock scenic elements and painting the backdrops.

The Belt Job starts its work at Empire City Cargill by delivering three Penn Central covered hoppers loaded with flour from the large Cargill Facility in Rock Ridge, NJ.

Four loaded boxcars are shoved into the Ralph's Grocery Warehouse siding. P&LE #35892 and PC #229046 loaded with flour from Blue Ribbon Flour. PC #77047 and IC #30130 loaded with soda from Woodstock Hills Soda. 

One empty PC and three empty EBRR gondolas are placed at Gervais Pipe & Fitting for their next PCCM loads.

P&E #3638 and NYC #47062 loaded with brick from Port Owen brick are shoved into Neal's Lumber & Hardware.

Empty BAR reefers #11128 and #7574 are placed at Empire Produce for their next PCCM loads. 1:87 Emery has taken the day off from East Coast Circuits and is catching all the action for the next Green Reptile video that will feature voice over and narration talent from RVVO.

Sir Neal has the Belt Job back together and prepares to head to the Hohman Avenue Industrial Park.

The Belt Job is on the move.

Now working the Hohman Avenue Industrial Park the Belt Job places NYC boxcar 80755 at Reliable Machine Company. The car was loaded at Quality Fabrications with machined parts.

Empty PC boxcar #142770 is spotted at Superior Furniture for its next PCCM load.

Empty APRR boxcars #60382 and #60394 are placed at Moore & Company for their next PCCM loads.

Empty PC boxcar #360063 is placed on the storage track and will fulfill a PCCM empty car request at Reliable Machine Company when their siding becomes available.

The Belt Job is ready to return home.

The Belt Job heads back to North Side Yard.

The Belt Job is back in North Side Yard and the EBRR crew gets ready for Long Island RR Train MA-3 due in shortly.

A short time later two Alco C420s lead Long Island RR Train MA-3 from Fresh Pond Yard thru Bedford.

LIRR Train MA-3 heads thru Bedford.

The MA-3 arrives at North Side Yard.

LIRR engineer Jimmy Alco checks in with the EBRR trainmen after coupling up to the PCCM interchange traffic going to Fresh Pond Yard.

Tropicana RBL USLX #13068 loaded with juice products from 

Tropicana in Rock Ridge, NJ couples up to the LIRR caboose for the trip to Fresh Pond Yard in Train MA-4.

Train MA-4 makes it way back thru Bedford.

Put it in the books!!! Train MA-4 heads to Fresh Pond Yard with PC #104478 with cement flux from Gern for Lombo Concrete and two EBRR covered hoppers of flour from Rock Ridge Cargill going to Ronzoni in addition to the Tropicana RBL.

This concludes the PCCM 108 virtual operations on my layout. Be sure to catch all the PCCM action on Sir Neal's APRR and PC Ralph's KPD layouts.

Thanks for reading and watching!!!

See you soon!!!

Penn Central Car Movements #108 Part 5

 Greetings All,

Welcome Back to Penn Central Car Movements #108

The PCCM 108 Inbound Cycle continues today with freight traffic from Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR and PC Ralph's Kings Port Division getting delivered to local consignees.

Penn Central local train the Bedford Turn, Trains BT-27 / BT-28 powered by two ex NYC SW8s prepares to depart from Terminal Yard.

The BT-27 heads out of Terminal Yard.

The BT-27 shoves into the Hostess siding to access the Bedford industries.

Four TP&W 50' RBLs loaded with plywood plywood veneers from Mike's Wholesale Lumber Distributors in Rock Ridge, NJ are placed at University Millwork.

One Hostess and three APRR covered hoppers loaded with flour from the large Cargill Complex in Rock Ridge, NJ are delivered to the Hostess / Wonder Bread Plant.

TP&W boxcar #627 loaded with boxes from Canton Box in West Mill, NY gets spotted at the Schaefer Brewery.

With the local work done the SW8s get held at Bedford Tower for mainline traffic coming out of Terminal Yard.

A train of mostly empties from Terminal Yard heads to Selkirk.

A short time later Train TE-16 from Selkirk crosses onto the mainline at Empire City.

Train TE-16 passes the Bedford Turn.

Train TE-16 arrives in Terminal Yard.

The TE-16 power is placed at the engine terminal fuel pad.

Back in Bedford, the Bedford Turn, now Train BT-28 heads back to Terminal Yard.

The BT-28 rolls into Terminal Yard.

Big Mike and Kar Knocker get ready to work the TE-16 and BT-28 freight car consists.

A large block of cars from the TE-16 are shoved into track #3 to await their next move to the Empire Belt RRs North Side Yard.

The two ex NYC SW8s get called for the Water Street Job, Train WSJ-1, that will deliver three Hi cubes of appliances from the PC Richard Warehouse in Rock Ridge NJ to PC Richard in Empire City.

The WSJ-1 heads to Empire City and the PC Richard Warehouse.

The Hi Cubes of appliances get placed at the PC Richard siding.

The Water Street Job couples up to the boxcars from PC Richard and will head back to Terminal Yard as Train WSJ-2.

Train WSJ-2 heads back to Terminal Yard.

We'll cut it here today with the SW8s back in the engine terminal.

We'll pick up the action tomorrow back in the engine terminal with Alco Joe ready to pick up his assigned motive power.

This wraps up part five of my PCCM 108 installments. Be sure to catch all the PCCM action on Sir Neal's APRR and PC Ralph's KPD layouts.

Thanks for reading and watching!!!

See you tomorrow!!!

Penn Central Car Movements #108 Part 4 / The Inbound Cycle Begins

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Welcome Back to Penn Central Car Movements #108

The PCCM 108 Inbound Cycle starts today with freight traffic from Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR and PC Ralph's Kings Port Division arriving in Terminal Yard.

Train SP-10 gets the honors of being the first train of PCCM traffic from Selkirk powered by U23Cs 6710 and 6718. The SP-10 is coming thru Empire City and headed towards Bedford.

The SP-10 heads to Terminal Yard.

The U23Cs bring Train SP-10 into Terminal Yard under the watchful eyes of Big Mike. The 6710 and trailing 6718 were purchased by the Penn Central for yard power and have frequently held that job here.

Big Mike meets the SP-10 U23Cs at the engine terminal fuel pad and urges engine hostler to get them serviced ASAP!

Big Mike is reunited with the U23Cs as Terminal Yard yard power and quickly couples up to the S12-F7B-H24-66 consist before the yard master chimes in.

Big Mike couples the "Junk Power" onto a train of empties that will be heading out of the yard shortly. If you listen carefully you can hear him muttering good riddance!!

With the yard crew shenanigans now over Big Mike and Kar Knocker prepare to start working the SP-10 freight consist.

Four cars of TOFC traffic from the KP&W Williams Yard Ramp get shoved into the Terminal Yard Ramp.

The engine terminal shop switcher gets fired up to pick up a boxcar in Terminal Yard loaded with 55 gallon drums of lube oil.

The shop switcher couples onto GM&O boxcar #21129 that was loaded at the Gulf River Facility in West Mill, NY.

The boxcar of lube oil is shoved into the shop.

Next up we check the action at Bedford Park Yard with RS1 9921 shoving several flatcars of automobile frames into the Ford Plant.

With the work done at the Ford Plant we find engineer Robert R checking in at the yard office.

Robert R had brought the Bedford Park freight traffic out to Bedford Tower and awaits clearance to depart the yard limits for Terminal Yard as Train BP-12.

Train BP-12 heads to Terminal Yard.

The BP-12 arrives in Terminal Yard.

Robert R checks with the Terminal Yard yardmaster after coupling onto three boxcars of PCCM traffic going to Bedford Park industries. Even though this is not hot Ford auto parts traffic the quick turnaround timeslot is still adhered to.

Train BP-41 heads back to Bedford Park.

The BP-41 rolls back into Bedford Park.

APRR boxcars 4035 and 4182 loaded with bulk hardware from the American Hardware Supply East Coast Distribution Center in Rock Ridge, NJ are placed at the Bedford Park American Hardware Supply warehouse. 

Rock Island boxcar #35062 loaded with high value color televisions from Zenith in Bloomberg, NY gets shoved into the All City Storage Center siding for distribution to local dealers.

Robert R ties down the 9921 and caboose in Bedford Park. 

Next we head to the B&O 16th Street Yar to catch the nocturnal B&O Transfer getting ready to leave for Terminal Yard.

The B&O Transfer heads to Terminal Yard.

The B&O Crew shoves into the Terminal Warehouse & Cold Storage Complex siding to pull out a cut of cars.

Three empty APRR and three empty EBRR 57' reefers get shoved into the TW&CS siding for their next PCCM loads from Birdseye.

The B&O Transfer gets ready to shove back to their 16th Street Yard.

The B&O shoves back to 16th Street Yard.

We'll cut it today with the B&O Transfer back in 16th Street Yard.

We'll pick it back up tomorrow at Terminal Yard with local Train BT-27 getting ready to depart.

This wraps up part four of my PCCM 108 installments. Be sure to catch all the PCCM action on Sir Neal's APRR and PC Ralph's KPD layouts.

Thanks for reading and watching!!!

See you tomorrow!!!