Penn Central Car Movements #105 Part 3

 Greetings All,

Welcome Back to Penn Central Car Movements #105!!!

The PCCM #105 three layout one weekend virtual op with PC Ralph's Kings Port Division and Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR interchanging freight traffic with my NYCTL concludes today with the dispatch of our outbound trains.

 

The action starts in Empire City at North Side Yard with senior engineer Sir Neal getting ready to take Train EB-2 to the Penn Central's Terminal Yard in East Bedford.

Meanwhile over in East Bedford Train MR-1 is finishing up its work at Hudson Coal.

EBRR Train EB-2 meets PC Train MR-1 at Bedford.

Kar Knocker is out to inspect the EB-2 freight consist and Big Mike gets ready to pull off the EBRR caboose.

Empty covered hoppers brought in by the EB-2 are shoved into track#3 for movement to the Kings Port Division and Tri Mount Cement.

Empty coal hoppers are shoved into track #3 for movement to the Kings Port & Western and interchange with the Lehigh Valley.

Empty covered hoppers are coupled up to the freight consist in track #3 for movement to the Kings Port Division and Empire Grain.

Sir Neal collects the EBRR caboose and heads back to North Side Yard.

After the departure of the EBRR Big Mike gets to work on the loaded hoppers brought in by Train MR-2. Four loaded APRR ballast hoppers will be heading out tot the APRR's Rock Ridge Yard.

Six loaded coal hoppers heading to Rock Ridge Yard and RMO Electric are added to the ballast hoppers.

A short time later Train Extra 6533 West is ready to depart for the Kings Port Division via Selkirk.

Extra 6533 West departs Terminal Yard.

Next stop Selkirk!!

Meanwhile back at Pier 16 the B&O crew pulls a block of empty covered hoppers from the Grain Silos.

The B&O delivers the empty covered hoppers to Terminal Yard.

The B&O crew heads back to Pier 16 with high & wide loads for export in a gratuitous non PCCM move.

Kar Knocker has cleared the covered hoppers from Pier 16 for movement and Big Mike couples up.

The empty covered hoppers consigned to Cargill in Rock Ridge, NJ are shoved into track #2 and added to the freight consist going to the APRR's Rock Ridge.

Big Mike finishes building the train for the APRR.

A short time later Kar Knocker and West Willie have Extra 3175 West ready to depart for Selkirk and Rock Ridge. 

Extra 3175 West departs Terminal Yard.

Next stop Selkirk!!!

Put it in the books!!!

This concludes the NYCTL's portion of PCCM 105. Be sure to catch all of the action on Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR and PC Ralph's Kings Port Division!!

Thanks for reading and watching!!!

See you soon!!!

Penn Central Car Movements #105 Part 2

Greetings All,

Welcome Back to Penn Central Car Movements #105!!!

The PCCM #105 three layout one weekend virtual op with PC Ralph's Kings Port Division and Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR interchanging freight traffic with my NYCTL continues today. 

The action begins at Terminal Yard with Alco Joe called for Train EC-1 that will be powered by a pair of Alco RS32s courtesy of  engine hostler, Wet Willie.

Train EC-1 departs Terminal Yard.

Alco Joe brings the EC-1 into North Side Yard under the watchful eyes of the Empire Belt trainmen.

Conductor Murray delivers the waybills to conductor John while Sir Neal and PC Ralph exchange engineer stories with Alco Joe.

Train EC-2 heads back to Terminal Yard caboose lite.

A short time later the LIRR daily transfer run to North Side Yard, Train MA-3, is coming thru Bedford.

LIRR Train MA-3 heads to North Side Yard.

LIRR engineer Jimmy Alco has coupled up to the cement hoppers from Tri Mount Cement and exchanges pleasantries with the EBRR trainmen.

LIRR Train MA-4 heads for home.

Later that day Penn Central Train MR-1, The Mine Run, is ready to depart Terminal Yard.

The Mine Run is on the move.

First stop is T&R Gravel to deliver these four empty PC PS2 covered hoppers from the APRR's Rock Ridge Yard for their next PCCM loads.

Being pulled out of T&R Gravel are four APRR ballast hoppers to be forwarded to the APRR's Rock Ridge Yard.

The ballast hoppers are temporarily placed at Hudson Coal.

The empty PS2s are placed at T&R Gravel for their next PCCM loads of locomotive sand.

The MR-1 power couples up to the coal hoppers.

Loaded ballast and coal hoppers get pulled from T&R Gravel.

The MR-1 makes the long pull.

The MR-1 holds on the Bedford Secondary awaiting clearance to enter the main and shove the empty hoppers back to Hudson Coal.

The MR-1 makes its runaround move.

We'll cut it here for today with the empties being spotted for their next PCCM coal loads..

We'll pick it up tomorrow with senior engineer Sir Neal getting ready to take Empire Belt Train EB-2 from North Side Yard to Terminal Yard. 

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

Thanks for reading and watching!!!

See you tomorrow!!!

Penn Central Car Movements #105 Part 1

 Greetings All,

Welcome to Penn Central Car Movements #105!!!

PCCM #105 will be a three layout one weekend virtual op with PC Ralph's Kings Port Division and Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR interchanging freight traffic with my NYCTL. We will be focusing on our combined PCCM hopper fleets and some of the industries they serve.

The action starts at Bedford Tower as Extra 3175 East is cleared past the tower as PC H16-44 #5169 works the Bedford Park Ford Plant.

Extra 3175 East heads towards Terminal Yard with PCCM freight traffic from the Atlantic Pacific RR's Rock Ridge Yard. 

Extra 3175 east arrives at Terminal Yard.

The Extra 3175 East locomotives, GP40 #3175 and GP38-2 #8148, are placed at the sanding rack to begin their servicing.

Over at the A/D track Kar Knocker and Big Mike talk things over. Kar Knocker has released the train after inspecting it and Big Mike is ready to start working the 3175 East freight consist. 

Four empty PC PS2 covered hoppers and six empty coal hoppers get shoved into track #6 for eventual movement in Train MR-1. Eight covered hoppers loaded with grain from Cargill in Rock Ridge, NJ sit on track #8.

The Extra 3175 caboose is placed on the caboose track.

Over at Pier 16 a pair of B&O H16-44s pull an empty string of covered hoppers from the Grain Silos. B&O!!! I'm experimenting with adding the B&O as an interline interchange to the layout operations and having Pier 16 become a B&O property. More on this in future posts.

The B&O H16-44s bring the covered hoppers to Terminal Yard.

The H16-44s couple up to eight covered hoppers brought in from the APRR in the Extra 3175 East Train.

The covered hoppers get shoved to the Pier 16 Grain Silos.

The eight covered hoppers from the Rock Ridge, NJ Cargill facility are delivered to the Pier 16 Grain Silos.

Back at Bedford Tower Extra 6533 East with PCCM freight traffic from the Kings Port Division's West Mill Yard makes its way to Terminal Yard as the 5169 continues its work at the Ford Plant.Extra 6533 East heads to Terminal Yard.

Extra 6533 East arrives in Terminal Yard.

The Extra 6533 U-Boats, 6533 and 6554, are placed in the engine terminal for servicing.

Big Mike and Kar Knocker are ready to get the 6533 freight consist inspected.

Six covered hoppers loaded with cement from Tri-Mount Cement are shoved into track #6 for movement to North Side Yard and interchange with the Long Island RR.

Six loaded covered hoppers from Empire Grain and six loaded coal hoppers from the Lehigh Valley are shoved into track #4 to await movement to Pier 16.

The Extra 6533 caboose is shoved into the caboose track.

Over at Pier 16 the B&O switch engine is ready to work the Empire Power Authority.

The B&O crews are on the move.

The empty coal hoppers will be picked up by the H16-44s for their movement into Terminal Yard.

The empty coal hoppers are coupled onto.

The empties get shoved into Terminal Yard.

Loaded anthtracite coal hoppers from the Lehigh Valley RR are pulled out of  track #3. They will be coupled onto the covered hoppers behind them on track #2.

The B&O caboose gets coupled on to protect the shove move back to Pier 16.

The H16-44s start the shove move. 

PCCM Grain and Anthracite Coal get delivered.

We'll close it here today with the B&O crews having placed the covered hoppers at the grain silos and coal hoppers at the Empire Power Authority Power Plant.

We'll pick it up tomorrow with our old friend Alco Joe called for Train EC-1 that will deliver the Long Island interchange traffic to North Side Yard.

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

Thanks for reading and watching!!!

See you tomorrow!!!