Greetings All,
Welcome to Penn Central Car Movements #108
PCCM 108 will be a traditional two weekend three layout virtual op with my layout interchanging freight traffic with Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR and PC Ralph's Kings Port Division.
The PCCM 108 action starts at North Side Yard in Empire City with the Empire Belt RR. Today's Belt Job is powered by a pair of EBRR GP30s and "borrowed" NYC GP30 #2197. 1:87 Senior Engineer Sir Neal confers with PC Ralph who is at the throttle of the 2160 getting ready to depart the yard.
The Belt Job is on the move!!!
The Belt Job starts it's work in the Haydon Heights section of the city as it shoves into the Gervais Pipe & Fitting siding to couple up to a quartet of APRR gondolas loaded with pipe that will be going to Shapeless Steel in Rock Ridge, NJ.
Last but not least in midtown we catch PC depressed center flatcar 766053 loaded with an excavator being pulled from Empire City Caterpillar for delivery to Sal's Salvage in West Mill, NY.
The Belt Job heads towards Hohman Ave.
Now working the Hohman Ave Industrial Park the Belt Job pulls loaded PC boxcar #360158 from Superior Furniture for movement to Battaglia Brother's Warehouse in Kings Port, NY.
The Belt Job departs from Hohman Ave.
The Belt Job Arrives back at North Side Yard
PC Ralph brings the train to halt on track #3.
Senior engineer Sir Neal and conductor John inspect LIRR Train MA-3 as it arrives in North Side Yard with 25 cars of PCCM traffic.
The LIRR engines are coupled up to non PCCM freight cars going to Fresh Pond Yard. LIRR engineer Jimmy Alco takes a minute to chat with the EBRR men.
PC Ralph and conductor Rocky check in with the Terminal Yard yardmaster and crew. With no traffic going back to North Side Yard the EBRR guys will head back caboose lite as Extra 2197.
Back in Empire City the caboose is coupled on and LIRR Train MA-4 gets ready to depart North Side Yard.
The EBRR caboose is tacked on to the PCCM freight cars from MA-3 going to Terminal Yard.
The power is coupled on and PC Ralph is pumping up the airline as he gets ready to depart with Train EB-2. Sir Neal and conductor John will give the train a roll by inspection as it heads out.
Over at Terminal Yard the yard is quite congested as Big Mike prepares to make room for EBRR Train EB-2 due in very shortly. Kar Knock is chiding Big Mike about today's yard power. Big Mike laments that he doesn't know what he did to make the brass treat him so disrespectfully.
Over in East Bedford Extra 2160 is entering the tunnel to Terminal Yard.
Empire Belt Train Extra 2197 meets Long Island Train MA-4.
Extra 2197 has arrived back at North Side Yard and rolls thru the yard on track #3.
EBRR Train EB-2 has just passed Bedford Tower and is heading to Terminal Yard.
The EB-2 is held for two!!!
We'll cut it here for today with PC Ralph delivering the Train EB-2 EBRR and NYC GP30s to the engine terminal where engine hostler Wet Willie will service them for their trip to Selkirk and their 30 day inspection.
We'll pick up the action tomorrow back at the engine terminal.
Thanks for reading and watching!!!
See you tomorrow!!!
I have to admire you guys over the pond with acres of trackage and complex ops. That's a lot of work. I hope your visitors weren't too exhausted!
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Acknowledge dispatch and work of EBRR Belt Job
Acknowledge dispatch of EBRR Extra 2160 to Terminal Yard
Acknowledge LIRR MA-3 meeting Extra 2160
Acknowledge Extra 2160 arriving Terminal Yard
Acknowledge MA-3 arriving North Side Yard
Acknowledge dispatch of EBRR 2197 running caboose lite to North Side
Acknowledge dispatch of LIRR MA-4 to Fresh Pond
Acknowledge Extra 2197 meeting LIRR MA-4
Acknowledge Extra 2197 arriving North Side
Acknowledge dispatch of EBRR EB-2
Acknowledge EBRR EB-2 meeting PC Extra 2857 and B&O train.
Acknowledge EBRR EB-2 arriving Terminal Yard
West Mill out.
A great kick off for this PCCM with most of the action being handled by the husky consist of EBRR 2160 and 2161 along with the "borrowed" 2197 logging a lot of track miles back and forth between North Side and Terminal Yard! The PC is going to want that unit back sometime! Your rolling stock roster continues to expand as we welcome the new UP boxcar! Lots of train action connecting to the rest of the national rail network with cool B&O and LIRR appearances! I enjoyed following this installment!
Thank you very much Barry!!!!
DeleteThank you very much Ralph!!
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Acknowledgement – Empire Belt Yard Job commences at North Side Yard
Acknowledgement – EB Yard Job working Haydon Heights section of Empire City
Acknowledgement – EB yard Job working Hohman Ave. Industrial Park
Acknowledgement – EB Yard Job returns to North Side Yard
Acknowledgement – EB Extra 2160 departs North Side Yard for Terminal Yard
Acknowledgement – LIRR Train MA-3 Fresh Pond Yard to North Side Yard heads thru Bedford
Acknowledgement – EB Extra 2197 returns to North Side Yard caboose lite
Acknowledgement – LIRR Train MA-4 departs North Side Yard for Fresh Pond Yard
Acknowledgement – Empire Belt Train EB-2 departs North Side Yard for Terminal Yard
Acknowledgement – Extra 2857 rolls thru Bedford while train EB-2 is held on the secondary
Acknowledgement – B&O Train from 16th Street Yard heads out to the B&O RR
Acknowledgement – EB Train EB-2 arrives Terminal Yard
Rock Ridge Yard out!
A very impressive start to this PCCM. The trio of GP30 engines has great power for all of those freight cars. I did see for the first time an AP Hydro-Cushion box car on the NYCTL. Very honored to catch it. I think this is the first time you’ve mentioned the Haydon Heights section of Empire City by name? Still a lot of work performed at this location as well as the Hohman Ave. Complex.
Always nice to the pair of LIRR C420 engines making their usual runs to & from Fresh Pond. Meanwhile, what did Big Mike do to alienate the NYCTL management? Inquiring minds want to know!
As always your action videos showing many train movements is exciting to watch as you’re moving a lot of freight.
Great start Sir John!!
Thank you very much Sir Neal!!!
DeleteHaydon Heights is named for my late mother in law who was a big fan of the layout and painted all of the backdrops. She was a regular contributor to the layouts motive power, rolling stock and scenic elements.
The APRR Hydro- Cushioned car was part of a two car project that had me repainting two APRR boxcars and pimping them out.