NY-NJ Ops #2 / Part 2 / Outbound Operations Continue

 Greetings All,

Welcome Back To NY-NJ Ops #2!!

Our second virtual op with my layout interchanging freight traffic with Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific Railroad continues today with a good amount of train movements to get the outbound NY-NJ freight cars moving towards the APRR and some off layout locations as well. To misquote the late Ed Sullivan today we have a really big show!

The big show starts in Terminal Yard with Big Mike and Kar Knocker taking care of the recently arrived EB-2 freight consist.

The second trick is coming to a close and the guys discuss going out for a few cold ones after work. Sounds good to me!

Over in the B&O 16th Street Yard the nocturnal B&O Transfer freight is ready to depart for Terminal Yard with non NY-NJ traffic.

The B&O Transfer heads to Terminal Yard.

Now working the Terminal Warehouse & Cold Storage Complex NYC boxcar #78746 and TPW boxcar #70126 are pulled from Lightning Press loaded with circulars for PC Richard in Rock Ridge, NJ.

Still working the TW&CS siding BAR boxcar #5226 gets pulled from Consolidated Grocery Distributors with groceries for ShopRite in Rock Ridge, NJ.

The B&O crew pulls freight cars from the TW&CS siding.

The freight traffic from TW&CS is delivered to Terminal Yard.

Freight traffic from Terminal Yard gets delivered to the TW&CS complex and the B&O Transfer heads back to 16th Street Yard.

Next we catch the B&O Empire Power Authority switcher pulling six PS2 covered hoppers loaded with fly ash from the coal powered plant.

The covered hoppers are shoved to Terminal Yard.

The PS2s are interchanged at Terminal Yard.

The B&O EPA crew heads back to the power plant.

A first trick yard crew couples up to the recently delivered PS2s in Terminal Yard.

The PS2s are coupled to the NY-NJ freight cars heading to Rock Ridge Yard in track 2 for movement to Atlas Cement in Bath, PA.

It's time now to check in at Bedford Park Yard where the action continues with engineer Robert R. reporting for duty. What's better than the Alco RS11 that is usually assigned here? Two Alco RS11s!!!

The work starts at American Hardware Supply with empty APRR boxcars #4035 and #4182 being pulled for movement to their next NY-NJ loads.

Non NY-NJ traffic including a rarely seen EBRR Express Car get pulled from All City Storage.

Robert R has the hind end of what will be PC Train BP-12 together as he proceeds to work the Bedford Park Ford Plant.

The first car being pulled from the Ford Plant is one of three empty APRR 60' auto parts boxcars.

Two more empty APRR 60'ers along with an EBRR empty 60'er and 50'er are pulled from the Ford Plant siding. The five empties will be heading back to IDEAL Auto Parts in Rock Ridge, NJ.

Train BP-12 is ready to depart Bedford Park.

The BP-12 heads to Terminal Yard.

Meanwhile at Terminal Yard Big Mike is back on duty and heads to the GP7s assigned to the yard for this op.

Non NY-NJ freight traffic going to Bedford Park is shoved into track #9 with a caboose on the front of the consist.

Robert R. chats with Kar Knocker after coupling onto the freight cars for Bedford Park that will depart as Train BP-41. 

PC Train BP-41 departs Terminal Yard for Bedford Park. 

Robert R. has completed his switching work and ties down the RS11s and caboose in the yard. 

Back in Terminal Yard the empty auto parts cars are shoved into track #2 with the other freight cars going to Rock Ridge Yard.

The empty APRR 40' boxcars have made the cutoff time for the Bedford Turn and will be heading to the Schaefer Brewery tomorrow for NY-NJ loads on beer.

We'll cut it here for today with EBRR pool caboose #1607 being coupled onto freight traffic going to the EBRR at North Side Yard.

We'll pick it tomorrow back in Terminal Yard with Alco Joe reporting for The Bedford Turn, PC Trains BT-27/BT-28.

This concludes Part 2 on the NYCTL. Be sure to catch all the action on Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific Railroad!!! 

Thanks for reading and watching!!!

See you tomorrow!!!