New York - New Jersey Ops #3 Part 3 / Dispatch of Outbound Train

 Greetings All,

Welcome Back to New York-New Jersey Ops #3!!!

NY-NJ Ops #3 continues today with the NYCTL working on interchanging freight traffic with Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific Railroad  and dispatching an outbound train towards the APRR Rock Ridge Yard. 

Part 3 opens up in Terminal Yard with Kar Knocker having finished his inspections of Trains NH-3 and WSJ-2 and Big Mike ready to sort and block the freight cars.

The three empty Hi-Cubes brought in by Train WSJ-2 are coupled up to a string of empty PC boxcars. The empties will be moving to their next NY-NJ loads during the coming inbound train movements.

Big Mike places the freight traffic to be interchanged with the B&O 16th Street Yard Transfer on track #8.

The Terminal Yard crew calls it a day and goes off duty.

Over 16th Street the B&O Transfer crew has come on duty. A pair of H16-44s are the current power.

Getting pulled from 16th Street Yard are three APRR and three EBRR 57' reefers fully fueled and loaded with frozen foods from Birdseye going to C&P Restaurant Supply in Rock Ridge, NJ. 

The 16th Street Transfer departs the yard.

The loaded APRR & EBRR 57' reefers are delivered to Terminal Yard.

The B&O Crew will be pulling cars from the TW&CS Complex that included very hot LV/NIRX boxcar #41000 loaded with time sensitive printed materials from The Lightning Press.

The TW&CS freight cars are pulled.

Freight traffic for the TW&CS Complex get delivered.

Empty BAR reefer #7674 is spotted at Birdseye for its next NY-NJ load.

Four TP&W RBLs are placed for Consolidated Grocery Distributors and their next NY-NJ loads.

The B&O crew heads back to their 16th Street Yard.

Big Mike is back on duty running the yard job once again and blocking Train HN-2 which will haul 21 freight cars of NY-NJ freight traffic to Maybrook Yard for movement towards the Atlantin Pacific Railroad's Rock Ridge  Yard.

Four EBRR gondolas of scrap going to Bethlehem Steel will be on the head end of the HN-2. The empty Hi-Cubes and PC boxcar will be moved towards their next NY-NJ loads during the inbound portion of this virtual op. 

The engineer for Train HN-2 is picking up his locomotives at the engine terminal.

The H16-44s couple up and pump the air. Kar Knocker and Big Mike take a minute to check out the quartet of FM locomotives nearing the

end of their service lives.

Train HN-2 departs Terminal Yard.

Next Stop Maybrook!!!

This wraps up the Outbound portion of NY-NJ Ops #3 on the NYCTL. There is much more to come in the Inbound portion that will be begin on Friday July 24th. Make sure to catch all the action on Sir Neal's  Atlantic Pacific Railroad.

Thanks for reading and watching!!!

See you Friday!!!

New York - New Jersey Ops #3 Part 2 / Outbound Operations Continue

 Greetings All,

Welcome Back to New York-New Jersey Ops #3!!!

NY-NJ Ops #3 continues today with the NYCTL working on interchanging freight traffic with Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific Railroad. Let's get to it!!

Today's NY-NJ operations begin in Terminal Yard with Alco Joe assigned to the Bedford Turn, Trains BT-27 / BT-28. The assigned power for today are an Alco RS32 and Alco RS1.

Train BT-27 departs Terminal Yard.

Train BT-27 gets to work at the Schaefer Brewery across from the Bedford Train Station. The commuters wait impatiently as two APRR boxcars loaded with beer for C&P Restaurant Supply in Rock Ridge, NJ get pulled from the siding.

With the work at the brewery completed the crew gets to work on the long Bedford industrial siding.

Four empty TP&W RBLs are pulled  from University Millwork for movement to their next NY-NJ loads.

Four empty PC boxcars get pulled from Key Food for movement to their next NY-NJ loads.

Conductor Murray signals Alco Joe to a safe coupling for the freight cars going back to Terminal Yard.

Conductor Murray's caboose is coupled on to what will become Train BT-28.

With the industries serviced Alco Joe is held on the Bedford Secondary for a westbound freight from Terminal Yard.

The westbound freight passes Bedford Station.

Train BT-28 heads back to Terminal Yard.

The Bedford Turn has returned to Terminal Yard.

Alco Joe delivers the RS32 and RS1 to the engine terminal and chats with engine hostler Wet Willie.

The terminal switcher collects the cabooses from the BT-28 and EB-2 that are sitting on the arrival/departure tracks awaiting classification.

Big Mike is at the throttle of the PC U23Cs 6710 and 6718 that are working the yard for this op and gets to work on the EB-2 and BT-28 freight consists. Gondolas of scrap from Gershow Recycling in Medford, NY are added to an APRR train for movement to Bethlehem Steel via the APRR Rock Ridge Yard.

BAR 7574 and the four TP&W RBL's are shoved into track five for interchange with the B&O and movement to the Terminal Warehouse & Cold Storage Complex and their next NY-NJ loads.

Big Mike and Kar Knocker talk things over as they prepare to gives Train WSJ-1 a roll by inspection when it departs the yard. 

Next up the Water Street Job is ready to depart Terminal Yard for the Water Street Yard in Empire City and to service the PC Richard Warehouse.

Train WSJ-1 heads to Water Street Yard.

Three empty 40' Hi-Cube boxcars (2 APRR, 1 EBRR) get pulled from PC Richard for movement to their next NY-NJ loads.

Watch the Water Street Job get the job done.

Now Train WSJ-2, the train is held at Empire City Station for the New Haven train to clear the mainline.

Train NH-3 climbs the grade into Terminal Yard.

Train WSJ-2 rolls into Terminal Yard.

The WSJ Alco RS11 pulls into the engine terminal next to the New Haven FM H16-44s that are laying over.

We'll cut it here with the terminal switcher pulling the cabooses from the NH and the WSJ-2.

We'll pick it up tomorrow with Kar Knocker and Big Mike getting the inbound freight traffic sorted and blocked into their next trains.

This concludes part one 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!!!

New York - New Jersey Ops #3 Part 1 / Outbound Operations Begin

 Greetings All,

Welcome to New York-New Jersey Ops #3!!!

NY-NJ Ops #3 will once again feature my NYCTL interchanging freight traffic with Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific Railroad. Both railroads will be dealing with a big surge in NY-NJ freight traffic that will test the ability of dispatchers, crews and the rest of the 1:87 scale personnel to keep the trains moving, satisfy both shippers and consignees and earn revenue. Let's get started!!!

NY-NJ Ops #3 opens up at the Empire Belt RRs North Side Yard with 1:87 scale Sir Neal and conductor John checking out the construction work to improve drainage in their parking area. 

Time to get to work!!

The first NY-NJ freight cars to get pulled are four APRR gondolas loaded with pipe at Gervais Pipe & Fitting. The gondolas will be moving to Shapeless Steel in Rock Ridge, NJ.

The next move is to lift EBRR boxcars #416035 and #416079 from the Quaker Oats Plant loaded with cereal products from ShopRite in Rock Ridge, NJ.

After dealing with some non NY-NJ traffic the EBRR crew pulls NYC covered hopper #892010 from Red Wing Milling loaded with flour for Freihofer's Bakery also in Rock Ridge, NJ.

The EBRR Belt Job heads to the Hohman Ave Industrial Park with NY-NJ and non NY-NJ freight cars.

The EBRR crew switches non NY-NJ freight cars in the Hohman Ave Industrial Park including Reliable Machine Company and Superior Furniture.

The Belt Job is ready to head back to North Side Yard.

The Belt Job is on the move.

The crew ties the train down on the Belt Line. Conductor John heads to the office to hand in the waybills and check on an errant covered hopper sitting in the yard with no waybill.

After checking in at the EBRR office conductor John checks the ACFX car numbers to verify this car is traveling from Ronzoni in Long Island City via the LIRR back to Morton Salt in Rock Ridge, NJ on an empty car waybill.

Meanwhile Sir Neal checks in with the construction foreman as the Belt Job idles on the Belt Line.

Over in Bedford, Long Island RR Train MA-3 from Fresh Pond Junction is heading to North Side Yard with NY-NJ freight traffic to be interchanged with the Empire Belt RR.

LIRR Train MA-3 rolls thru Bedford towards North Side Yard.

LIRR Engineer Michael checks in with the EBRR guys before departing with Train MA-4 going back to Fresh Pond Junction with non NY-NJ freight traffic.

Train MA-4 heads back to Fresh Pond Junction.

With the LIRR MA-4 now departed the Empire Belt guys prepare to put their transfer run to Terminal Yard together.

Sir Neal couples up to the NY-NJ freight cars brought in by the LIRR. They will be coupled onto the headend of the freight train waiting on the Belt Line.

Empire Belt Train EB-2 is put together and heads to Terminal Yard.

The EB-2 arrives in Terminal Yard.

The EB-2 engines have been brought to the engine terminal where the EBRR guys find engine hostler Wet Willie with new EBRR GP18 #7282 waiting on the ready track.

The 7282 is added to the EBRR consist. The EBRR now has four GP18s with two in the "Road To The Future" scheme.

Train EB-3 heads back to North Side Yard.

We'll cut it here for today with Train EB-3  back in North Side Yard and the railfans having already gathered to see the 7282 making its virtual ops debut.

We'll pick it up tomorrow at Terminal Yard with the dispatch of the Bedford Turn, Trains BT-27 / BT-28.

This concludes part one 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!!!