Greetings All,
Welcome Back to New York-New Jersey Ops #3!!!
NY-NJ Ops #3 continues today with the NYCTL beginning to deliver freight traffic from the first inbound trains from Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific Railroad's Rock Ridge Yard.
We open up today's action in the engine terminal with Alco Joe called for Train EC-1 picking up his motive power.
The engines are coupled onto the EC-1 freight consist and the train is getting ready for departure.
Train EC-1 heads to North Side Yard
Alco Joe and conductor Murray check in with the EBRR trainmen.
Conductor John and Sir Neal plan their moves. The four engine consist will come in handy today!
The first move today is to pull empty covered hoppers from the Quaker Oats Plant.
The next move is to deliver GB&W Thrall All Door Boxcar #54 making its NY-NJ debut to Neal's Lumber & Hardware loaded with lumber from the Potlatch Corp.
Some non NY-NJ traffic gets delivered to other Hohman Ave Industrial Park industries.
The Belt Job has finished its switching work and prepares to head back to North Side Yard.
Over in the Terminal Yard engine terminal a PC engineer checks in with engine hostler Wet Willie and picks up a pair of GP7s assigned to todays Train MR-1 also known as the Gravel Job.
The Gravel Job prepares to depart Terminal Yard with empty APRR ballast hoppers and empty PC PS2 covered hoppers to be delivered to T&R Gravel hence the Gravel Job moniker.
Train MR-1 makes its moves .
Loaded APRR, EBRR and PC covered hoppers from Cargill in Rock Ridge, NJ and a Morton Salt covered hopper from Morton Salt also in Rock Ridge are shoved into the Quaker Plant.
Next stop is Empire Produce to deliver one UPFE and two WFE 57' reefers loaded with apples from Kerr Orchards in Washington.
Fast forward to the Hohman Ave Industrial Park we catch empty PC boxcars #160502 and #140772 being spotted at Superior Furniture for their next NY-NJ loads.
Empty PC boxcars #360063 and #360508 are shoved into the Walsh Steel Wool Products siding for their net NY-NJ loads.
The Belt Job arrives in North Side Yard.
The guys head to the office to submit their paperwork to the yard clerks.
The empty APRR Ballast Hoppers are spotted at T&R Gravel for their next NY-NJ loads.
Empty PC PS2 covered hoppers are also spotted at T&R Gravel for their next NY-NJ loads of locomotive sand.
The Gravel Job crew checks in with the EB Tower operator and is cleared to shove back to Terminal Yard as Train MR-2.
Train MR-2 returns to Terminal Yard.
We'll cut it here for today with the GP7s returned unharmed to the engine terminal.
This concludes part five 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!!!
To: Terminal Yard / North Side Yard
ReplyDeleteFrom: Rock Ridge Yard/Rock Ridge East Yard
Acknowledgement – Train EC-1 departs for North Side Yard
Acknowledgement – Train EC-1 arrives North Side Yard
Acknowledgement – Train EC-1 returns to Terminal Yard caboose lite
Acknowledgement – Belt Job shoves out of North Side Yard
Acknowledgement – Belt Job works Quaker Oats and Hohman Ave. industries
Acknowledgement – Belt Job returns to North Side Yard
Acknowledgement – Train MR-1 departs for T&R Gravel
Acknowledgement – Train MR-1 drops AP & PC cars for loading and pulls non-NY-NJ cars
Acknowledgement – Train MR-2 returns to Terminal Yard
Acknowledgement – Train MR-2 arrives at Terminal Yard
Rock Ridge Yard out!
Well, that opening had a lot of motive power and tonnage! Four GP18 engines and your new one to boot! Quaker Oats seems to be growing and expanding! The EBRR is making a lot of revenue!!
The APRR thanks the owners of T&R Gravel as our usage is expanding. More motive power is coming to the railroad!
I did like that video view of EB tower from another angle. 1:87 Emory is doing a great job capturing all of the railroad movements.
Excellent work Sir John!!
Thank you very much Sir Neal!!! The NY-NJ tonnage is running hot and heavy!
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