New York - New Jersey Ops #5 / Outbound / Part 1*

 Greetings All,

Welcome to New York - New Jersey Ops #5!!!

We're back for our fifth NY-NJ Virtual Op with my NYCTL interchanging freight traffic with Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific Railroad as well as other off layout connections.

The Empire Belt trainmen get the honors today of opening NY-NJ #5 with the EBRR U23Cs back working North Side Yard after a long absence. As usual senior engineer Sir Neal will be at the throttle with conductor John handling the paperwork and directing the car movements.

The EBRR Belt Job shoves out of North Side Yard to begin its work.

Four EBRR gondolas of pipe from Gervais Pipe & Fitting are shoved to the Belt Job caboose for further movement towards Shapeless Steel in Rock Ridge, NJ.

Empty Cargill covered hoppers are pulled from the Quaker Oats Plant including the Cargill Salt car going to Allentown Yard for movement to Cargill at White Marsh, MD and its next NYNJ load.

The Belt Job is ready to head to the Hohman Ave Industrial Park to continue serving the local industries.

The Belt Job is on the move.

Work starts at Moore & Company with the U23Cs coupling onto two of the four APRR 6000 series RBLs loaded with bulk paper for Marcal in Rock Ridge, NJ.

The four APRR 6000 series RBLs and a GN boxcar from City Pallet are pulled out of the siding.

The Hohman Ave switch work is complete.

The Belt Job heads towards North Side Yard.

The U23Cs bring the train down the Belt Line across from North Side Yard where some switch work is needed to reorganize the train.

The Belt Job has been blocked and the EBRR guys await the pending arrival of the Long Island Train MA-3.

A short time later Long Island Railroad Train MA-3 from Fresh Pond Junction gets a highball at EB Tower.

Train MA-3 heads thru Bedford towards North Side Yard.

After yarding his train LIRR engineer Long Island Mike checks in with Sir Neal and conductor John.

LIRR Train MA-4 departs North Side Yard for Fresh Pond Junction.

Next stop Fresh Pond Junction

With the LIRR train now gone the EBRR guys get to work putting together Train EB-2 which will take NY-NJ traffic to the PC Terminal Yard.

Freight cars brought into North Side Yard in LIRR Train MA-3 are

shoved back.

The LIRR freight cars are coupled onto the Empire City cars.

EBRR Train EB-2 departs North Side Yard for Terminal Yard.

After yarding the EB-2 the EBRR guys collect their caboose and shoot the breeze with the PC yard crew.

Train EB-3 heads back to North Side Yard caboose lite.

A couple of hours later Kar Knocker has completed inspecting the EB-2 freight consist. Big Mike prepares to block the cars for their next moves using a pair of ex PRR SD9s. He was heard muttering What junk!

Big Mike has the yard in order with the NY-NJ freight cars preliminarily blocked for their next trains.

Big Mike clears the running track for the next outbound train to depart.

Over in the engine terminal a PC engineer confers with engine hostler Wet Willie as he picks up his assigned motive power.

PC GP38-2 #8146 couples onto the headend of hotshot TOFC Train NYNJ-1.

The terminal switcher couples PC caboose #26403 onto the hind end.

Train NYNJ-1 departs Terminal Yard for Rock Ridge Yard.

We'll cut it here for today with the NYNJ-1 getting a highball at Bedford Tower and proceeding towards Rock Ridge Yard.

We'll pick it up tomorrow at Bedford Park Yard with engineer Robert R. reporting for duty.

This concludes NY-NJ #5 Part 1 on the NYCTL. Be sure to catch all the NY-NJ action on Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific Railroad.

Thanks for reading and watching!!!

See you tomorrow!!!