P.C.C.M. 41E

Greetings All,

Welcome back to P.C.C.M. 41, the Tom Seaver series.

Tom Seaver fun fact #5: Tom pitched for 20 seasons compiling a 311-205 record that included 3 Cy Young Awards and 12 All Star selections. Tom was elected to the Baseball of Fame in 1992 with the highest percentage of votes ever at that time. 

With one installment left the dispatchers and yardmasters on the K.P.D., A.P.R.R. and L.F. &N.W. will be getting a good idea of what train traffic will be headed their way. Sit back and enjoy and tomorrow we'll wrap it up here and get these trains on their way.  

To:        West Mill / Rock Ridge / Zenith Yard 
From:    Terminal Yard
Subject: Dispatch of Bedford Local and arrival of Extra 505 from                  North Side Yard. 

Last installment saw 1/87th scale Senior Engineer Sir Neal and conductor AT JOE leaving Empire City with Extra 505 headed for Terminal Yard.

With Extra 505 heading towards Terminal Yard the Bedford Local departs same.

The Bedford Local with two SW8s coupled nose to nose make their way their way thru Bedford NY on track 3. Tucked in behind the engines is empty Los Feliz & North Western 50' boxcar #160.

The BL gets ready to work the Bedford industries from track 3 and a commuter train occupies track 2 at Bedford Station.

Bedford Tower operator 1/87th scale John B works a three train meet as Extra 505 is held at the signal. 1/87th scale John B might actually envy Larry D over at Hohman Ave Tower. Larry's dealing with all kinds of construction noise but dealing with these new commuter trains might give John B a bigger headache!

With the commuter train getting ready to leave the Bedford Local works the Hostess / Wonder Bread Plant pulling a Hoschton Railway Company 50' RBL loaded with baked goods for Fisher Foods in Cleveland Ohio. The HRC car will travel to West Mill, interchange with the KP&W who will take the car out to Salamanca NY for interchange with the Erie Lackawanna RR and delivery to Fisher.

The Bedford Local is now working Heileman Brewery and pulling empty 50' RBLs BM 109 and BM 110. These two cars are in pool service out of Corning Glass in Corning NY which is served by the KP&W.

Empty LF&NW 160 is spotted at Heileman Brewery with two other empties. Hey! Look who finally got a signal to proceed. Extra 505 heads towards Terminal Yard on track 2.

1/87th scale Senior Engineer has the throttle in notch 8 as he makes up for lost time rolling thru Bedford NY

Extra 505 hits the T&R Gravel curve with flanges squealing in protest! 

With some room to maneuver the Bedford Local SW8s  cross over to track 2 for a runaround move to  head back to Terminal Yard

The engines have run around on track 2 and head back to their train on track 3.

The SW8s couple up to their train. 

While Extra 505 arrives at Terminal Yard with numerous freight cars in tow including.

NYC 80775, an empty headed for Kings Port Steel, PC depressed flat 766053 with a refurbished excavator for Sal's Salvage and two gondolas of pipe for the Hudson Valley Ag Coop.

GM&O 21129 an empty for American Hardware Supply in Bedford Park and BM 105 another empty that will be heading to Berk Enterprises in Bedford NY

Meanwhile the Bedford Local holds on track 3 as a PC FP7 leads a commuter train to Bedford Station.

With clear tracks the SW8s throttle up for the run upgrade to Terminal Yard.

The Bedford Local arrives at Terminal Yard.

Tomorrow we'll wrap up my portion of the series with some last minute train building and the dispatch of trains from Terminal Yard with cars for three home layouts. 

Thanks for reading!

P.C.C.M. 41D

Greetings All,

Welcome back to P.C.C.M. 41, the Tom Seaver series.

Tom Seaver Fun Fact #4: Between 1970 -1976 Tom led the National League in strikeouts five of the seven seasons. Said Reggie Jackson "people come to the ballpark to hear him pitch"

Today we'll take a look at trains EC-1 and the Empire Belt Transfer as they go head to head with the newly implemented  Empire City Commuter Trains. 

To: West Mill / Rock Ridge
From: Terminal Yard

Dispatch of Train EC-1 (Empire City Turn) and transfer of freight trains to the Empire Belt RR.

1/87th scale Engineer Ed and Conductor John will be assigned to Train EC-1 idling on track #9. They note the arrival of a commuter train rolling in on track 1 and lament  the good old days when freight trains ran supreme.

EC-1 rolls thru Bedford Station and gets the green signal at Bedford Tower to continue toward the Cornelius Vanderbilt Memorial Bridge. Today's EC-1 features a caboose on each end to try and reduce switching moves.  

1/87th scale Double E guides his pair of SD35s and EC-1 past Walsh Steel Wool Products and notes his factory looks to be running well.

EC-1 enters Track 3 at North Side Yard

Greetings are exchanged between 1/87th scale E.E., Sir Neal and AT JOE. EC-1 will drop it's train on track 3 and roll out of the yard's east side entrance to couple up to the outbound cars strategically placed there by the Empire Belt crew.

The former EC-1 now known as EC-2 rolls past Hohman Ave as 1/87th scale conductor John joins the 'what's up Larry' club.

EC-2 heads past Bedford Station on track 3 towards Terminal Yard as commuters wait on the platform for the next commuter train.

EC-2 meets the Bedford Station bound commuter train.

1/87th scale Double E has clear tracks ahead as he prepares to cross over to track 2.

EC-2 arrives on track 9 while the TY switcher is working on Train NV-3

With EC-2 now gone work at North Side yard begins with 1/87th scale Senior Engineer Sir Neal coupling up to the west end of the train and getting ready to pull the train from the yard.

1/87th scale AT JOE protects the shove down the main and looks over that newly refurbished excavator loaded onto the Penn Central depressed center flat car to make sure it is securely loaded.

With E.B.R.R. caboose 1605 on the industrial lead the crew is at Gervais Pipe and Fitting to pick up M.C.R.R. and K.P.&W. gondolas loaded with pipe. These loads are consigned to the Hudson Valley Ag Coop.
The crew shoves back to pick up these two cars from Ralph's Grocery Warehouse. The 57' EL reefer is loaded with frozen foods for C&P Restaurant Supplyu in Rock Ridge NJ. Empty BM 105 will be heading to Berk Enterprises in Bedford NY on an intra-layout move.

The E.B.R.R. crew works some of the midtown industries including Empire City Caterpillar. The refurbished excavator on the flat car has been approved for travel to Sal's Salvage in West Mill NY.

It's work in midtown done the Empire Belt train heads out to serve some west side industries.

The first move is to switch out Walsh Steel Wool Products and clear out the west side overflow track. GM&O 21129 is an empty that will be forwarded to American Hardware Supply in an intra layout move. 

The next move is at Moore & Company to pull these two A.P.R.R. 50' white boxcars loaded with bulk paper for Marcal in Rock ridge NJ.

The crew shoves back to Drywell Inks to pick up empty TP&W 40' boxcar 627 which needs to be moved over to Walsh Steel Wool.
in another intra-layout move.

Much to management's relief 1/87th scale Senior Engineer Sir Neal is using a few spacer cars to get under Superior Furniture and pull empty NYC 50 boxcar 80775 from Reliable Machine Works. 

The switching work done it's time for the Empire Belt Transfer to leave the friendly confines of Empire City and head to Terminal Yard as Extra 505.

We'll pick up the action tomorrow with 1/87th scale Senior Engineer Sir Neal and conductor AT JOE threading their way thru Bedford NY to Terminal Yard and follow along with the Bedford Local.

Thanks for reading!! 

P.C.C.M. 41C

Greetings All,

Welcome back to P.C.C.M. 41 the Tom Seaver series!

Tom Seaver Fun Fact #3: 1969 was the first year of divisional series play and the Mets faced off against none other than the Atlanta Braves who had drafted and Tom in 1966 but lost his rights because it was ruled he was ineligible to sign with them because his college team had played two games that year. The Mets swept the Braves 3-0 in the best of five series. Tom won game 1 over Braves starter Phil Niekro.

Today we'll pick up the action at Terminal Yard and check in with PC Trains BP-12 and BP-41. BP-12 is numbered for Joe Namath  and BP-41 is numbered for Tom Seaver.

To:       West Mill / Rock Ridge
From:   Terminal Yard
Subject:Yard work at Terminal Yard 
             Dispatch of PC Trains BP-12 and BP-41

The T.Y. Switcher has pulled six loaded coal hoppers from the Coal Job for forwarding to R.M.O. Electric in Rock Ridge NJ on the A.P.R.R.

The yard crew is building up Train LI-1 on track 3 which will be mostly cars for Rock Ridge Yard.  

Cars for the Kings Port Division are being blocked in Train NV-3. 

PC 104478 loaded with Rheingold Beer and P&LE 35892 loaded with bulk liquor are reweighed at the scale under the eyes of a Penn Central Policeman to make sure there's been no shenanigans with these loads. Both loads are consigned to Reynolds Beverage in Kings Port NY. It's gonna be a good Holiday Season!

A gondola of scrap wheels for Sal's Salvage, a covered hopper for Empire Grain and a 50' boxcar for Van Winkle Canning are being blocked into Train NV-3 

Two hoppers of ore for Kings Port Steel, a boxcar of beer, plus a boxcar of spirits for Reynolds Beverage and P&E 40' boxcar 3638 for Cavendish Fine Foods will be included in Train NV-3.

We'll move over to Bedford Park Yard and note 1/87th scale PC Ralph is on duty this early morning with his trusty brakeman /  conductor. They are receiving directions from the Yardmaster to switch out the Ford Plant only. Note that new Mercury Bobcat in the lot.

1/87th scale PC Ralph gets right to work pulling these loaded auto racks. The FM H16-44 is pinch hitting today for BPY's usual C424.

Now pulling two empty 86' auto parts boxcars including NYC 
67086 that will be heading back to ACME Auto Parts in Mayfield NY. They guys will couple up to their caboose and be ready to depart the Bedford Park Yard limits as Train BP-12.

Train BP-12 hustles past Bedford Station heading to Terminal Yard.

BP-12 running wide open thru Bedford NY

Climbing the grade to Terminal Yard

BP-12 rolls into  Terminal Yard track #7. The TY switcher waits on track 5.

The TY switcher quickly pulls the caboose and freight cars from BP-12.

With the freight cars off his back 1/87th scale PC Ralph runs lite to the other side of Terminal Yard to pick up cars for the Ford Plant.

With empty auto racks, a pair of fully loaded auto parts boxcars and a pooled caboose 1/87th scale PC Ralph guides newly designated BP-41 thru Terminal Yard. 

BP-41 rolls back to Bedford Park. The importance of this train in the Ford Plant's supply chain cannot be overstated. Woe to any employee who causes this train to be delayed and the Ford Plant's production to be interrupted. 

That's it for today. Tomorrow we go back to Empire City with Train EC-1 and catch the Empire Belt hard at work switching local industries . 

Thanks for reading!