Penn Central Car Movements #81 / N.Y.C.T.L. Part 7 / The EBRR and LIRR Close It Out

 Greetings All,

Welcome back to Penn Central Car Movements #81!!!

This virtual op is once again a three layout affair with my N.Y.C.T.L. interchanging freight cars with PC Ralph's Kings Port Division and Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR. The inbound portion concludes today.

The seventh and final installment of P.C.C.M. 81 from the N.Y.C.T.L. opens up with PC Ralph in EBRR GP30 #2160 getting North Side Yard in shape and the Afternoon Industrial Job blocked for local deliveries.

A block of cars for interchange with the Long Island RR are spotted on track#1. On the right the cars for the AIJ are blocked for delivery. 

 

Senior engineer Sir Neal is in a "more power" frame of mind as he couples up the four engine consist to the AIJ.

First move is to work the eastside industrial complex. The AIJ is pulling three gondolas of pipe from Gervais Pipe and Fitting that will be delivered to the Hudson Valley Ag Coop in a future PCCM and some non PCCM cars from Ralph's Grocery Warehouse.

With the siding cleared P&LE boxcar #35892 loaded with bagged flour for retail sales from Blue Ribbon Flour is spotted at Ralph's Grocery Warehouse.

Business must be booming! Gervais Pipe & Fitting receives three car loads of steel coils from Kings Port Steel. The caprice of the RTMF!

 

The AIJ is now working the Empire City Cargill Facility.

Conductor John is out flagging the street crossing as AP covered hoppers loaded with barley from the large Rock Ridge NJ Cargill complex are shoved across the street on the Cargill siding.

Penn Central covered hoppers from the Rock Ridge NJ Cargill loaded with wheat flour are also shoved into the Cargill siding.

 

The street is clear and the PC hoppers are ready to be unloaded.

Sir Neal has the AIJ back together and heads west.

The AIJ comes across the Empire City viaduct with the very busy west side industries in the background.

 

There will be a lot of switching going here today as Sir Neal sets out the old NYC Pacemaker car on the storage track.

The AIJ is now pulling cars from Moore & Co and Drywell Inks. The two white APRR 50' RBLS have been loaded with bulk paper at Moore & Co for Marcal to be delivered in a future PCCM.

The NYC Pacemaker car loaded with new 55 gallon drums from Amalgamated Container Co. (ACCO) gets spotted at Drywell Inks.

PC boxcar #104478 is spotted back at City Pallet for continued loading of pallets for Reynolds Beverage Co. PC boxcar #77048 is spotted at Moore & Co for a load of burlap bags to be delivered to Hedberg Aggregates. Both loads should be ready to go in the next PCCM.

The AIJ pulls loaded cars from Superior Furniture.

Now being spotted at Superior Furniture is AP boxcar #58260 loaded with furniture frames from Mike's Lumber.

With the switching completed the AIJ heads back to North Side Yard.

Sir Neal brings the AIJ into North Side Yard on track #3

The three gondolas of pipe and two white AP RBLs will start the next PCCM in the yard ready for dispatch to the KPD and APRR.

It's time to wrap this up with our last interchange of freight cars as the LIRR Transfer heads for North Side Yard.

The LIRR Transfer arrives at North Side Yard.

Due to yard congestion Jimmy Alco has spotted his Alcos on the secondary track.

PC Ralph pulls out the block of PCCM cars going to Long Island industries that include EBRR boxcar #360279 going to Nassau College with a load of business machines from IBM and two PS2 hoppers loaded with aggregate from Hedberg Aggregate for NYS DOT Region #10.

The LIRR caboose has been coupled to the rear of the consist as Jimmy Alco watches the consist get shoved down the main.

Other PCCM cars going to Long Island are NYC covered hopper #892010 loaded with grain from Empire Grain for Ronzoni and two SRR bulkhead flats of lumber from Half Moon Lumber for Gotham Building Supply.

Jimmy Alco has coupled his engines on and prepares for departure.

Put it in the books!!!

Be sure to catch the action on PC Ralph's Kings Port Division and Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR.

Thanks for reading and watching!!!

See ya soon!!!

Penn Central Car Movements #81 / N.Y.C.T.L. Part 6 / PC Trains BT-27 and EC-1

 Greetings All,

Welcome back to Penn Central Car Movements #81!!!

This virtual op is once again a three layout affair with my N.Y.C.T.L. interchanging freight cars with PC Ralph's Kings Port Division and Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR. The inbound portion continues today.

We open up with Penn Central Train BT-27, the Bedford Turn, leaving Terminal Yard to work the Bedford industries.

 

The trio of GP7s have pulled an eight car block from BT-27 down Main 1 to clear the turnout into T&R Gravel and muscle the cars back up the grade.

 

Being spotted at T&R Gravel are empty EL boxcar #73510 and NYC boxcar #47062 for loads of bagged iron ore to be delivered to Port Owen Brick in a future PCCM.

Four empty PC PS-2 covered hoppers are spotted for loads of locomotive sand to be delivered to the APRR Richmond Hill Engine Terminal in a future PCCM.

Empty PRR and NYC hoppers are spotted for loads of ballast to be delivered to the Kings Port Division in a future PCCM.

The work at T&R Gravel completed the BT-27 is on the Bedford Secondary to work the local industries.

The BT-27 backs into the siding to make the long pull.

The siding now clear the loaded boxcars are pulled off the caboose. TPFX boxcar #5510 brings up the rear of a four car block for University Millwork

Three B&M RBLs loaded with veneers from Eastern States Plywood and TPFX #5510 loaded with wood products from Triangle Pacific are spotted at University Millwork.

PC boxcar #229036 loaded with bulk cardboard from International Paper is spotted at Berk Enterprises.

PC boxcar #360158 loaded with bagged flour from Blue Ribbon Flour is spotted at the Hostess Plant. This is a timely delivery as a broken processing machine left the Hostess covered hopper with flour from the Rock Ridge NJ Cargill unable to be unloaded. A new machine was delivered in that NYC boxcar and both cars should resume their PCCM cycles in the next PCCM. 

Next stop for BT-27 is the Schaefer Brewery to pull a group of boxcars loaded with the most important flavor in this man's world.

Being spotted at Schaefer are TP&W boxcar #627 loaded with shipping boxes from Canton Box and empty IC boxcar #30130 and BAR boxcar #5226 for their next PCCM loads.

The switch work in Bedford completed the GP7s get held on the Bedford Secondary for this work train returning to Terminal Yard.

The work train is part of the metro division's community outreach program that hires teens to clear snow and ice from the stations and parking lots on Sundays so all is ready for the Monday morning commuters.  

The work train has cleared the main and the GP7s make their runaround move. 

The BT -27 is back together and ready to depart.

BT-27 returns to Terminal Yard.

Alco Joe brings the power for the final train of the day, Train EC-1, out of the engine terminal and heads towards its freight consist.

Train EC-1 heads out of Terminal Yard

EC-1 gets a highball at Bedford Tower.

EC-1 arrives at North Side Yard.

Alco Joe has turned the train over to the Empire Belt RR and chats with the Empire Belt trainmen as he reclaims his conductor and caboose. The consensus is this has been a heckuva virtual op!

We'll cut it here for today with Alco Joe heading back to Terminal Yard caboose lite.

We'll pick it up and close it out tomorrow with the Empire Belt RR making their deliveries and the interchange of freight cars with the Long Island RR.

Be sure to catch the action on PC Ralph's Kings Port Division and Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR.

Thanks for reading and watching!!!

See ya tomorrow!!!