Penn Central Car Movements #103 Part 4 / The Inbound Series Begins

 Greetings All,

 Welcome back to Penn Central Car Movements #103!!!

Our first PCCM of 2024 continues today with PCCM freight cars from Ralph's Kings Port Division and Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR arriving on the layout and being moved to their intended destinations.

The first of two inbound trains is PC Train TY-2 from Selkirk with PCCM freight traffic for the Penn Central from both the KPD and APRR. PC GP38 #2010 leads the TY-2 past the always busy Bedford Tower.

Train TY-2 brings PCCM traffic from the APRR and KPD to Terminal Yard.

The 2010 with pool power Cotton Belt GP40s, making their PCCM debut, and a PC SD35 bring Train TY-2 into Terminal Yard.

The TY-2 power rolls into the engine terminal. You know the 1:87 railfan grapevine will be humming with these foreign road units that can be photographed from the public street at left. 

Kar Knocker is out to inspect the TY-2 freight consist and Big Mike gets ready to pull the caboose.

The TY-2 caboose is shoved into the caboose track.

Big Mikes sets up the yard.

With the TY-2 consist inspected and released Big Mike gets to work building the local trains that will deliver these PCCM cars to their intended consignees. At least that's the plan! Four empty APRR ballast hoppers, two non PCCM depressed center flatcars and six empty coal hoppers from Kings Port Steel will make up today's Train MR-1.

Two steel coil coaches from Kings Port Steel loaded with steel coils and an EBRR boxcar of hot auto parts from IDEAL Auto Parts will be heading to the Bedford Park Ford Plant in Train BP-41.

Two empty EBRR boxcars are placed in Train BT-27, the Bedford Turn, to fulfill PCCM empty car requests from the Schaefer Brewery.

A PC boxcar couples up to a pair of empty tank cars on the diesel fuel track.

With the fuel track clear three Gulf tank cars loaded with diesel fuel are coupled up and ready for movement to the fuel track.

The tank cars which came from the Gulf River Facility are placed on the fuel track for unloading. 

With his work complete and the yard in order Big Mike calls it quits.

But there are still plenty of train movements that need to be made as the Yard A crew is preparing to depart Yard A for Terminal Yard and the Terminal Warehouse and Cold Storage Complex.

The 16A is on the move.

The 16A Job with the empty NPM 473 reefer from Yard A couples onto three PCCM Penn Central boxcars and a non PCCM APRR boxcar for movement to the T.W.&.C.S. complex.

A cut of cars get pulled from the T.W.&.C.S. siding.

PC boxcars #229258 and #229408 delivering their first PCCM loads of bulk hardware from American Hardware in Rock Ridge, NJ are shoved to the loading docks of the Bendix Corp.

PC boxcar #360508 loaded with paper products from Marcal in Rock Ridge, NJ is spotted for unloading at Consolidated Grocery Distributors. Empty NPM Reefer #473 is placed at Birdseye for its next PCCM load.

The 16A gets ready to shove back to Yard A with the freight cars from the T.W.&C.S. complex

The 16A heads back to Yard A.

While the Yard A crew continues with some non PCCM work at Pier 16 lets check out the nocturnal arrival of engineer Robert R at Bedford Park Yard.

Robert R gets to work at the Ford Plant pulling two empty non PCCM coil cars for movement back to Detroit.

The next move is on Ford siding #1 to pull three empty boxcars also going back to Detroit. During this era the Motor City could still brag about Detroit Muscle and the PC did there part to give truth to that claim.

Robert R stops at Bedford Tower to get permission to head to Terminal Yard as Train BP-12

Train BP-12 rolls thru Bedford.

Train BP-12 arrives in Terminal Yard.

Robert R checks in with the trainmaster and yard crew as his locomotive builds up the air for a quick turnaround to Bedford Park Yard as Train BP-41

The BP-41 hustles back to BedfordPark Yard.

Train BP-14 arrives back in Bedford Park.

Two cars of steel coils from Kings Port Steel in Kings Port NY are shoved into the Bedford Park Ford Plant steel track.

After making the required runaround move a non PCCM NYC boxcar is shoved into All City Storage.

EBRR boxcar #503827 loaded with hot auto parts is shoved into siding #1. The EBRR has two specially painted boxcars that are used in Ford service.

We'll cut it here for today with Robert R tying down his RS1 and caboose in the yard.

We're right back at it tomorrow starting in Terminal Yard the Bedford Turn heading out first.

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

Thanks for reading and watching!!!

See you tomorrow!!!

Penn Central Car Movements #103 Part 3 / Conclusion of Outbound Operations

 Greetings All,

 Welcome back to Penn Central Car Movements #103!!!

Our first PCCM of 2024 continues today with more PCCM freight cars being gathered for movement to Ralph's Kings Port Division and Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR and the dispatch of our outbound trains.

The action starts in Terminal Yard as the yard job has shoved the EB-2 freight cars into the yard before going off duty. The waybills have been submitted to the yard office where the manifests for the outbound trains will be made up for the incoming yard crew.

With that the Pier 16 Yard A 16A crew is now on duty and departing Yard A with an NYC Alco FA-FB-FB-FA set that has somehow eluded trade in or scrapping. Ssshhh...

The 16A job heads to Terminal Yard.

The 16A is working the Terminal Warehouse and Cold Storage Complex pulling out a block of freight cars including empty NPM Reefer 473 for its next PCCM load.

The 16A heads back to Yard A.

The 16A is back at Yard A. Empty NPM Reefer 473 is spotted for cleaning, refueling and precooling before being moved to Birdseye in the TW&CS complex for its next PCCM load. 

Over at Terminal Yard an F7A-GP7 consist is ready to depart with Train MR-1, the Mine Run to Hudson Coal and T&R Gravel. 

Train MR-1 departs Terminal Yard.

The Mine Run job eases down track #1 to access the switch into T&R Gravel.

Four Penn Central PS-2 covered hoppers loaded with locomotive sand for the APRR Richmond Hill Engine Terminal are pulled from T&R Gravel.

The four PC covered hoppers are temporarily placed in Hudson Coal.

A non PCCM PC covered hopper at left is shoved into T&R Gravel with empty EL boxcar 73510 that will get its next PCCM load.

The MR-1 is now working Hudson Coal and pulling out the loaded hoppers.

The last of the loaded hoppers are pulled.

The Mine Run pulls the loads out of Hudson Coal.

The MR-1 is held on the Bedford Secondary near Bedford Tower awaiting clearance to cross over to the mainline to deliver the empty hoppers to Hudson Coal.

Empty hoppers get delivered to Hudson Coal.

The empties are spotted.

The locomotives have coupled onto the loaded hoppers and await clearance to return to Terminal Yard as Train MR-2.

Train MR-2 heads back to Terminal Yard.

The MR-2 arrives in Terminal Yard as PC Ralph checks out the hood unit cab unit lash up.

With the EBRR Extra 6720 gone Kar Knocker and Big Mike get down to business building our outbound trains.

Big Mike gets to work blocking and building the outbound trains.

Several hours later (literally!) the trains are built and it's time to call the road crews. Train SK-5 with the F7 A-B-A lash up will be first out followed by Train SK-7 with the GP40 consist.

Engine Hostler Wet Willie wipes his brow after coupling the FP7s onto a train of loaded coal hoppers that will be Extra 4348. 

Train SK-5 is on the move!!

The SK-5 gets a highball at Bedford Tower. Next stop Selkirk!

Thirty minutes later Train SK-7 is on the move!!!

The highballs are flying at Bedford Tower. Next stop Selkirk.

Last but certainly not least Extra 4348 departs Terminal Yard.

The towerman keeps the west bound parade moving as Extra 4348 gets a highball. Next stop Selkirk!!!

This concludes the outbound series on my layout. Be sure to catch all the action on PC Ralph's Kings Port Division and Sir Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR. We'll be back for the Inbound series this Friday.

Thanks for reading and watching!!!

See you Friday!!!