This is another installment of action that occurred prior to the big launch of P.C.C.M. 50 on Saturday. Those cars that will be dispatched from West Mill to Selkirk had to come from somewhere!
We dive into the action right away as a local dispatched from the Kings Port & Western's Mayfield Yard is at work pulling cars from Cavendish Foods, ACME Auto Part, and Peerless Appliance.
This Penn Central Covered hopper is loaded with brewing and distillation remnants that will be used as cattle feed at the Union Stockyards in Colorado.
ACME Auto Parts has five loaded cars for the Ford Motor Company.
The local moves on to Peerless Appliance to pick up two KP&W boxcars loaded with washing machines.
A RDG boxcar and NYC gon remain at Peerless Appliance as the local returns to Mayfield. The cars the local picked up will be forwarded to West Mill.
The next day, farther down the KP&W's mainline to Salamanca NY, work is done at Corning Glass.
SD9 #897 seems to get around on the KP&W as it pulls a pair of B&M RBLs and an NYC Hi Cube loaded with bottles for Heileman's Brewery. OK...I forgot to switch out locos for this series of pics!
Cars are also pulled from International Paper. These three PC cars are loaded with cardboard container material for Tropicana.
The cars from Corning and International Paper are later forwarded to Binghamton and placed on a train headed for West Mill.
At the same time a transfer run from Mayfield arrives at West Mill setting up a KP&W meet!
The transfer run with an ALCO consist from Mayfield holds....
...as Extra #110 from Binghamton, powered by a pair of F7As, approaches from the south side of town.
Extra #110 passes by the waiting Mayfield Transfer.
Shortly after the caboose passes by Extra #110 will push its cars into West Mill Yard.
Once Extra #110 has cleared the Mayfield Transfer takes the main to eventually enter West Mill Yard and drop off its cars as well.
West Mill Yard is filling up in anticipation of the dispatch of the train to Selkirk!
I'll post one more prelude installment featuring the Penn Central bringing cars to West Mill prior to Saturday's big event!
Thanks for taking a look!
A very nice showcase of the behind the scenes train moves showcasing the KP&W and PC. I'm really enjoying these preludes and it's great to see the amount of rail traffic being moved. Nice work Ralph!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks! Preludes to this series were a good idea!
DeleteExcellent start to the series! That under the layout shelf layout sure adds a lot of operation! It absolutely adds to the interest of the opps and gives a more complete story line, especially when we can see a starting point and ending point of a particular car. I presume the same shelf is used for both branch lines? Great work!
ReplyDeleteYep! I use the shelf to represent both of the KP&W branches and can also convey Mayfield and Williams Yards by placing a panel with several tracks on it to represent yard tracks. I have a yard office with signs on either side with both Yard names. Simply tun the building around and you're some place else!
DeleteThe action never ceases on the KP&W! I really like the moves with the background flats you've added. It inspired some of mine as well, and I thank you! Those PC Evans RBL cars do look sharp! I hope Selkirk is a number of yard tracks ready to receive all of this freight!
ReplyDeleteThe new PC cars do look good! We are moving a lot of freight this time around!
DeleteAgree with the previous comments, really nice start to the PCCM. Really enjoy seeing the KP&W in action, with all of the car movements and train building.
ReplyDeleteThanks Brian!
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