P.C.C.M. Pelude #3

Hi all!

One last post prior to the Saturday dispatch of a train to Selkirk.

Twin RSD12s are assigned to the Kings Port Turn which will pick up cars between West Mill and Kings Port that will be added to the P.C.C.M. 50 kick off!

Pulling forward of the yard lead...

...backed up and now coupled onto a short train of cars for KP Steel and the GULF facility on the river.

The Turn, now designated as WK-1, is told to hold at the Yard entrance.  The engineer intentionally stops on the grade crossing to protect motorists who don't know a second train is coming.

Twenty minutes later an Eastbound unit coal train glides by powered by an F7A-B-B-A consist.

The WM towerman gives a wave after providing the usual roll-by inspection.

The Turn's locos make a quick move to pick up TP&W 627 loaded with packaging for Heileman Brewery

A second car from Canton with a similar load for Freihoefers Bakery was pulled yesterday.

After the car is pulled from Canton Box, the Turn gets underway and is later seen rolling through Upper Kings Port station and Marion.

The train arrives at Kings Port and KP Steel.

The train's brakeman uncouples the locos and TP&W car from the gondolas that will be set out at KP Steel.  First order of business is the pick ups. 

Three gons and two "Bread Box Trough" cars loaded with steel coils are pulled from KP Steel's holding yard. One is headed to Republic Steel, two are for Ford Motor Co., and one is for Shapeless Steel near Rock Ridge.

The train returns to the gons to be set out

....and places the empties at KP Steel

The set-outs completed the Turn reconnects and heads toward the Williams Yard interchange track with the KP&W.

The KP&W set out these four cars for the Penn Central yesterday. 

 The RSD12s run around their train in order to push it back into the interchange to pick up the two covered hoppers from Blue Ribbon Flour (destined for Ronzoni) and the two empty TOFCs.

"There's one of them cabooses"...as Mike Bednar might disparagingly refer to the transfer hack noted for Spartan amenities.

The train is shoved into the cut on the interchange.

...and the cars are pulled out.

Another loco consist runaround followed by placement of the caboose on the next track for later pick up

the last of the Turn's cars roll by the caboose

...the caboose coupled up, and the Turn is ready to head back to West Mill as KW-2

Next stop is the GULF facility which will receive one tanker.

The train reaches the north side of West Mill and picks up a covered hopper from GERN (for GERN's facility in Colorado) and a gon of shredded metal for Ball Container.

All pick-ups competed, the train heads into West Mill Yard.

West Mill yard is looking pretty full in anticipation of Saturday's dispatch of a train to Selkirk.  

Stay tuned!!