Yesterday we celebrated the accomplishment of Apollo 11 and the delivery of cars on the Mountain Branch. Today we'll finish off by following set-outs in the Mayfield area and the delivery of the HRC boxcar sitting at West Mill to Reynolds Beverage near Kings Port.
A KP&W transfer dispatched yesterday from West Mill has been sorted at Mayfield Yard to create a train of empty coal hoppers for the Lehigh Valley connection into coal country.
The train includes the two KP&W hoppers sent from Rock Ridge Yard on the A.P.R.R.
LV #305 powers the train out of Mayfield.
The other two cars forwarded from West Mill include PRR #125468 for ACME Auto Parts and IC 30130. The IC boxcar loaded with tea to be included in Cavendish packaged English meals is being set out in the background.
PRR #125468 then gets its turn at ACME.
That concludes the Kings Port & Western R.R.'s participation in this series but there is still one car left to move. A load of Heileman's beer languishes in this HRC boxcar for Reynolds Beverage Distributors.
The car is currently blocked in the yard by a the string of loaded coal hoppers the KP&W dropped off yesterday.
West Mill's yard switcher gets to work placing the loaded hoppers on the carfloat
After the carfloat is loaded a pair of RSD12s fires up and moves to pull the HRC boxcar.
We now have a very short local ready to go with one set-out.
Watch as the short "Turn" pauses for a light engine run from Weehawken to Selkirk.
The Turn picks up a SP boxcar from Canton Box Co.
The HRC car will replace the LV boxcar currently sitting behind Reynolds.
The train pulls ahead of the switch to the industrial spur...
...and backs into it toward Reynolds while a crewman protects Ulster Ave.
The Lehigh Valley car is pulled out and placed on the main.
The HRC car full of Heilemans Beer is set out at Reynolds Beverage Distributors.
Arriving at West Mill the Turn picks up cars at Sal's Salvage and GERN.
The Turn crosses the road with cars in front and behind the Alco consist...
The crew is still talking in amazement about yesterday's Apollo 11 moon landing and Neil Armstrong's historic first steps. As they tie up the Turn conductor Danny Rand nearly lands on his butt as he slips getting off the locomotive, prompting his engineer to joke "That's one small step for Dan...one giant leap for Rand-kind". ...Oof!....
Well perhaps its a good thing that this concludes the KPD's involvement in P.C.C.M. 62! Thanks for following along and remember to check John's Blog and Neal's Blog for the virtual ops action on their layouts!
To: West Mill / Rock Ridge
ReplyDeleteFrom: Terminal Yard
Acknowledge Dispatch of Kings Port Turn
Acknowledge Dispatch of KP&W Mayfield Transfer
Terminal Yard out...
An excellent wrap up from the KPD!!! The Lite Engines video was fantastic! Thanks for including it. I enjoyed the entire series and seeing the final cars delivered on the P&W and KPD was the incing on the cake.
Danny Rand's engineer is gonna get a lotta mileage coopting Neil Armstrong's famous line every time danny stumbles!
Excellent Post and series Ralph!!
To: West Mill
ReplyDeleteTo: Terminal Yard
From: Rock Ridge Yard
Acknowledgement - Dispatch of Kings Port Turn and dispatch of KP&W Mayfield Transfer
Rock Ridge Yard Out!
Way to wrap up an exciting series! I always enjoy the moves you make and the last one with the HRC freight car will always remind us of our long lost friend. Nice play on words for your engineer Danny Rand. Hope he gets it like we did...