P.C.C.M. 63, Part 7, Final installment on the KPD

Hello all,

The Kings Port Division has been a bit behind in this series but wraps up the current virtual ops series today.

A crew gathers at Williams Yard for WiBi-1, the KP&W's symbol freight from Williams Yard to Binghamton.  This train will stop at West Mill to pick up a block of cars that were forwarded from the A.P.R.R. and the N.Y.C.T.L.

Pooled power for WiBi-1 today is a consist of four F7A's with KP&W partner railroad, the B&O, taking the point at the head end.  The B&O units routinely arrive at either West Mill or Williams Yard with unit trains of empty hoppers from Rochester and then make the run back West with a manifest freight. 

A pair of KP&W covered wagons completes the quartet.

Watch WiBi-1 leave Williams Yard in the video below.

Meanwhile, over at West Mill, cars from the A.P.R.R. going West on the KP&W include three Penn Central RBLs loaded with crates for IBM in Binghamton...

...and two 38 foot hoppers of coal from the N.Y.C.T.L. for Corning Glass's power plant. 

In preparation for the arrival of WiBi-1, West Mill's switcher is pulling the cut of cars the train will pick up and placing them in a pocket to expedite the move.

The cut for Binghamton is ready for WiBi-1

Watch WiBi-1 roar over Ulster Ave's crossing on its way to West Mill in the video below:

The KP&W train arrives at West Mill...

....cuts the four unit consist and couples up to the block of cars set aside for pick up.

Pulling the block beyond the switch it then backs it into the rest of WiBi-1...

...and then pulls the train forward.

WiBi-1 departs West Mill as the sound of four EMD prime movers echos off the walls of Empire Grain and Canton Box Company.  

See the train pass West Mill Yard as it leaves town for Binghamton

After the train arrives at Binghamton it is broken up and locals are dispatched to carry the cars to their final destinations.   The two 38 foot coal hoppers from Hudson Coal reach Corning Glass's yard for placement at the power plant.  The local passes behind some coal hoppers already emptied at the plant.

...and sets out the loads for the company switcher to place. 

Later the three PC cars loaded with crates are set out at IBM.

That finally concludes the virtual operations for this series on the Kings Port Division. Thanks for riding along!

P.C.C.M. 63, Part 6: KP&W train picks up cars from West Mill for final delivery.

Greetings!

Cars set out at West Mill Yard from Neal's Atlantic Pacific R.R. 
are now assembled into a block to be interchanged with the Kings Port & Western to transfer to their Mayfield Yard and eventual delivery to their consignees. 

West Mill's Yard switcher pulls the cut into a pocket for pick up by a transfer run from Williams Yard to Mayfield.

A couple of hours after the out was set out KP&W's Extra 897 appears for the pick up.

Other "non-player" cars come into view after the virtual ops cut for Mayfield passes by. 

The Extra, now including the cars from Rock Ridge, takes the branch for Mayfield. 

The train arrives at Mayfield Yard.

A short local is dispatched from Mayfield to serve Amalgamated Container where the Empire gon is dropped off for loading...

...while the two corrugated PC gons loaded with steel stock are set out at ACME Auto Parts.

That takes care of the cars from the A.P.R.R. sent to the KPD in this series.   One more installment featuring the rest of the cars forwarded to West Mill.

P.C.C.M. 63, Part 5: Cars are set out from Williams Yard and West Mill

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Cars from the N.Y.C.T.L. were dropped off at the KP&W's Williams Yard the other day.  They are now being set out at their respective consignees.

Three smaller units leave Williams Yard both shoving and pulling cars on the Steel Job local.

The train is first seen as coal hoppers emerge from the over pass by the Williams Yard Office...

...and cross Ulster Ave.

After the hoppers for KP Steel go by, B&M RBL #105, loaded with packaging materials for Blue Ribbon Flour, comes into view.

Before the coal hoppers are shoved into KP Steel's Receiving Yard the B&M car is cut and left behind.  It will be moved to Blue Ribbon Flour after the hopper set-outs are completed.

The hoppers enter KP Steel's Yard.

The hoppers set out, the switcher consist returns to the B&M car

...couples up to it and gives it a shove toward Blue Ribbon Flour

Watch a short video of the action below:

Meanwhile, over at West Mill Yard, cars have been sorted for three local trains.    The first includes only two cars: PC boxcar #104478, loaded with Rheingold Beer for Reynolds Beverage Distributors...

...and this PC covered hopper for Booms Ready Mix (a non-player car)

GP9 # 7085 gets the call for this short local.

..and enters the yard to pick up the two cars.

 Watch the short local to Reynolds Beverage and Booms Ready Mix in the video below.

More switching action tomorrow!