P.C.C.M. #73: Part 2 on the KPD

Hi everyone!

In the last installment of this series we saw cars being gathered at West Mill Yard and on the PC/KP&W interchange track in Kings Port for eventual forwarding to Neal's  Atlantic Pacific R.R.  and John's New York Central Train Layout

Today we'll see those cars added to trains headed toward both layouts.  Starting with the cut of cars for the A.P.R.R.,  yard switcher SW9 #8951 is busy putting the string together to be picked up by a Penn Central southbound train to Weehawken.

Cars being forwarded to the APRR's Rock Ridge Yard include empty PRR 86 foot auto parts car #125291...

...and four KP&W boxcars;  two for C&P Restaurant Supply and two for Ideal Auto Parts.

The five cars are set out on a siding next to the main for convenient pick up by VW-3 from Selkirk, scheduled to arrive within an hour.

Watch VW-3 arrive at West Mill in the video below:

Watch the three GP38-2s leave the train to pick up the APRR cut in the video below:

Watch VW-3 leave West Mill with the APRR cars in the video below:

Now that the APRR cut has left town its time for a little bit of intra-layout work as #8951 takes the Hoschton Railway Co. RBL to nearby Canton Box Co. where it will be loaded for the next P.C.C.M. series.

 Now West Mill can focus on getting cars out to Terminal Yard on the N.Y.C.T.L.   Three GP9s are assigned to pull the cars out of West Mill, pick up more at Kings Port, and take them to Selkirk where they will be forwarded to Empire City.

The trio of Geeps backs into their train now designated Extra 7175.

Watch Extra #7175 depart from West Mill with N.Y.C.T.L. cars in tow in the video below:

The Extra reaches Kings Port about an hour later.

Here it will pick up six empty coal hoppers for Hudson Coal to be loaded for RMO Electric...

(They have been separated to avoid blocking Ulster Ave.)

Two coil Evans coil coaches for Gervais Pipe and fittings...

Two 38 foot hoppers for Hudson Coal to be loaded for Corning Glass company...

and PC boxcar #360158 loaded with bagged flour for Hostess.

Extra #7175's crew prepares for the pick ups by cutting the GP9 consist and aligning switches for the three units to access the interchange tracks.

Watch the first moves involved in this pick up in the video below:

The cars have been pulled out of the interchange and then pushed together as one string.  The locomotives return to their cars from West Mill and then pull them forward to pick up the cut from the interchange....

Watch the action in the video below as the West Mill part of the train moves ahead to pick up the Kings Port cut:

The caboose is uncoupled for the last moves to pick up the Kings Port string of cars

Backing toward the Kings Port cut..

Watch the train be fully assembled and head out of Kings Port for Selkirk in the video below:

The manifest on this train includes:

EBRR  509823 with tanks for West Chemical 
APRR 9416 with aggregate for NYS DOT 10
EL 73510 with bagged cement for Gotham Building Supply
2 WRMX Gulf tankers with fuel for Ford
IC #30130 with soda for Ralph's Grocery Warehouse
NYC Early Bird with bagged cement for Neal's Lumber 
NYC Pacemaker with 55 gallon drums for Drywell Ink
2 Evans coil coaches for Gervais Pipe and Fittings
6 coal hoppers for Hudson Coal
2 38 foot hoppers for Hudson Coal
PC 360158 with flour for hostess.

That concludes posting about outbound traffic from the KPD in this series.  Next week we'll follow the inbound traffic from the APRR and N.Y.C.T.L. and final delivery of freight cars to their consignees!

P.C.C.M . 73: Part 1 on the KPD

Hello again!

We're off and running on our 73rd "virtual ops" series between layouts that are a thousand miles apart.  Thanks to a mutual appreciation of the  Penn Central we call these operations series "Penn Central Car Movements" or "P.C.C.M.s" for short.

Here we go again and you're invited to join along.

Today I'm posting about movements I made in anticipation of forwarding freight cars to John's  New York Central Train Layout  and Neal's  Atlantic Pacific R.R.

Starting at the interchange track between the PC and my freelanced Kings Port & Western R.R. we see PRR 86 footer #125291, just set out and waiting to be picked up by a southbound PC train to West Mill.   This car was noteworthy for its recent involvement in an emergency toilet paper shipment to Battaglia Brothers Warehouse.   The car is now empty for return to Rock Ridge Yard on the APRR.

After spotting the PRR car, S12 switcher #34 from Williams Yard also sets out PC #360158 and two 38 foot hoppers.   The PC boxcar is loaded with bagged flour from Blue Ribbon for Hostess in Empire City.  The two hoppers had been loaded with ballast for MOW at Williams Yard and are now being sent empty to Hudson Coal to load for Corning Glass Co.'s power plant.

The three cars are waiting for a northbound PC train to Selkirk for eventual forwarding to Terminal Yard.

Meanwhile at KP Steel six empty hoppers and two loaded Evans steel coil coaches are about to be pushed out to the interchange.  The coil cars are for Gervais Pipe and Fittings

The empty hoppers are for Hudson Coal to load for RMO Electric on Neal's layout. 

Watch the action at KP Steel in the video below:

The two KP Steel industrial switchers are new creations from my "purgatory box" of junk equipment.  I've had them for over 30 years and finally decided to make something of them.  They were inspired by Neal recently posting about his Tropicana plant having its own company switcher.  These KP Steel company switchers are actually unpowered.  I'll admit to having a little fun with them by placing a powered loco at the end of the string of cars and pulling them out to make it seem as if the little switchers were doing the work. 

The hoppers and coil cars now wait for a northbound to Selkirk along with the two 38 foot hoppers and PC boxcar #360158.

Before they are picked up, southbound PC Extra #5689 arrives to take the PRR 86 footer to West Mill.    See the Extra arrive with its GP9/ F7B consist in the video below:

 The train is cut to avoid blocking Ulster Ave.

and then moves to pick up the PRR 86 footer in the video below:

Other cars soon to be heading to either the  APRR or N.Y.C.T.L. are picked up by a Kings Port Turn out of West Mill.  It is seen below picking up an A.P.R.R hopper loaded with aggregate for New York State DOT Region 10's thruway project. 

While there, the Turn sets out two PS-2 covered hoppers that were picked up at the Kings Port Engine yard where they dispensed locomotive sand for the yard's sand towers. This is one of my intra-layout moves in this series.

The Turn picks up three cars at Reynolds Beverage Distributors and Booms Ready Mix.  The EL boxcar and NYC Early Bird with the jade door are loaded with bagged cement for Gotham Bldg. Supply and Neal's Lumber respectively.   PC boxcar #104478 is picked up empty for an intra-layout move to Amalgamated Container.    

The Kings Port Turn also picks up GM&O boxcar #21129 for an intra-layout move to Quality Fabrications and two tankers of fuel for Ford Motor Co.

Turning our attention the next day to the Mayfield area, the Kings Port & Western pulls an aged NYC Pacemaker now loaded with new 55 gallon drums for Drywell Ink and Empire Belt gon #509823 loaded with storage tanks for West Chemical.

After pulling the two cars it sets out PC boxcar #104478 that was pulled from Reynolds Beverage Distributors to be loaded with more drums for Drywell Ink.

The cars are brought to Mayfield Yard where they are later tacked onto a transfer run to West Mill seen arriving below.

Most of the cars are loaded hoppers for the car float to take to Port Owen's power plant.

But, the two cars pulled from ACCO are seen at the tail end...

..and seen again later spotted in the yard.

After setting out the Pacemaker and EBRR gon the transfer pushes the coal cars into the yard.

Lets take a look at what the Bloomberg Branch is offering in this P.C.C.M. series.   Switching action at the industrial park includes Picking up IC boxcar #3130 and KP&W #644450 and 644455, all loaded with soda from Woodstock Hills.  The IC car is heading to Ralph's Grocery warehouse on John's layout while the two KP&W cars are going to C&P Restaurant Supply on Neal's.

And now, from Van Winkle Canning, a Hoschton Railway RBL is picked up empty for Canton Box Co. as an intra-layout move.

Moving over to Quality Fabrications, two more KP&W boxcars #30112 and 30115 are pulled, loaded with catalytic converters for Ideal Auto Parts on Neal's layout

Before heading back to West Mill three NYC double door boxcars are spotted at Zenith TV as an intra-layout move. The cars were forwarded empty from IBM in Binghamton.  The red GM&O boxcar #21129 that was pulled earlier from Gulf, seen behind the NYC cars,  was set out at Quality Fabrications.

Its work done, the Bloomberg Run returns to West Mill with cars for this P.C.C.M.

Watch the action as the Bloomberg Run holds for a train of empty hoppers before setting the cars out at West Mill Yard.

Cars now at West Mill Yard to be forwarded to the A.P.R.R. include:

PRR 125291  Empty for Rock Ridge Yard
KP&W 30112 and 30115 loaded with catalytic converters for Ideal Auto Parts
KP&W 644450 and 6544455 loaded with soda for C&P Restaurant Supply


Cars now at West Mill to be forwarded to the N.Y.C.T.L. include:

IC 30130 loaded with soda for Ralph's Grocery Warehouse
EBRR 509823 loaded with storage tanks for West Chemical
NYC Pacemaker loaded with new 55 gallon drums for Drywell Ink 
EL 73510  loaded with bagged cement for Gotham Building Supply
NYC Early Bird loaded with bagged cement for Neal's Lumber
APRR 9416  loaded with aggregate for NYS DOT #10
Two WRMX Gulf tankers of fuel for Ford Motor Co.

Tomorrow these cars will be assembled for dispatch to the A.P.R.R. and the N.Y.C.T.L.
Stay tuned!