P.C,C.M. 74: Post 6 from the KPD

Greetings all!

Its been a busy and fun series with so many cars being moved by John's New York Central Train Layout , Neal's Atlantic Pacific R.R. , and my King Port Division!

When we last visited West Mill the KP&W's "WiBi had stopped to pick up three Penn Central RBLs.  The train has since arrived at Binghamton and cars were sorted into local trains that served Corning Glass Co. by dropping off the Corning covered hopper loaded with silica sand and the two 38 foot coal hoppers from Hudson Coal seen in the background.

A local run in Binghamton to IBM set out the PC RBls loaded with crates from Mike's Lumber and NYC Hi Cube #173861 loaded with wire and cables from Bruce Electric

Turning back to West Mill now we see  string of cars assembled in the yard for the Bloomberg Run.  The two KP&W cars #30112 and 30115 are empty for Zenith TV.

TP&W #627 is loaded with Berk Enterprises labels for Van Winkle Canning, and the old Pacemaker is carrying Drywell Co. ink for the Catskill Mountain Press.

SW9 #8951 tacks a caboose on the Bloomberg cut and then pulls the cars out for their locomotives.

Watch the SW9 pull the Bloomberg Run out of the yard in the video below:

The cars wait for the usual GP35/ GP20 lashup for the run up the Catskill mountains.

Watch the GP35/ GP20 leave the engine track and head for the train in the video below:

The train is poised to leave after a brief confab with WM Tower.

Watch the Bloomberg Run leave West Mill in the video below:

After reaching Bloomberg's industrial parks the TP&W car is set out at Van Winkle Canning and the Pacemaker is left with Catskill Mountain Press, where it is being unloaded in the parking lot due to a lack of a rail side loading bay.

Moving on to Zenith TVs, the two KP&W empties are set out for the television manufacturer, concluding the Bloomberg Run's jobs.

Back at West Mill a pair of six axle Alco RSD12s waits to haul a transfer run to the KP&W's Mayfield Yard to be put together.

The train includes two KP&W ribbed boxcars #644450 and 644455 loaded with food stuffs for Cavendish Foods...

..and a string of empty hoppers recently pulled from the car float that will be forwarded to the KP&W's Lehigh Valley coal connection.

The old reliable yard switcher shoves caboose and cars into the twin RSD12 consist.

Watch the Mayfield Transfer back out of the yard in the video below:

Watch the Mayfield Transfer leave West Mill in the video below:

The transfer to Mayfield leaves Kings Port.

Later, after cars are sorted at Mayfield Yard, a KP&W local sets cars out at Cavendish Foods.

That officially concludes the Kings Port Divisions participation in our 74th virtual ops!  It was an active series with multiple trains and car movements...and news of the 50th anniversary of the Penn Central bankruptcy, a sad occasion to note but an interesting part of history.  Meanwhile Penn Central railroading continues here!  Thanks for following along!