P.C.C.M. 76: Part 1 on on the KPD

 Hello again!

After the milestone 75th virtual ops series between our layouts we're following up with Patriotic 76!  Well, the PC was not in existence anymore during the actual American Bicentennial as Conrail took over that year but the number 76 always has that connotation.

You'll see some pre-Bicentennial Year action modeled in this series as the PC, although having declared bankruptcy, is still dispatching trains and moving cars.  This three-layout virtual ops series includes John's  New York Central Train Layout  and Neal's  Atlantic Pacific R.R. as well as my own Kings Port Division.

Starting things off early at 8 AM, we're railfanning at the Kings Port & Western's Mayfield Yard, using our long range camera lens to capture the latest transfer run to the PC's West Mill Yard.  The two locomotive consist rolls by...

...followed by six cars from ACME Auto Parts for Ford, including 86 foot boxcars PRR #125291, NYC #67086....

...Empire Belt #608279 (a railfan favorite!), NYC #53051...

...KP&W #503353 and PC/TOC #50562.

The train is also hauling a pair of cars from Amalgamated Container, carrying new 55 gallon drums.  NYC #80755 and LV #66392 are both headed to Drywell Ink.

The PC Hi Cube and two KP&W boxcars are being forwarded from Peerless Appliance.  PC #272742 is loaded with refrigeration equipment for Bucola Cold Storage in Buffalo

..while KP&W #644450 and 644455 are loaded with kitchen appliances for Three Amigos Warehouse near the A.P.R.R.'s  Rock Ridge Yard.

09:35-The train arrives at West Mill to set out the cars and pick up a string of empty hoppers to return to Mayfield Yard.

The train cuts its caboose and temporarily leaves it on the car float lead. 

 ...and then backs the string of cars into West Mill Yard in the video below:

The KP&W power uncouples from the cars it set out at West Mill...

...and prepares to move over one track to pick up a string of empty coal hoppers bound for the LV Coal Connection.

The train prepares to leave West Mill

Watch the coal hoppers get pulled out in the video below:

The train picks up its caboose for the journey back to Mayfield.

11:20- We are waiting for Penn Central Train BWM-2, the Bloomberg run, to return to West Mill.  It will hold at this signal before taking the main and later entering the yard.

Watch BWM-2 hold for a helper set of twin FP7s heading for an assignment in Kings Port in the video below.

The NYC caboose is set out on the caboose track prior to backing the cars into the yard.

Watch the Bloomberg cars get set out at West Mill in the video below:

 14:05- The Kings Port Turn, working in Kings Port, picks up PC #160502 that was set on the KP&W interchange track after being pulled from Battaglia Brothers Warehouse.  The car is loaded with various items for All City Storage. 

14:38- The Turn prepares to pick up two Gulf tank cars and TP&W boxcar #627 from the Gulf facility on the river.  The tankers are loaded with fuel for Ford while the box car is loaded with 55 gallon drums of cutting oil for Walsh Steel Wool.

After picking up the cars at Gulf the Turn heads for West Mill

Watch the Kings Port Turn with its pair of RSD12s bring in cars to West Mill Yard in the video below:

16:18- A KP&W "BiWi" (Binghamton to Williams Yard) train arrives at West Mill to drop off a cut of cars in the video below:

The train's caboose stops near West Mill Yard's tower so the conductor can confer with the yard office. 

The cut of cars for West Mill is uncoupled from the train.

.....and pulled forward so they can access the yard entrance.

Watch the cut from Binghamton get set out at West Mill Yard in the video below:

The rest of the BiWi waits for its F7A &B power to return.

Watch the BiWi leave West Mill for Williams Yard in Kings Port in the video below:

After the BiWi is clear SW9 #8951 is given the task of pulling the Binghamton cut into the yard.

Watch the action in the video below:

All of the cars scheduled for dispatch on outgoing trains to John's N.Y.C.T.L. and Neal's A.P.R.R. have been gathered at West Mill.

Stay tuned as they are blocked into north and southbound trains!

Thanks for following along!