Monday, September 21, 2020

P.C.C.M. 76: Part 6 on the KPD

 Hello all!

Yesterday's installment featured action at West Mill Yard.  Its time to focus on what's happening at the KP&W's Williams Yard.  KP&W Switcher #24 has been busy assembly cars into blocks for dispatch on outgoing trains and setting cars out for unloading at the yard.  

EBBR gons #766053 and P&LE #40081 have been moved to a ramp and crane that will unload pipes for the Hudson Valley Ag Coop.

LV 7120 is set aside for the next "WiBi" to Binghamton.  It is returning empty to Frontier Yard in Buffalo.

The three empty B&M RBLs in the middle of the photo are being assembled into a B&M/KP&W transfer to East Deerfield and will eventually be forwarded to Merrimack NH.

 
The empty four coil coaches for KP Steel, the two NYC 50 foot double door boxcars loaded with toys for Battaglia Bros.Warehouse, and the Cargill hopper for Blue Ribbon Flour are being set up for local delivery.

The Swift reefer that was set out yesterday by the Kings Port Turn from West Mill is brought into Williams Yard...


...and coupled to the cut of cars for East Deerfield.

Williams Yard Local Job #1 powered by S-12 #34 is dispatched...



...and the coil coaches are set out at KP Steel.

#34 runs around the rest of the cars and pushes them to their respective consignees, Battaglia Bros. Warehouse for the NYC boxcars and Blue Ribbon Flour for the Cargill covered hopper.



Back at the yard, the B&M/KP&W train WYED-2 is preparing to depart for East Deerfield with the three B&M RBLs and the Swift reefer among their manifest.





 The last train to be dispatched is today's WiBi-3 for Binghamton.   It will stop at West Mill on the way to pick up the Corning covered hopper.

Speaking of which, West Mill's #8951 is moving that car to an easily accessible siding right now.


Later in the afternoon WiBi-3 arrives at West Mill

LV #7120, heading to Buffalo, can be seen riding on the WiBi.

The three unit consist (including the aging C-Liner on its last legs)  leaves the train to pick up the Corning car.


Coupling it to the WiBi, the train departs West Mill for Binghamton.

 

As WiBi-3 leaves West Mill we can see Sal's excavator is about to be delivered.





After being sorted at Binghamton the Coring covered hopper is placed at Corning Glass Co.

As an epilogue here are photos of the remaining cars that were rolling on the line now at their final destinations.

PC #104478 is temporarily set aside so the two APPR RBLs loaded with pallets can be set out at Van Winkle Canning.

The PC boxcar loaded with Drywell ink is set out at Catskill Mt. Press to finish off the work of this series! 


Thanks for following along!


 

 

2 comments:

  1. Terminal Yard Acknowledges.
    Put it in the books!!
    A great series Ralph!!!

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  2. To: West Mill
    To: Terminal Yard

    From: Rock Ridge Yard

    Acknowledgement – Williams Yard Switcher blocking cars for outbound deliveries
    Acknowledgement – Williams Yard Local Job #1
    Acknowledgement – Train B&M/KP&W train WYED-2 to East Deerfield
    Acknowledgement – Train WiBi-3 for Binghamton

    Rock Ridge Yard Out!

    It’s a wrap! The Spirit of 76 lives on in the Penn Central era! Looks like Sal is a very happy camper with the arrival of his equipment as they got right to work! That yard looked very busy, yet they got the freight sorted, blocked and delivered. Nice work Ralph!

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