P.C.C.M. 78 Grain Train op!

 Hello,

Its been a while since we featured a unit Grain Train in our "virtual ops"!   In this single weekend Penn Central Car Movement series (P.C.C.M.) we're shipping several cars loaded with grain to the massive elevator at Terminal Yard's Pier 16 on John's  New York Central Train Layout .   Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR will join my Kings Port Division in forwarding multiple covered hoppers to Terminal Yard.

 Before dispatching a unit grain train from West Mill to Selkirk with cars for Terminal Yard those cars need to get to West Mill first!  We'll see three trains bring a variety of covered hoppers loaded with grain into West Mill Yard.  The first is the Bloomberg Turn that operates out of West Mill, serving the Catskill Mountain community of Bloomberg.  Watch as as the train's GP20/GP30 consist picks up cars from the local elevator.  Most of today's action is on video provided by grain train railfans!

The Turn arrives back at West Mill with grain hoppers in tow 
 

Watch the Turn shove the first string of covered hoppers for this op into West Mill Yard.

 

 

The locomotives are cut from the train and head to the engine service track:

 

After the Turn's power is out of the way SW9 #8951 gets the call to pick up several loaded grain cars at nearby Empire Grain.

After pulling the grain cars out of Empire Grain the cut is pushed back onto the main to access the Yard Entrance.

 

Watch the SW9 bring the cars into the yard, now doubling the number that will eventually head to Selkirk and Terminal Yard.

 
Later in the afternoon the daily KP&W transfer from Mayfield Yard, Extra #566, brings in more covered hoppers.

 

Two cuts of grain hoppers can be seen in the foreground waiting for the next string to join them.

 Watch the KP&W RS3/F7B consist bring the covered hoppers in from Mayfield.

 

 

 

The Mayfield Transfer cuts its caboose and backs the string into the Yard.

The last string of grain cars for Selkirk/Terminal Yard is delivered to West Mill Yard.

 

The yard is now full of grain cars!  Stay tuned tomorrow as they are assembled into a a unit grain train and dispatched to Selkirk!