P.C.C.M. 80: Part 6 on the KPD

 Hello once again!

This is the final KPD post of the 80th series of our virtual ops between John's New York Central Train Layout  , Neal's Atlantic Pacific R.R.  and my own Kings Port Division.   

This time we'll follow six cars originally dispatched by the A.P.R.R. from Rock Ridge Yard to Weehawken. They were interchanged there with the Penn Central and added to PC train WV-2 heading up the River Line to Selkirk.

The train will make an intermediate stop at West Mill to drop off some of the cars. 

Watch WV-2 arrive at West Mill in the short video below:

WV-2 will be dropping of the Morton Salt covered hopper loaded with salt for Cavendish Foods and two PC gons for ACME Auto Parts.  The three B&M RBLs seen at the front of the train will continue to Selkirk where they will be forwarded to Mechanicville for their return home to Merrimack, NH.  Watch the edited switching action in the video below:

WV-2 leaves for Selkirk after the three cars have been set out.

They are pulled into West Mill Yard by one of the switchers.  Sharp eyed blog followers may notice a continuity error in this post.  Hopefully I won't be making a routine of including one per installment!  If you haven't noticed it, then all I can say is that I "recoil" at my inattentiveness and hope "bygones" can be "bygones"

The Morton Salt car and the two loaded gons are coupled up with some "nonplayer" boxcars for a run to the KP&W's Mayfield Yard.  A New England style caboose is added for the trip

Today's power will be West Mill's trusty pair of RSD12s, most often seen on the Kings Port Turn.

Watch the six axle Alcos back into their train and then shove it out of West Mill Yard to access the mainline in the video below:

Now in position to proceed to Mayfield, the crew confers with WM Tower while waiting for permission to depart.

Watch the train, now designated as Extra #6869, leave West Mill in the video below:

The train arrives at Mayfield and the next morning the three cars are sent out on KP&W local, Extra #761.   The Morton Salt car is set out at Cavendish to help boost the sodium content of their fine packaged English meals!  Beer sales often skyrocket with Cavendish foods!

PC gons #576104 and #576123 are set out at ACME Auto parts.

As an epilogue, we see the three B&M RBLs have made it to Mechanicville and are waiting for a train to take them to Merrimack, New Hampshire as part of their rotating car movement cycle.

 

That concludes the action on the KPD for this series!  Thanks for following along and for looking the other way a time or two!  :)

P.C.C.M. 80: Part 5 on the KPD

Welcome back to another "inbound" portion of this 80th virtual ops series between John's New York Central Train Layout , Neal's Atlantic Pacific R.R. , and my Kings Port Division.   In my previous installment the second train dispatched from John's  Terminal Yard, Extra #1805, set out cars at Kings Port and then continued on its way.   An hour later Extra #1805 reached West Mill with its short train.  Watch it arrive in the video below:

The three cars brought into West Mill Yard by Extra #1805 include EBRR #360279 loaded with processing machines from Reliable Machine for International Paper Co., NYC #80755 from Moore & Co. loaded with bulk cardboard for Canton Box Co., and NH #36116 loaded with pallets from City Pallet for Port Owen Brick Co. 

The NH car is heading to Port Owen Brick Co. so it needs to be loaded on the car float.  SD9 #6922 prepares to grab the car

Watch the action in the video below:

The car is seen on the car float with coal hoppers for Port Owen's Edison Power Plant ready to depart.

After a 45 minute river trip the car is pulled off the float at Port Owen

...and set out at Port Owen Brick Co.

After the New Haven car was loaded onto the carfloat EBRR #360279 and NYC #80755 were coupled up to Penn Central boxcar #229046 which will be going to International Paper with the EBBR car.   Watch the yard switcher set out the International Paper Co. cars for the KP&W to pick up, and then prepare to deliver NYC #80755 to Canton Box in the video below:

The set out at Caxton Box looked like this.  TP&W #627 was pulled and NYC #80755 was set out in its place. TP&W #627, now loaded with shipping boxes for Schaefer Beer, was brought into the yard to be sent out during the next P.C.C.M. series.

Things settle for a while but later in the afternoon the Kings Port & Western's transfer from Williams Yard to Binghamton (The WiBi) arrives at West Mill to pick up the two cars for International Paper. 

Watch the action as the WiBi's pair of F7As picks up the cars:

After picking up EBRR #360279 and PC #229046, the WiBi continues on its way to Binghamton.

After reaching Binghamton the two cars were taken off the train and forwarded on the KP&W's "Paper Run" to International Paper Co.

The cars are set out by KP&W GP9 #769

That's all for today.  We'll wrap it up tomorrow as a train from Weehawken brings cars from Neal's A.P.R.R. to West Mill.

P.C.C.M. 80: Part 4 on the KPD

 Greetings everyone!

We are starting the "inbound" part of our 80th Penn Central Car Movement series in which trains from John's New York Central Train Layout  and Neal's Atlantic Pacific R.R.  arrive on my layout in this virtual op.

Last weekend John's Terminal Yard dispatched a hotshot consisting of Auto Racks, car parts, steel, and TOFCs with cars for both the A.P.R.R. and my Kings Port Division.  Here it is pictured about to leave Terminal Yard

It can later be seen below arriving at Kings Port on my layout.

The caboose is cut so the four TOFCs and two steel coil coaches can be left on the Kings Port interchange.

The TOFCs are set out to the left of the Ulster Ave. grade crossing

...and the two coil coaches are placed on the right side.

After the rest of the hotshot reconnects itself and heads on its way to Neal's Rock Ridge Yard, KP Steel's industrial switcher #2 heads out to grab the two coil coaches on the interchange.

The Kings Port & Western's Williams Yard sends out a pair of SW9s to pick up the four TOFCs left on the interchange and bring them into the yard for off loading.

Two days later another train from Terminal Yard arrives at Kings Port.  It can be seen on the left in the photo below leaving Terminal Yard with an F7A at the head end

Watch the train arrive at Kings Port as Extra 1805 in the video below

The two coil cars are cut from the rest of the train to set out on the interchange.

 Watch the coil cars get set out on the interchange in the video below

Once again, after coil coaches are set out and their train leaves, the KP switcher goes out to pull them into the steel complex's yard.

That's it for today.  Tomorrow we'll follow Extra #1805 to West Mill.

P.C.C.M. 80: Part 3 on the KPD

 Hello again!

Continuing this three layout virtual ops between John's New York Central Train Layout , Neal's Atlantic Pacific R.R. , and my own King Port Division we find ourselves at a busy West Mill Yard.

SW9 #8951 is hard at work assembling a train for Neal's A.P.R.R.  The PC powered train will stop at Weehawken where cars will be interchanged with Neal's road.

PC boxcar #160502 was loaded at IBM with business machines.  It is headed to Three Amigos Warehouse.

LV NIRX #41000 carries Blue Ribbon Bagged flour for Freihofers.  Its about to be coupled with LV #8247 which is full of Delco batteries and electrical components for IDEAL Auto.

PC #360063 Was loaded with packaging at Canton Box Co. for C&P Restaurant Supply.

KP&W boxcar #30112 and its mate #30115 (not pictured) were loaded with catalytic converter assemblies for IDEAL Auto.

Caboose #24520 is tacked onto the rear of the cut for the A.P.R.R.

The crew is seen boarding GP9 #7175, the power for this short train  

Watch Extra 7175 to Weehawken back out of West Mill Yard

The Extra pauses at WM Tower to receive orders.

Watch Extra 7175 leave for Weehawken in the video below:

SW9 #8951 gets to work on the second train of the morning.  It will be an extra to Selkirk with cars for John's N.Y.C.T.L.   IC #30130 is loaded with canned food from Van Winkle Canning for Pilgrim State Hospital.  PC #104478 in front of it is full of bagged GERN cement flux for Lombo Concrete.  These cars will join others in an L.I.R.R. block on this train

Depressed center well flat PC #766053is carrying an oversized load, a large air conditioning unit from Peerless Appliance for Suffolk Community College. 

E.B.R.R. #509823 is loaded with ACCO storage tanks for West Chemical.

These two 38 foot hoppers are loaded with Hedberg Aggregate for the NYS DOT Region #10 project.

Three auto parts cars from ACME Auto Parts for Ford:  PC/TOC #50562,...

and NYC #53051, and KP&W #503353.

Two NYC 50 ft. double door boxcars loaded with Peerless Appliance kitchen appliances are heading to All City Storage.

A third one loaded with Port Owen bricks will be forwarded to Neal's Lumber and Hardware.   A pair of Gulf tankers next to the NYC car are carrying diesel fuel for Terminal Yard's engine yard.

On the second track in the background three cars for Ralph's Grocery Warehouse form their own block.  NYC Early Bird #90718 (with the green door) is loaded with kitchen gadgets and food storage containers from REVCO.  PC boxcar #77047 is packed with pallets of Woodstock Hills Natural Soda.  (Cases of Asparagus/lime flavor!  Yum).   The BAR car is full of Cavendish Foods packaged meals (how about a little Spotted Dick with that Woodstock Hills soda!?).

Once the train is fully assembled, the power for this train, an SD35/ GP30 consist are called to haul it out of the yard.  Watch the power for Extra #2228  couple up to its train in the video below:

Watch extra 2228 leave west mill in the video below:

The Extra arrives at Kings Port where it will pick up a P&LE drop mill gon and two spacer flats carrying an oversized bridge girder load for NYS DOT Region #10.   These cars were dropped off at the interchange by KP Steel the other day.

 The train is cut in front of the two hoppers also headed to the DOT #10 Region so the bridge girder can be blocked with them.

 The locomotives approach the cars on the interchange...

 ...and make the pick up.

Watch the train back the extra long load into the rest of the train and then leave for Selkirk in the video below:

Our virtual ops car forwarding patterns are determined by what we call the Rail Traffic Management Form which describes multiple cycles for each car.    As an epilogue lets take a look at some of the many intra-layout moves the form had in store for me this series. 

GM&O #21129 was moved empty from Peerless Appliance to the Gulf facility to be loaded with drums.

PS2 covered hoppers PC #883190 and KP&W 445052 were sent empty from Corning Glass Co. to be set out at Hedberg Agregates

The former NYC Pacemaker, empty from Agway will be forwarded to Amalgamated Container Co.  The NYC Hi Cub #173861 behind it was pulled empty from Reynolds Beverage Distributors and will head to Peerless Appliance.

PC #229046 is heading empty from Van Winkle Canning to International Paper.

Swift SRLX 4244 is returning empty to the Swift Company in Massachusetts.    Shhhh!  Don't tell West Mill Yardmaster Cappy foster but this car should have been included on Extra #2228 where it could have been forwarded to Mechanicville from Selkirk for its journey back to New England!  Whoops!

It gets there the next day on another train...no harm done!  :)

 I hope you enjoyed following the action in our 80th series, both on the Kings Port Division and on John and Neal's layouts. Moving cars "virtually" over a thousand miles to each other's layouts is one of the great joys of the hobby!