P.C.C.M. #82: Part 1 on the KPD

Hello and welcome back!

Its time for us to start another Penn Central Car Movement Series of virtual operations between John's New York Central Train Layout , Neal's Atlantic Pacific R.R. , and my own Kings Port Division!   This installment and the next two from the KPD will feature "outbound" moves of cars headed toward the other two layouts.  

 Our car movements are directed by a multiple page document we call the Rail Traffic Management Form which describes their cycles traveling from yard to industry and back again.   A built-in randomness creates varied traffic patterns and this time the KPD has it pretty easy with fewer cars heading out this series compared to others. 

It starts with the Kings Port Turn out of West Mill Yard picking up cars at the interchange and heading back home.    The Turn's RSD12 #6869 pulls PC #160502 loaded at Battaglia Brothers Warehouse for All City Storage on John's N.Y.C.T.L.   As so few virtual ops cars are scheduled to leave the KPD this series trains are padded with additional "nonplayer" cars like those behind #160502.

After picking up cars from the interchange the train backs into the rest of its train and prepares to leave.

Watch the Kings Port Turn depart in the video below.

Before reaching West Mill the Turn stops at the riverside Gulf Facility to pick up two tank cars full of fuel for Ford Motor Co. on the N.Y.C.T.L.

 

 

The Turn heads back to West Mill after grabbing the tankers.   Things are soon going to get busy around West Mill.  Another train, the Bloomberg Turn, has arrived at West Mill but holds on the branch...

 

 

...while the Kings Port Turn is now seen arriving.

Watch the Kings Port Turn arrive and enter West Mill Yard

 

 

The Bloomberg Turn continues to wait.  This time its for the returning "Cement Job".

 

Watch the Cement Job roll by the Bloomberg Turn in the video below:

The Cement Job has stopped just beyond the switch accessing West Mill Yard.   The virtual ops cars on this train are the six empty coal hoppers.

 

Watch the Cement Job back into the yard while the Bloomberg Turn finally gets clearance to proceed and enter the yard as well.  

 

 

The Cement Job's cars now sit next to those brought in by the Kings Port Turn.

 

With these cars secured the yard's SW9 prepares to head out for a one car move at Reynold's Beverage Distributors in lower Kings Port.

 

The car at Reynolds could not be picked up by the Kings Port Turn as it sits on a "facing siding" the Turn couldn't access.

 

The Hoschton boxcar is loaded with beer and wine for C&P Restaurant Supply on Neal's layout.  Here it crosses Ulster Ave...

...before later being brought into West Mill Yard. 

That will do it for today!  Tomorrow's installment will feature Kings Port & Western trains bringing more car to West Mill!