P.C.C.M. 82: Part 6 on the KPD

 Hello!

After trains from John's New York Central Train Layout and Neal's Atlantic Pacific R.R.  arrived on the KPD yesterday they are now being sorted and assembled into local runs and transfer runs to deliver the cars to their consignees. 

Starting at West Mill Yard we'll follow the latest Kings Port Turn as it is being assembled.  Th train will drop off cars for Reynolds Beverage Distributors, Booms Ready Mix, Hedberg Aggregates, and the riverside Gulf Facility.   GM&O #21129 is loaded with empty oil drums for the Gulf facility.  PC #77047 behind it has burlap bags from Moore & Co. for Hedberg Aggregates.

The former NYC Early Bird with the jade green door is loaded with steel wool for Booms Ready Mix while BAR #5226 is full of Schaefer Beer for Reynolds Beverage Distributors.

IC boxcar #30130 and PC #104478 are loaded with pallets for Reynolds Beverage Distributors from City Pallet.

 PC Transfer Caboose #18025 is tacked onto the end of this short train.

The Yard's pair of RSD12s is the usual power for the Turn. 

  

Watch the Kings Port Turn head out of West Mill in the video below.

The train arrives in Lower Kings Port where it sets out three cars for Reynolds Beverage Distributors and one for Booms Ready Mix.  After the work is done it continues on with only two cars in tow.

The Turn's next stop is Heberg Aggregates where it will pick up three loaded hoppers and drop off PC #77074 and its load of burlap bags. 

After finishing the work at Hedbergs the Turn proceeds to the Gulf Facility to pick up some tankers and drop of the GM&O car full of empty steel drums.  After cutting the caboose the train pulls forward of the switch to the Gulf spur.

Watch the switching work as the Gulf tankers are picked up in the video below:

 After the tank cars are pulled its time to set out the GM&O car.

Watch the Turn the set out the red boxcar and then leave town in the video below:

The Turn returns to West Mill

A little more West Mill action before we call it a day:  Yard switcher #8951 takes responsibility for a short local run to drop off the 50 foot Hoschton car at Canton Box Co. and pick up an empty P&LE gon from Sal's Salvage.

 

P&LE gon #40331 that will be picked up from Sal's Salvage can be seen in the foreground.

 

Setting the Hoschton car out at Canton Box Co.

Now making the move toward Sal's....

 ...and bringing the gon into the yard for eventual forwarding to Bell Pole in Bloomberg.

 

Flat car "spacers" are later coupled to either end of #40331 to accommodate the extra long utility poles that will be loaded at Bell Pole.  The end plates of the drop end mill gon will be lowered for loading.

I was going to say that's it for today but...HOLD IT!.  

Hedberg Aggregates  is calling Cappy Foster in West Mill's tower....

 The conversation is along the lines of, "Hey, thanks for the PC boxcar but where the %*&#!!! is the A.P.R.R. hopper we were supposed to receive?!"  Hmmmmm...where indeed?   Well...here it is...still forlornly sitting in West Mill Yard, missed by an oversight of the Turn's crew.  (or the 1:1 scale modeler!).  Cappy goes out to the tracks and delivers a tirade that starts to peel the paint off APRR #9416!

  

He personally supervises its inclusion on the next Kings Port Turn the next day and doesn't return to the tower until he sees it roll away.

A.P.R.R. #9416 has now been delivered!  Phew!

 

OK.  Now that's it for today!  There is still a lot more action from the KPD in this series as it received a lot of cars and has to move them in several directions!   Check back tomorrow!