P.C.C.M. 83: Part 1 on the KPD

 Hello again virtual ops fans!

Welcome to our 83rd Penn Central Car Movement (P.C.C.M 83) series!  This is a three layout series between John's New York Central Train Layout , Neal's Atlantic Pacific R.R. , and my own Kings Port Division model railroad.

Our Rail Traffic Management Form, the multi-page document we created that determines car forwarding between our layouts, has scheduled a number of cars to be moved by the Kings Port Division this time.   They will gather at West Mill Yard on several trains and then be forwarded to John and Neal's layouts.   The first cars arriving at West Mill will be a cut of six loaded cement hoppers from Tri Mount Cement (for John's layout) hauled in by a GP9/GP7 consist pulling The Cement Job.

 As the Cement Job comes into West Mill a Southbound Turn heads out.  This train has a similar First Generation Geep consist on the point.   The Turn will be working industries south of West Mill including Half Moon Wholesale Lumber Distributors and will bring a pair of virtual ops cars back to West Mill from there. 

 Watch the trains meet in the video below:

The Cement Job backs into West Mill with its empty coal hoppers and loaded cement cars.  The cement cars are going to be forwarded to Lombo Concrete via an LIRR interchange on John's layout.

Later in the day the Southbound Turn's Geeps bring cars to West Mill.  Not yet seen behind them are two Southern R.R. bulkhead flatcars loaded with lumber for City Pallet on John's layout.  

As the Penn Central Southbound Turn approaches West Mill a Kings Port & Western Transfer from Mayfield Yard holds to let it go by.

The Mayfield Transfer's manifest includes auto parts cars from ACME Auto Parts for Ford on John's layout

Watch the action as the Turn passes by the waiting KP&W train in the video below:

 The Turn stops just beyond the yard lead by WM Tower and prepares to back into West Mill Yard.

Watch the Turn back in while the Mayfield Transfer gets the go ahead to proceed to West Mill Yard as well in the video below.

Later in the day a Kings Port Turn has been dispatched to pick up cars as far as KP Steel and the Kings Port interchange with the KP&W.  Among these are former NYC Early Bird #90718, BAR #5226, IC #30130, and PC 104478 picked up from Reynolds beverage Distributors and Booms Ready Mix.

Empire Belt drop end mill gon #509823 now loaded with steel coils for Shapeless Steel on Neal's layout,

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Cargill covered hopper TDLX 7241 and a non-player PC car from Blue Ribbon Flour represent an intra-layout move to Empire Grain.

APRR #9416 and PC # 77047will be picked up from Hedberg Aggregate.  The hopper carries aggregate for a NY State DOT project while the boxcar is loaded with bagged landscape rock for Neal's Lumber and Hardware on John's layout.

Gulf Mobile & Ohio #21129  is loaded with barrels of oil for Quality Fabrications as an intra-layout move.

We'll see the Kings Port Turn head back to West Mill soon, but right now let's note today's Bloomberg Run (BWM-2) arriving with the usual pair of GP20s taking the lead.

The Bloomberg train includes P&LE drop end mill gon #40331 loaded with oversized utility poles from Bell Pole with spacer flats on either end.  The car is going to LILCO Babylon via John's LIRR.

P&E boxcar # 3638 is full of kitchen gadgets from REVCO for Ralph's Grocery Warehouse.  The rest of the train is made up of non-player cars.  While BWM-2 can access the main, it will have to hold near WM tower to allow the Kings Port Turn to enter West Mill Yard first.

Watch the Bloomberg Run wait for the Kings Port Turn to enter West Mill Yard in the video below.

After the Kings Port Turn passes by, the Bloomberg Run backs into West Mill as well.

 Watch the action in the video below:

Both trains are now in the yard.

Wrapping up our look at the last cars coming into West Mill today for dispatch to the N.Y.C.T.L. and the A.P.R.R.,  let's check out the car float that is bringing in three boxcars along with its more typical string of empty coal hoppers

NYC 50 double door boxcar #47062, EL #73510, and KP&W #15638 are all coming from Port Owen Brick Co.  The NYC car is empty for an intra-layout move to Half Moon Lumber, the EL car is loaded with bricks for Gotham Building Supply via the LIRR on John's layout, and the KP&W car is loaded with bricks for American Hardware on Neal's A.P.R.R.

The three cars have been pulled from the car float and set in the yard.  If you look in the distance in the photo below you'll see the KP&W's daily BiWi from Binghamton to Williams Yard arriving.

The BiWi is often powered by a pooled power combo of four F7As.

The train stops at West Mill to drop off two NYC double door boxcars from IBM.   They will be headed empty as an intra-layout move to Zenith TV in Bloomberg.

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The B&O/KP&W consists makes the set out at West Mill.

...and then returns to the BiWi to take it to Williams Yard.

The last car needed at West Mill for the outbound trains in this series is the orange Hoschton Railway Co. car at Canton Box.  It will be forwarded to Freihoefers on Neal's A.P.R.R. loaded with boxes for those tasty cookies!  Yard switcher #8951 does the honors.

That is finally it for all of the cars expected at West Mill for dispatch on outgoing trains to the N.Y.C.T.L. and the A.P.R.R.   Next time we'll turn our attention to the KP&W's Williams Yard to look at additional cars that will be sent out this series.