PCCM 86: Part 4 on the KPD

Welcome back!   Thanks for dropping in again! Last weekend we ran the "outbound" installments of our 86th Penn Central Car Movements, also known as the "virtual ops".  This one is just between my Kings Port Division and John's New York Central Train Layout as Neal's Atlantic Pacific R.R. layout  is undergoing some renovations.

This weekend we've started our "inbound" installments as trains from each other's layouts arrive on our own.  Yesterday the two trains John dispatched from his Terminal Yard arrived on my Kings Port Division and were broken up into blocks for local trains to deliver the cars to their consignees.

The first train to leave Williams Yard with cars to deliver is a local KP&W run powered by S12 #34.

Watch the local run to Battaglia Brother's Warehouse and Blue Ribbon Flour drop off five cars.   The two NYC 50 ft. double door boxcars are loaded with Ideal Toys and PC #360158 is carrying Superior Furniture.  These three cars will be set out at Battaglia Brothers Warehouse.   LV NIRX #41000 has printed cartons for Blue Ribbon Flour from Berk enterprises while P&E #3638 is hauling a milling machine for Blue Ribbon from Reliable Machine works.

The brakeman throws the switch for the industrial lead to Blue Ribbon Flour and Battaglia Brothers Warehouse.

Watch the cars back into the lead for the set outs. A Cargill car is then picked up from Blue Ribbon Flour in the video below:

 Blue Ribbon Flour and Battaglia Brother's Warehouse can be seen in the distance in these photos.

The next train to leave Williams Yard will be WiBi-3, otherwise known as the "WeeBee", between Williams Yard and Binghamton.  Powered by a KP&W F7A/F7B/GP9 lashup, the train will carry three virtual ops cars westward along with several non-player cars. 

Just before the WiBi leaves Williams Yard a KP Steel industrial switcher runs out to the interchange track to grab a pair of gons loaded with scrap that were left by PC train TK-99 in yesterday's installment.

Watch the WiBi slowly leave Kings Port with two empty LV cars (#7120 returning to Frontier Yard in Buffalo and #8427 heading to Delco Batteries in Flint, MI), and a Corning covered hopper loaded with silica sand for Corning Glass Co.

 Shortly after the WiBi passes, the KP Steel switcher pulls the gons into the mill's receiving yard.

Lets head over to West Mill now.    Coincidentally, two gons are being moved there too!  KP&W#2140 and MCRR #350623 are being pulled empty from Sal's Salvage and brought into the yard.

The gons are coupled to an aging Pacemaker at the end of a cut of cars that will form today's Bloomberg Turn.

The yard switcher tacks a caboose on the rear of the cut of cars for Bloomberg.

Watch the power for the Bloomberg Turn, the usual pair of GP20s, pass the cut of cars to get in front of them.

The crew of the Bloomberg Turn boards their lead unit, still in NYC livery.  It will soon back out of the yard to access the main.

Watch the Bloomberg Turn back toward the switch to the main but hold for the WiBi as it passes through West Mill in the background.

The Bloomberg Turn's engineer checks in with WM Tower prior to receiving clearance to proceed.  The billboard to the right of the tower prompts some discussion about the Tower Operator's favorite team.  Things aren't looking great this year but the season's not over yet.  The engineer is a Yankees fan so the banter can get pretty spirited at times!   They do agree on the Schaefer Beer though!  That's a nice new looking Caterpillar excavator digging into the shredded scrap at Sal's Salvage!

Watch the Turn leave West Mill in the video below:

The Turn takes the Bloomberg Branch up the Catskills.

Set outs at Bloomberg include APRR #60327 & 60358 both loaded with pallets, and PC #229046 loaded with printed labels, for Van Winkle Canning.

PC #77047, also loaded with pallets from City Pallet in Empire City, is placed at Woodstock Hills Natural Soda across the tracks from Van Winkle Canning.

PC #104478 full of Drywell Ink is set out for Catskill Mt. Press.

The NYC Pacemaker carrying burlap bags is delivered to Bloomberg's Agway while MCRR gon # 350623 and KP&W gon #2149 in the foreground are set out empty for Bell Pole and Lumber.

Later that day the WiBi reaches Binghamton.  A local run from there to Corning includes the covered hopper loaded with silica sand.

That's it for today.  Check in tomorrow as cars for Mayfield industries and local businesses near West Mill are delivered.