Hi again!
In this installment of our annual Holiday Time Unit Coal Train Op featuring John's New York Central Train Layout , Neal's Atlantic Pacific R.R., and my own Kings Port Division we'll follow a unit train of empty coal hoppers dispatched from West Mill to Selkirk.
Yesterday West Mill's SD9 #6922 suffered mechanical failure and a fire while working the car float. It has since cooled off and will be added to the consist of the unit coal train as far as Selkirk where it can hopefully be repaired at the large shops there.
FP7s #4348 and 4396 pull the deadheading SD9 out of the engine track and prepare to couple up to the empty coal hoppers waiting in the yard.
Air pressure is pumped and connections are checked. Watch the train identified as Extra #4348 pull out of West Mill and later arrive in Kings Port in the video below:
Extra #4348 prepares to pick up the six empty hoppers from KP Steel that were set out on the interchange track. The locomotives, including deadheading #6922, are uncoupled from the train.
Watch the pick up in the video below:
The cut of empty hoppers from KP Steel completes the manifest for this unit train to Terminal Yard. After the air is pumped up Extra 4348 departs for Selkirk where it will drop off the deadheading SD9.
Arriving later at Selkirk the twin FP7s slow to a stop to drop off SD9 #6922 so it can be taken to the Selkirk Shops for repair.
The damaged unit is set out on the next track....
...and the Extra's FP7s return to haul the empty hoppers the rest of the way to Terminal Yard.
That's it for the KPD's outbound unit train of empty coal hoppers! Check John's blog to see how the N.Y.C.T.L. handles all of the traffic coming its way for Hudson Coal!
Come back to see loaded hoppers return to the Kings Port Division!
To: West Mill / Rock Ridge
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Acknowledge PC Extra 4348 departing West Mill with PC 6922 DIT and 14 empty coal hoppers.
Acknowledge PC Extra 4348 picking up six empty coal hoppers at Kings Port Interchange track.
Acknowledge PC Extra 4348 arriving at Selkirk and setting out PC 6922 for shop service.
Acknowledge PC Extra 4348 departing Selkirk with twenty coal hoppers for Terminal Yard.
Terminal Yard out...
Well done Ralph!!!! Great job getting the twenty empties rolling towards Terminal Yard. Extra 4348 with PC 6922 Dead In Tow is a PCCM first!!! Well done!! The stack fire yesterday was very impressive and I think the shop forces at Selkirk will get the 6922 promptly back in service. We may have to put it in a road train rom time to time to keep the stacks clear going forward. Terminal Yard is ready to receive Extra 4348!!!
Thanks John! I like the idea of running the SD9 on a train now and then to keep it in good shape! The crew will just bring along extra fire extinguishers!
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From: Rock Ridge Yard
Acknowledgement - PC Extra 4348 departing West Mill with empty coal hoppers.
Acknowledgement - PC Extra 4348 picking up empty coal hoppers at Kings Port
Acknowledgement - PC Extra 4348 arriving at Selkirk and PC 6922 being cut off train for service.
Acknowledgement - PC Extra 4348 departing Selkirk for Terminal Yard.
Rock Ridge Yard out!
Sorry to see PC 6922 get damaged during the session. I always like seeing that engine in action, especially when it’s working the car float! Still a great job bringing together empties from 2 locations! Great work making engine changes on the fly to get the coal hoppers out!
Thanks Neal! Happily #6922 returns!
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