PCCM 91: Part 4 on the KPD

Welcome back "virtual ops" fans!   

We're starting the "inbound" posts of our 91st Penn Central Car Movements Series which this time is a three layout affair with John's New York Central Train Layout ,  Neal's Atlantic Pacific R.R., and my own Kings Port Division layout.

The Kings Port Division dispatched a combined 41 freight cars to the APRR and N.Y.C.T.L. last week.  This week it will be receiving a total of 34 in return.

Seven of those cars will be arriving this morning at West Mill from Neal's Rock Ridge Yard.  The cars were dispatched on Penn Central Extra 6510  to Selkirk that will stop at West Mill to drop off the cut.

Watch the string of cars roll into West Mill and get pushed into the yard in the video below:

Cars in the APRR cut now sitting in West Mill Yard include:

KP&W boxcars #30112 and #30115 empty for Zenith TV

NYC #47062 Loaded with steel banding from Shapeless Steel for Port Owen Brick Co. 

NYC Hi Cube #173861 loaded with American Hardware for IBM

 PC #229059, #229178, and #229300 loaded with shipping crates from Mike's Lumber for IBM.  

Let's leave West Mill for now and switch over to Selkirk.  We see a distinctive looking Dresser Magcobar car NIRX #42868 making its debut in our virtual ops!  The car was shipped from Texas and arrived at Selkirk on train NY-6 from East St. Louis.   Its currently waiting to be added to a train to West Mill Yard.   The car is loaded with Bentonite clay for Agway in Bloomberg.

Train SK-5 dispatched from John's Terminal Yard is about to arrive at Selkirk.  The Dresser Magcobar car will be added to the cars coming in on this train. The train will be then be re-powered and dispatched to West Mill as VWm-6.

Watch Train SK-5 arrive at Selkirk.  Unfortunately our railfan's video coverage missed the impressive five unit consist John assigned to the train but did catch the rolling stock behind it starting with two empty Southern bulkhead flatcars.

The two bulkhead flats are cut from the train, as is an NYC covered hopper at the rear of the train.  The Southern bulkhead flats will be transferred to Mechanicville for eventual forwarding to Jackson Lumber in Lawrence, MA where they will be loaded with saw logs.

The NYC covered hopper will eventually find its way to Rock Ridge Yard.  It will be sent there on another train that Neal will refer to in his blog.

After the Dresser Magcobar car is added to the string of cars, the train gets a new consist for the run to West Mill Yard, an F7 A-B-B-A  set.

This train, now designated VWm-6, leaves Selkirk and is later seen arriving at Kings Port.

 

While VWm-6 reaches Kings Port the Southern bulkheads were put on NY-20, the transfer to Mechanicville.   The cars can be seen arriving at Mechanicville below.   From there they will travel to Jackson Lumber.

VWm-6, now stopped at Kings Port, prepares to set out several cars for the Kings Port & Western and local industries Blue Ribbon Flour and KP Steel. 

Four empty steel coil coaches for KP Steel...

 ...and PC #229046 loaded with Berk Enterprises packaging for Blue Ribbon Flour will be set out first.

Watch VWm-6 make the first set outs in the video below:

The next set out is a ten car cut for Williams Yard including eight loaded coal hoppers for Corning Glass Co. and two gons loaded with pipes for the Hudson Valley Ag Coop.   The hoppers will leave Williams Yard on the next transfer to Binghamton NY (the WiBi).  The gons will be unloaded at Williams Yard. 

Watch the big set out and see the F Units do a back and forth move to rejoin the rest of VWm-6 after that.

After the consists couples up to its train, VWm-6 gets permission to proceed to West Mill.  Follow its journey through Upper Kings Port Station and over the Division summit at Marion in the video below.  There's that cool Dresser Magcobar at the rear of the train.

Back at West Mill, the cars from Neal's APRR that were set out earlier by PC Extra 6510 wait for VWm-6 to arrive.

Watch VWm-6 roll into West Mill in the video below:

The crew in the caboose exit the cabin car and "go to beans".

West Mill's switcher #8951 pulls the empty caboose to the service track.

 The A-B-B-A consist crosses over to the next track and rolls past the train to get to the engine servicing area. 

All of the cars scheduled for the KPD in this series have now arrived with a combined 15 from the APRR and N.Y.C.T.L. at West Mill...

...along with two "intra-layout" cars; Cargill covered hopper TDLX #7241 heading empty to Blue Ribbon Flour and boxcar IC #30130 empty for Van Winkle Canning Co.

Four steel coil coaches for KP Steel and PC boxcar #229046 for Blue Ribbon Flour await attention on the Kings Port Interchange track...

...while eight coal hoppers for Corning Glass Co are about to be added to the next outgoing KP&W transfer to Binghamton, NY.

Meanwhile, KP&W and MCRR gons #2140 and #350623 are being unloaded for the Hudson Valley Ag Coop at Williams Yard.

That's probably more than enough action for this installment!  Check back tomorrow as PC and KP&W crews work to forward those cars to their respective consignees!