Freight cars from
John's New York Central Train Layout, and Neal's Atlantic Pacific R.R. are being forwarded to their consignees by crews at the Penn Central's West Mill Yard and the KPW's Williams Yard.
Yesterday at West Mill Yard a Morton Salt covered hopper loaded with salt for Cavendish Foods was set out for the next KP&W transfer run from Williams Yard to pick up on its way to Mayfield.
We see the KP&W transfer getting ready to leave Williams Yard in Kings Port headed by SD9 #896.
The transfer to Mayfield is now rolling and seen crossing Ulster Ave
Empire Belt gon #509823 is set out at Amalgamated Container Co.
A stretch of nonplayer coal hoppers for Con Ed in Port Owen is included in the car float cut. Not yet seen is NH boxcar #36116 loaded with City pallets and empty KP&W boxcar #15638, both for the Port Owen Brick Co.
Watch the car float cut and the short North Local on the move!
The car float is now loaded with boxcars for cars for Port Owen Brick Co. and hoppers for the Con Ed. power plant
After casting off the float will arrive at Port Owen 45 minutes later.
SD9 #6925 pulls the cars off the float.
After being pulled from the car float the empty KP&W boxcar #15638 and NH boxcar #36116, loaded with City Pallets, is set out at Port Owen Brick Co. The coal hoppers are taken further down the line to the Con Ed plant.
The hoppers include PCCM cars KP&W #233 & 234...
...and a string of nonplayer hoppers.
While the car float was being loaded at West Mill the Northbound Local set out empty TP&W #627 at Canton Box Co. Rookie brakeman Tommy Falcone is in the transfer caboose and wonders why Fingers O'Malley is always so bent out of shape about having to ride in it.
Next the local placed empty boxcar PC 104478 at GERN Industries
The Northbound Local's last job is to take empty GM&O boxcar #21129 to Gulf where it will also pick up cars for West Mill Yard.
The one car local arrives at Kings Port and sets out the GM&O car.
It then pulls several cars from Gulf including a number of tankers and an empty NYC boxcar that makes a convenient buffer between the tankers and the crew. Safety First! Tommy has been reading his Hazardous Materials Rule Book!
Watch the Northbound Local return to West Mill with the cars from Gulf.
After reaching West Mill Yard the cars from Gulf are tied down
A little later TPFX #5510 (the first "virtual ops" car exchanged between the KPD and the N.Y.C.T.L. nine years ago!) is tacked onto the front of the Gulf cut. These cars are all going to be picked up by the next VW-1 which will take them to Weehawken to be forwarded to points beyond.
While we wait for the VW-1 lets head back to the KP&W's Williams Yard where a local of their own is being prepared to serve Reynolds Beverage Distributors and Blue Ribbon Flour in Kings Port. The HRC boxcar is loaded with Schaefer beer for Reynold's while...
...the P&LE boxcar is empty, the Cargill covered hopper is full of wheat flour, and the LV NIRX #41000 box car is loaded with printed cartons from Berk Enterprises, all for Blue Ribbon Flour
In addition to the local train, a run up the Marion Branch from Williams Yard to Hedberg Aggregates is also about ready to go. These loaded hoppers from Hudson Coal will help power operations at the plant. The specially outfitted caboose for the Hedberg Run can be seen behind the local's caboose #0383. Its been provided with a horn and lights for cabin-first running as the train's locomotive shoves the hoppers uphill from behind in this operation.
Watch the local head out to Reynold's Beverage Distributors while the Hedberg Run is pulled to the far north end of the yard where the switch to the Marion Branch is located. It will then back up the Marion Branch to Hedberg Aggregates. Both are later seen near Ulster Ave.
The Hedberg Run continues upgrade until it reaches Marion, the highest elevation of the Kings Port Division. The caboose is set aside and the coal hoppers are set out at Hedberg Aggregates.
Returning our attention to Kings Port the Williams Yard Local is setting the rest of its cars out at Blue Ribbon Flour.
The cars are being shoved under the bridge to the lower level loading dock.
After the Yard Job is completed SW9 #24 and its caboose head back to Williams Yard. They are seen crossing Ulster Ave. again.
Later in the day the yard prepares a Steel Job to deliver empty and loaded gondolas to KP Steel. The loaded cars are filled with scrap metal from Gershow Recycling for the Basic Oxygen Furnace.
The Steel job is pulled by S12 #34 which has been getting more work at Williams Yard lately after some much needed maintenance. The gons are delivered as loads on one track and empties on another.
Back at West Mill we await the final run of the day and for this series. The red TPFX #5510 boxcar is scheduled to head back to Triangle Pacific in British Columbia. It will be picked up by VW-1 from Selkirk to Weehawken where it will be forwarded farther west. The NYC boxcar and Gulf tankers will also be picked up by the VW-1.
West Mill's switcher takes the cars to a siding along the mainline while the Bloomberg Turn's GP38-2 returns caboose lite. The VW-1 then arrives.
After making the pick up VW-1 continues on its way to Weehawken. The red Triangle Pacific car stands out as the train rolls into the tunnel on the south end of town.
Forwarding the TPFX car was the last official PCCM operation on the King Port Division for this series! Thanks for following along!
