PCCM 108: Part 4 on the KPD

Welcome back to Penn Central Car Movement Series 108,  a  three layout "virtual ops" exchange of freight cars between John's New York Central Train Layout , Neal's Atlantic Pacific RR, and my own Kings Port Division.   

West Mill Yard's switcher begins this installment by setting out a pair of 38 foot hoppers for the Kings Port & Western to pick up when their next scheduled transfer from Mayfield Yard arrives later this morning.

The expected transfer arrives with an RS3/ F7A consist pulling some coal hoppers from the Lehigh Valley Connection and a pair of NYC double door box cars it picked up from Williams Yard that it will take back to Mayfield for later delivery to Peerless Appliance.

After setting out the coal hoppers that will be delivered to the Port Owen Con Ed power plant the transfer's consist performs runaround moves and gets ready to return to Mayfield.

The Transfer leaves West Mill

Later in the afternoon the KP&W sets out the two NYC double door boxcars at Peerless Appliance near Mayfield Yard.

Shortly after the Mayfield Transfer dropped off the coal hoppers SD9 #6922 shoves them onto the car float.   EL boxcar #73510, loaded with iron ore from T&R Gravel, will ride the car float to Port Owen Brick Co. while the hoppers will be delivered to the Con Ed plant. 

SD9 #6922 carefully loads the car float.

After the car flat docks at Port Owen EL #73501 is set out at Port Owen Brick Co.

West Mill is anticipating the arrival of a KP&W WiBi-4 (Williams Yard to Binghamton transfer) that will pick up two Lehigh Valley boxcars.  SW9 #8951 sets the cars out for easy pick up.

Meanwhile over at Williams Yard the WiBi-4 is preparing to depart

Watch the WiBi-4's consist roll by, couple up to the train, and take it out of Williams Yard to West Mill.

The Wibi-4's consist cuts off from the train and picks up the two LV cars.  The #7120 is returning empty to Buffalo's Frontier Yard while the also empty #8247 is returning to Flint, MI.

 Watch the pick up in the video below:

The pick up completed, all connections checked, and the air up; the WiBi-4 calls the Kings Port dispatcher for permission to proceed toward Binghamton and then heads out of West Mill.

 Its time to clear more yard space!   The next train to be dispatched from West Mill will be a transfer to the KP&W's Williams Yard in Kings Port.  It will be a good sized train with several coal hoppers, steel coil coaches, and gondolas loaded with scrap metal, all for KP Steel, and a gondola load of pipe for the Hudson Valley Co-op that receives shipments at Williams Yard.

The yard switcher assembles the transfer.

A GP9m/GP20/GP20 combo is called to power the transfer to Williams Yard.  Watch it leave the engine service tracks, pick up orders at WM Tower, and then lead the transfer out of West Mill for Williams Yard.

After the transfer arrives KP&W switcher #24 breaks down the train and takes the EBRR gon loaded with pipe for the Hudson Valley Co-Op to the unloading dock.

 

That's a wrap for today!  Come back tomorrow for more action at both West Mil and Williams Yard!