PCCM 115: Part 2 on the KPD

 Hello again!

John and I are engaged in a two layout, one weekend Penn Central Car Movement series.  

Yesterday the Penn Central and the Kings Port & Western sent freight cars toward West Mill Yard for eventual forwarding to John's Terminal Yard on his  New York Central Train Layout

West Mill's crew has arranged the outgoing cars on two tracks to be picked up by the next WV-2 Weehawken to Selkirk transfer.  The cars include six cement hoppers, three flats with CAT heavy equipment, a pair of non player bulkhead flats, and five gondolas loaded with newly treated railroad ties.

 While we wait for the WV-2 lets head over to Kings Port where a switcher from Williams Yard has been sent to move three tank cars from the Gulf facility to the interchange track.   The tankers and six hoppers loaded with aggregate that were placed on the interchange track yesterday are scheduled to be picked up by the WV-2 to Selkirk.

The WV-2 from Weehawken arrives at West Mill!

The U33C-GP38 consist uncouples from the train to pick up several cars at West Mill.

WV-2 completes the pick ups... 

 ...and continues on its way to Selkirk with one more stop at Kings Port to pick up the three tankers and six open hoppers the KP&W left on the interchange track.

 The WV-2 is given permission to proceed to Selkirk.  It will arrive at the big yard an hour and a half later.

WV-2 arrives at Selkirk!  As WV-2 slowly rolls to a stop Train VE-1 for Enola heads out in the opposite direction.

 

Freight cars scheduled to be forwarded to Terminal Yard will be pulled from the train and assembled into Train LI-2.   The two bulkhead flats with plywood loads will be sent to Mechanicville, NY via Rotterdam Jct.

Train (LI-2) for Terminal Yard on John's New York Central Train Layout is now ready to go.    Its manifest includes six hoppers of aggregate, five cars of treated ties, three CAT loads, three tankers, and six cement hoppers.  It pulls out of Selkirk while some of the cars that were removed from WV-2 are assembled into a train for Rotterdam Jct.

 

Before we call it a day lets follow the NY-20 transfer to Rotterdam Jct. and Mechanicville.  The train leaves Selkirk with a mixed manifest including  MEC bulkhead flats 1400 and 1414.

The NY-20 leaves Selkirk behind a pair of GP40s while a freight heading toward the old Boston & Albany line passes by with an FP7-F7B-FP7 consist.

 NY-20 reaches Mechanicville and meets B&M Train BM-7 arriving from Boston.

 

Follow what happens next on John's blog.  Be sure to check back here on Sunday when the cars return to the KPD!