PCCM 110 Part 6 on the KPD

Hello!

More virtual ops action on our 110th Penn Central Car Movement series between John's New York Central Train Layout , Neal's Atlantic Pacific R.R. , and my Kings Port Division!

We're at West Mill Yard where the crew is setting out a cut of cars for the KP&W to pick up.   A transfer run from Williams Yard to the KP&W's Mayfield Yard will pick up the cut and also leave a few cars behind as part of a regular interchange.

#8951 grabs empty hoppers for the LV coal connection....

...and an EL boxcar for Cavendish Foods loaded with restaurant supplies from Three Amigos Warehouse in Rock Ridge.

The cut is set out for the KP&W transfer to pick up.

 

Williams Yard dispatches a KP&W transfer to Mayfield Yard with an F7A-B-A set doing the honors.   The train meets a single car Steel Job returning to Williams Yard with a loaded gondola as rush move.

After arriving at West Mill, seven cars at the rear end of the train are uncoupled from the KP&W transfer to be set out here. 

In a cooperative effort West Mill's switcher pulls the caboose and seven cars from the transfer....

....and brings them into the yard.

The KP&W caboose is returned.

Meanwhile at the head end, the F unit set leaves the train to pick up the hoppers and EL boxcar that were set out for them.

The KP&W transfer is now ready to proceed to Mayfield.

The transfer later arrives at Mayfield where tomorrow the cars will be put on a local serving various industries..

Meanwhile, back at West Mill, a short run of empty PS-2 hoppers is being prepared for a South Local to deliver to Tri Mount Cement.   GP9 #7085 will shove them out of the yard

 The South Local backs out of the yard

 

 The South Local waits at WM tower as a hot shot WiBi-4 (KP&W transfer from Williams Yard to Binghamton, NY) is expected to roar through town soon.

The red signal indication on the tunnel entrance cues us that the WiBi-4 is about to arrive!

The WiBi-4 out of Williams Yard rolls by on its way to Binghamton.    Our cameraman focuses on the only two PCCM cars on this train (RI #35062 heading to IBM with American Hardware products & empty covered hopper #131374).  

After the dust settles from the fast passing WiBi-4 the South Local gets underway for Tri Mount Cement.

 The local arrives at the cement plant and sets out its cars.

When the short South Local backed out of West Mill it went past SD9 #6922 which was coupled up to a string of cars to be loaded on the car float for Port Owen

 

With the South Local out of the way the SD9 can now set the cars on the float for their river journey to Port Owen.

After a 45 minute ride on the car float the cars will be off-loaded and the NYC double door boxcar carrying T&R Gravel bagged iron ore will be set out at Port Owen Brick Co.

 That'll do it for today!   Come back tomorrow for the concluding installment from the KPD for this series!

 

PCCM 110: Part 5 on the KPD

 

..And we're back!

We're continuing our 110th Penn Central Car Movement series between John's New York Central Train Layout , Neal's Atlantic Pacific R.R. , and my Kings Port Division!

Yesterday, Penn Central transfer WV-2 from Weehawken to Selkirk made an intermediary stop at West Mill to set out a number of cars sent from Neal's Rock Ridge Yard.  Today we'll keep following WV-2 as it stops at Kings Port to set out cars for the KP&W's Williams Yard.

The northbound WV-2 drops off the cut on an interchange track in Kings Port for the KP&W to pick up.  The cut for Williams Yard ends with EBRR gon #509823 loaded with pipe for the Hudson Valley Co-Op

WV-2 makes the set out.  It makes sure to separate the cut on either side of Ulster Ave. to allow for automobile traffic.

WV-2 prepares for clearance to continue to Selkirk.  The cut for the KP&W can be seen on the interchange track in the background.

WV-2 receives clearance from the dispatcher in Kings Port to continue on its journey to Selkirk.  The two white LV boxcars behind the locomotives are PCCM cars heading to Selkirk for eventual forwarding to other cities.   LV #7120 is returning empty to Frontier Yard in Buffalo while LV # 8247 will be forwarded to Flint Michigan.

Lets return to the Penn Central's West Mill Yard which also has a long cut of cars from the APRR sitting on a siding left by WV-2.

We get another good luck at the APRR cut for West Mill when it gets pulled into the yard by a pair of RSD12s.  This series has seen a significant increase in traffic between the APRR and KPD!

Lets go back to Kings Port to watch the KP&W pull their share of Neal's cars into Williams Yard yard.   A crew comes out to Ulster Ave. to protect the move.

Cars on either side of the avenue will be picked up and taken to Williams Yard.   The two KP&W boxcars are going empty to Peerless Appliance while the black HRC car loaded with materials from C&P Restaurant Supply is heading to Battaglia Brothers Warehouse.

The NYC covered hopper full of wheat flour from Cargill is for Blue Ribbon Flour while the three empty Hi Cubes will be set out at Peerless Appliance.  PC boxcar #160502 in the rear contains materials to be stored at Battaglia Brothers Warehouse. 

 

Watch SW7s #22 & 24 get the assignment to pick up the cars.

 

 

Now that both West Mill and Williams Yard have all of the cars that were assigned to them in this series its time to make deliveries!  Customers are waiting!

Two loads of pipes for the Hudson Valley CO-OP are offloaded at a ramp in Williams Yard.

 The TOFCs from Terminal Yard are also off loaded in the yard.

Switcher #24 makes quick work of setting out the HRC boxcar and PC plug door boxcar #106158 at separate loading doors for Battaglia Brother's Warehouse.

 Next up at Williams Yard is the dispatch of the Yard Local which will serve nearby Peerless Appliance and Blue Ribbon Flour in Kings Port.  The cars have been blocked and are ready for their GP9 power.  

The Yard Local leaves Williams Yard.

 The first stop is Peerless Appliance where five empty cars will be set out; the three Hi Cubes and two KP&W boxcars.

 The two KP&W cars are set out one track away from the loading doors.  Peerless Appliance employees will use sector plates to connect the loading dock through the Hi Cubes to load these orange cars.  The Hi Cubes are carefully positioned in front of each door.

After setting out cars at Peerless Appliance the Yard Local does a runaround move to shove the covered hoppers and PC boxcar #229046 into Blue Ribbon.

The Yard Local returns to Williams Yard to grab more cars to deliver on the other side of Kings Port at the Gulf facility and Reynolds Beverage Distributors.

That will do it for today!   More action to come tomorrow!

PCCM 110: Part 4 on the KPD

 

Hello again!

 Welcome back to our 110th Penn Central Car Movement series between John's New York Central Train Layout , Neal's Atlantic Pacific R.R. , and my Kings Port Division!

This weekend we are focusing on the "inbounds" as trains we sent to each other will be seen arriving on our respective layouts with cars to be delivered to various consignees.

 We're at Selkirk in time to observe PC train SK-5 arrive with a long string of cars from Terminal Yard for the Kings Port Division.    Train EV-4 from Enola is seen arriving shortly afterward.

The two cars at the head end, TPFX #5510 and Dresser Macobar car NIRX #42886 were cut from SK-5 to be forwarded to their scheduled destinations on other trains.  The red Triangle Pacific TPFX car is going to British Columbia while the Dresser Magcobar car will be forwarded to Texas.

The rest of the cars from Terminal Yard will be forwarded to the KP&W's Williams Yard in Kings Port and the Penn Central's West Mill Yard.  They leave Selkirk on PC train VW-1 to Weehawken.  An hour later VW-1 makes an intermediate stop at Kings Port to set out cars.  A pair of GP40s sandwiching a GP38-2 make up today's power.

VW-1's crew prepares to back several cars into the KP&W's Williams Yard.  The Kings Port Railfan Society with their trusty blue bug have finished breakfast at Dave's Diner just in time to enjoy the show!  The Ulster Ave. grade crossing is one of their favorite railfaning sites.

 Watch VW-1 make the set outs at Williams Yard in the video below:

The string of empty hoppers seen in the video at Williams Yard is being prepared for the Hedberg Job, an upgrade shove to the aggregate plant in Marion, NY.   While VW-1's locomotives return to their train to continue their journey south, KP&W crews set up the Hedberg Job by coupling the specially equipped caboose to what will be its head end.

VW-1's power has returned to the front of their train and is pumping up the air in preparation for departure.  The NYC double door boxcar and the aging former Pacemaker boxcar will be set out at West Mill.

The KPRS guys are sticking around at Dave's Diner for more action!

They won't be disappointed as the Hedberg Job and VW-1 leave Kings Port at the same time.   The conductor in the KP&W caboose blows the air horn for the overpass.  VW-1 is later seen arriving at West Mill.

 At West Mill a Penn Central trainman uncouples the two boxcars for set out.  The jade green 50 foot NYC boxcar will later ride the car float from West Mill to Port Owen with bagged iron ore for Port Owen Brick Co.   The Pacemaker will later be forwarded by the Bloomberg Turn to Catskill Mountain Press with its load of Drywell Ink.

VW-1's three locomotives set out the two cars for West Mill.

After the set out VW-1 leaves for Weehawken!

 Switcher #8951 pulls the two cars from VW-1 into the yard.

 

Lets not forget the Hedberg Job!   Here it is arriving at the aggregate plant with its twelve empty hoppers.

The last action for today is to welcome Penn Central transfer WV-2 from Weehawken.   Included in its manifest today is a sizeable string of cars from Neal's Rock Ridge Yard to be set out at West Mill.

After coming to a stop WV-2's crewmen uncouple a cut of cars that will be set out at West Mill.   

We get a good look at the long cut as it rolls by during the set out.

After setting out several cars at West Mill, WV-2's crew confer in front of their U33C before receiving permission to proceed to Kings Port.

WV-2 receives permission to proceed! 

The cars behind the three locomotives, from the black HRC boxcar to the EBRR gondola loaded with pipes, represent the cut for the KP&W's Williams Yard.    The two white LV boxcars are PCCM cars heading for Selkirk for eventually forwarding to other locations.

That's it for today!  Check back tomorrow to follow the WV-2 set out of cars for Williams Yard and more action!