The Kings Port Turn (WW-2) was dispatched from West Mill and gets to work right away serving a couple of nearby industries. The action starts as Sal's Salvage gets its new loaner excavator from Caterpillar to replace their broken down model. Before the delivery can be made cars are picked up both at GERN and Sal's to clear the track.
PC boxcar #104478, loaded with cement flux for Lombo Concrete in Huntington NY, is picked up for later forwarding to the N.Y.C.T.L. Two gons of shredded automobiles are also picked up.
The pick ups made, the Turn shoves Sal's new excavator into the scrap yard siding. Sal, always a charmer, shouts up at the Turn's crew, "Hey! What tookya so long!?"
The next move is to pick up the P&LE boxcar at Canton Box Co., seen in the background behind the PC boxcar.
P&LE boxcar #35892, load with packaging cartons for Sunshine Biscuits L.I.C. NY will also be forwarded to the N.Y.C.T.L.
The pick ups at West Mill completed, the train heads out of town.
...and is later seen arriving at Reynolds Beverage Distributors.
Backing over Ulster Ave. to access Reynolds Beverage distributors.
The car is set out.
The train is reconnected...
...and moves on to KP Steel.
Arriving near KP Steel in Kings Port.
Set outs and pick ups will be made at KP Steel. The two gons with steel slabs are headed to Mid Island Steel via the N.Y.C.T.L.
TP&W boxcar #627 is loaded with new 55 gallon steel drums that will be forwarded to Drywell Inks.
The twin ALCOS are cut from the train
...and do a back and forth move through the switches by KP Tower to access KP Steel's holding yard.
Picking up the TP&W boxcar...
...and the two gons loaded with steel slabs.
Pushing the pick ups back into the train...
The caboose is cut to allow the train to drop off four coil cars.
The train returns to grab the caboose
The Turn heads toward the Kings Port & Western's Williams Yard
At Williams Yard, the Turn drops off the two TOFCs, the two gons of shredded metal it picked up at Sal's Salvage, and the "buffer " PC boxcar it took from West Mill Yard.
The Turn will pick up PC gondola #288673 which was loaded with pipe for the Hudson Valley Ag. Coop.
The Turn (now designated WW-3) leaves Williams Yard for its
return run to West Mill.
That's plenty of pics for now! I'll post the second part of the Kings Port Turn and wrap up the Kings Port Division's part in P.C.C.M. 39 tomorrow morning.
Thanks for taking a look!
Really nice segment to the PCCM. Really like the looks of your twin ALCO's. RS11's if I'm spotting correctly. If Sal wanted his loader delivered faster, he should have given some fine Cavendish Spirits to the right people. Great segment and lots of action!
ReplyDeleteMy bad, RSD12's. I can see the six axel arrangement after checking out your segment again. I did see your post on these units from last year. They look and run great! I can see how I confused them for RS11's with the hood arrangement. Again great post and the railfans got some education 🤔
DeleteYou're right both times Brian! Those older Atlas units intended to represent RSD-12s do have six axles but the shell looks more like an RS11. John and I noticed this a while ago after looking at proto pics of PC RSD-12s. One of the more notable differences is the real deal had six of those louvers above the Penn Central road name along the side behind the cab while the Atlas unit has five.
DeleteVery nice train movement Ralph! Looks like lots of profits to be generated to both the KP&W as well as the N.Y.C.T.L.
ReplyDeleteThose SD units look so cool!
Thanks Neal. Business is booming and coming your way soon!
DeleteA lot of action in this session. I am guessing salvage business is pretty good at Sal's if he can afford the new excavator. I appreciate how well you frame the scene for photos. Your photos spotlight not only the train cars but the highly detailed areas surrounding the cars. Nicely done. Maybe 1 day one of you guys can give me a crash how-to take great train photos session. Hmmm, who do I know that lives really close by who also takes great photos.....
ReplyDeleteThanks Ed! Learning how to crop photos has made a big difference for me. I've also learned to provide more light when taking photos. Some of my earlier pics of the West Mill side always looked dark and a bit on the orange side.
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Acknowledge delivery of PC flat car with excavator to sal's Salvage, PC 77047 to Reynolds Beverage Distributors, four empty coil steel coaches to Kings Port Steel and two T.O.F.C. cars to Williams Yard.
Terminal Yard out...
Whew! That was a lot of work to document and photograph! The whole entry was a rail fans dream for seeing the K.P.D. in action. The photos were superb and the new William Yard facade comes across very well! Another blog entry for the Hall of Fame!
Thanks much John! Terminal Yard dispatched a lot of work for West Mill but I've enjoyed it.
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