P.C.C.M. #74 Official Post #3

Hi all!

Last weekend I focused on outbound trains that took cars from my Kings Port Division to John's  New York Central Train Layout and Neal's Atlantic Pacific R.R.

The most recent post included a description of Extra #1702 picking up a block of cars for the A.P.R.R.   Here is an image from that move in which coal hoppers on Extra 1702 are seen next to the cars set aside for the A.P.R.R., starting with the Jade Green NYC car.

Since I wanted to focus on outgoing cars in that post I did not mention at the time that Extra 1702 also dropped off cars for West Mill.   These cars include two Southern RR bulkhead flatcars with saw log loads for Half Moon Wholesale Lumber which is just south of West Mill, and six loaded coal hoppers for Port Owen's Power Plant.

 

Here we see coal hoppers for RMO Electric on the A.P.R.R. on the main (background track) next to hoppers that are being cut from Extra 1702 for Port Owen.  Coal is king today!

As the cut of hoppers for Port Own is shoved onto a West Mill siding they are followed by the two bulkhead flats with saw logs.

The Extra's F7A-B-B power backs the cut for West Mill into place while the rest of its train waits on the mainline to continue to Weehawken.

After dropping the cars off Extra 1702 heads out of town with the cut for the A.P.R.R. in tow.  Here is a shot of that action seen in a previous post.   The first car in the cut for the A.P.R.R., Jade Green NYC boxcar #47062 is leaving town!

Not to be confusing, but lets review this train's work a little more by going back in time a couple of hours!   Prior to reaching West Mill, Extra 1702 had arrived at Kings Port (seen below) with its full compliment of coal hoppers for both the A.P.R.R. and for Port Owen, the two bulkhead flats, AND a pair of 38 foot loaded hoppers for Corning Glass Co.  

The two shorties were set out on the interchange with the Kings Port & Western.  They will be forwarded to Corning via the KP&W's WiBi transfer to Binghamton later.  In the picture below the cars are pulled beyond the entrance to the interchange for set out.

Watch a video of the set out below.

  OK...lets get back to the present time!   Returning to West Mill, the cars that were dropped off by Extra 1702 are now being pulled into the yard.  Coal hoppers for Port Owen's Power Plant....

..and two bulkhead flat cars for Half Moon Wholesale Lumber.

Pulling past the entrance to West Mill Yard by WM Tower

Watch the action as the coal cars are set on Track 3 and the bulkhead flats on Track 2 in the video below:

The cut left for West Mill by Extra 1702 is now in the yard.

The siding that cut was on was cleared in good time to accommodate a Weehawken to Selkirk run (Extra 8038) with cars that were forwarded from the A.P.R.R.'s Rock Ridge Yard.  Stopping at West Mill (located between Weehawken and Selkirk)  the train will drop off more cars for the Kings Port Division.

The cut for West Mill includes three PC RBLs loaded with crates for IBM from Mike's Lumber

Two ribbed KP&W boxcars loaded with food stuffs for Cavendish Foods.

And, two more KP&W boxcars, empty for Zenith TV, represent the end of the West Mill cut from the A.P.R.R..

Some of the cars on this train that will continue to Selkrik and then on to the N.Y.C.T.L. can be see below. That blue Empire Belt car is particularly nice!

The West Mill cut is separated from the rest of Extra 8038.

...and pulled beyond the yard entrance.   We've been here before!

 Conferring with WM Tower before entering the yard.

Watch the action as the cut from the A.P.R.R. is moved to the yard entrance:

And then shoved into West Mill Yard in the video below.

 After dropping off the West Mill cut Extra 8038's consist returns to the train.

On to Selkirk with cars for the N.Y.C.T.L!

That's enough for today.  See you tomorrow as another train from Selkirk is set to arrive at Kings Port and West Mill.   We'll also follow the car float to Port Owen.