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Earlier this weekend Neal's Atlantic Pacific R.R. and my Kings Port Division got Penn Central Car Movements #89 started by assembling and dispatching trains of empty coal hoppers to John's New York Central Train Layout where they were forwarded to Hudson Coal for loading.
Now its time to follow the unit coal trains returning to their points of origin so the loaded hoppers can be delivered to various consignees in need of anthracite!
Things are deceptively quiet at Kings Port but railfans know this is often a hot spot for observing trains.
Watch as things pick up with the arrival of a KP&W RDC heading to Williams Yard station carrying railroad company employees as passengers. After the RDC clears the crossing automobile traffic on Ulster Ave. has to wait for the arrival of Extra 4369, the loaded unit coal train dispatched from Terminal Yard.
The train comes to a stop and the caboose is cut to prepare for the set out of several cars here.
The train pulls ahead of the switch to the Williams Yard lead track and is now ready to shove eight of the hoppers into Williams Yard
Watch the action in the video below:
These eight cars will be forwarded to Binghamton by the KP&W for eventual delivery to Corning Glass Company for their power plant. After they are cut from the train in Williams Yard Extra 4369 pulls forward to efficiently set out six cars for KP Steel.
Six cars about to be dropped off at the interchange for KP Steel.
Three are placed on north side of Ulster Ave....
...while the other three are set out to the south of the grade crossing.
After the set outs are completed the FP7s and remaining coal hoppers return to the waiting caboose.
Extra 4369 prepares to proceed to West Mill to deliver the last of its string of coal hoppers. The remaining six cars will be placed on the car float for a trip to the Con Ed. plant at Port Owen
Watch Extra 4369 wait for a northbound manifest to Selkirk before departing south for West Mill in the video below:
A half hour later MM Tower reports the train passing Marion....
...and it arrives at West Mill forty five minutes after that. The yard crew wastes no time pulling the caboose so the hoppers can be quickly placed on the car float for Port Owen.
RSD12 #6865 is still assuming car float duty while SD9 #6922 is being repaired at Selkirk.
Watch the Alco set the six hoppers on the float in the video below:
The float will shove off for Port Owen soon!
That's it for today! Stay tuned tomorrow when the hoppers are set out at the Con Ed power plant in Port Owen while Williams Yard dispatches a WiBi (Williams Yard transfer to Binghamton) with hoppers for Corning Glass Company!
To: West Mill / Rock Ridge
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Acknowledge arrival of PC Extra 4369 at Williams Yard and the set out of eight coal hoppers.
Acknowledge arrival of PC Extra 4369 at Kings Port Interchange and set out of six coal hoppers.
Acknowledge arrival of PC Extra 4369 at West Mill with remaining six coal hoppers.
Acknowledge ex NYC switch engine 8951 working West Mill and pulling off Extra 4369s caboose.
Acknowledge PC RSD12 6865 filling in for PC 6922 at Float Yard nd placing six coal hoppers on car float.
Terminal Yard out...
The choreography of the train movements in this installment gives us another excellent look into the train operations in your part of the Catskill Mountains. Very impressive from the opening RDC roll by to the manifest train meeting with PC Extra 4369 to the placement of the last six coal hoppers on the car float. The 6865 looks good in its relief role. The setouts made by 4369 were really well done and would make any RR traffic manager proud!!! Well done Ralph!!!
Thanks John! I enjoyed creating all of those moves. Glad they came across well!
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