PCCM 95: Part 6 on the KPD

 

Hello once again! 

We're wrapping up our 95th Penn Central Car Movement "virtual ops" that runs trains between  John's New York Central Train Layout, Neal's Atlantic Pacific R.R., and my own Kings Port Division.  This is the concluding post of the series from the Kings Port Division.

Here is the current situation at West Mill Yard.  There are virtual ops cars to be delivered to local industries.  Seen on the front track are three tankers for Gulf and PC boxcar #104478 for GERN. The PS2 hoppers and the NYC covered hopper in the background need to be sent out a little farther to Hedberg Aggregates and the PC/KP&W interchange track in Kings Port respectively.

These two cars need to be set up for the next WV-2 (Weehawken to Selkirk Transfer) to take to Selkirk for forwarding to New England.

Several cars are waiting for a car float ride to Port Owen.  KP&W boxcar #15638 is loaded with steel bands for Port Owen Brick Co. and the coal hoppers are destined for Con Ed.

And, there are three cars that need to be run up to Bloomberg's Industrial Park in the Catskills.  KP&W #644450 & 644455 are heading to Quality Fabrications while P&E #3638 is going to REVCO.

Yardmaster Cappy Foster and company confer about the most efficient way to get these jobs done.  

West Mill doesn't run a Bloomberg Turn unless there are at least five cars for the train and the current three car manifest is too small.  Same is true for the North Local.

The good news is that this morning's WV-2 Weehawken to Selkirk transfer run will be dropping off more cars (nonplayers) both for the Bloomberg area and for industries to the north of West Mill so the Turn and the Northbound Local can run later today.

So, the plan is to first deliver the three tank cars to Gulf and the PC boxcar to GERN as shove moves while pulling the NH and BAR cars to a siding for easy pick up by WV-2 later.

 Watch all of this action in the video below

That red G&MO car was picked up at Gulf for the next PCCM.

 Next, SD9 #6922 starts loading the car float while WV-2 arrives.

 Watch the carfloat action in the videos below.  The cars are pulled by SD9 #6922 to prepare for loading on the car float while WV-2 arrives.

The float is loaded with care to balance the barge.

When the car float loading is completed cars for West Mill are cut off the WV-2.

The P&LE and PC nonplayer boxcars will be added to the Bloomberg Turn to meet the minimum number for dispatching the run.

The gons of scrap are for KP Steel and the empty hoppers will go to Hedberg Aggregate to flesh out the Northbound Local.

Before continuing on to Selkirk the two cars set out for a journey to New England are picked up by the U33C/GP38-2/GP38-2 power.

The Bloomberg run and Northbound Local are assembled and ready for dispatch.  Watch the Bloomberg Turn back out of the yard, take the main and meet the pair of RSD12s that will power today's Northbound Local.

The RSD12s approach the Northbound Local cars and the train is quickly dispatched right after the Bloomberg Turn.

 The Northbound Local drops PS2 covered hoppers  KP&W #445052 and PC #883190 along with two PC open hoppers at Hedberg Aggregates. 

The three nonplayer gons of scrap are left for KP Steel's Basic Oxygen Furnace...

The NYC covered hopper for Blue Ribbon Flour is dropped off at the PC/KP&W interchange track.

The KP&W will set the car out at Blue Ribbon Flour later today.

Meanwhile the Bloomberg Turn has reached the industrial park in the Catskills and sets out empty P&E #3638 at REVCO.

And, the final move of the series involves KP&W #644450 & 644455 loaded with bulk hardware from American Hardware on Neal's APRR for Quality Fabrications.

That sigh of relief you hear coming collectively from West Mill, Mayfield, and Williams Yard is in response to the completion of a lot of work performed by the crews of all three yards!  Thanks for following it all on the Kings Port Division and be sure to check out what John and Neal did with their respective car forwarding challenges in this series!

Time to go to beans!