Welcome back everyone!
We continue the "inbound" portion of our 100th Penn Central Car Movement series! Our 100th Penn Central Car Movement series includes John's New York Central Train Layout , Neal's Atlantic Pacific R.R., my own Kings Port Division, and a special welcome back to Brian's Ralson Creek R.R.!
Yesterday freight cars arrived at the Penn Central's West Mill Yard and the Kings Port & Western's Williams Yard. Crews in both yards are busy assembling trains to forward the cars to their final destinations. This has been complicated by a Penn Central train derailment in Kings Port that blocks the line between Weehawken and Selkirk and interferes with the KP&W's operations out of Williams Yard.
Speaking of Williams Yard, their SW9 switcher has completed a PCCM delivery by setting out PC gon #228673 loaded with pipe at the yard's ramp for the Hudson Valley Ag Coop.
Now the #24 is hard at work building the next WiBi-4 (Williams Yard to Binghamton). Its adding two 38 foot hoppers that were loaded at Hudson Coal for Corning Glass Co.'s power plant.
The WiBi is almost fully assembled but can't be dispatched until the Wreck Train has finished clearing the Penn Central derailment near KP Tower. Word is that they are close to reopening the line.
Meanwhile over at West Mill, in anticipation of the line being cleared #8951 pulls two cars that will eventually be picked up by the WiBi to take them to Binghamton. The covered hopper is going home to Corning Glass Co. loaded with silica sand. LV boxcar #7120 is returning to LV control at Frontier Yard.
Great news! The Wreck Train has completed its work and the line is open! West Mill's Yardmaster Cappy Foster is happy again, for the second time in one PCCM series! :)
Watch #8951 set out the Corning and LV cars while the Wreck Train heads south to Weehawken. You will notice the tank car that was damaged enough to load onto a flat while a short string of PC boxcars involved in the derailment is also heading to the RIP track for inspection.
Cappy's counterpart at Williams Yard is also happy that the line is clear so he can move the WiBi out of his yard! Watch the assigned KP&W F7A &B consist couple up to the WiBi, take it out of Kings Port, and stop at West Mill to make the pick up.
The Corning and LV cars are picked up by the F7A&B.
After the KP&W brakeman walks the train WiBi-4 gets permission to proceed to Weehawken. PCCM cars include the Corning and LV cars along with the two 38 foot hoppers at the rear of the train.
After arriving at Binghamton the Corning covered hopper and two 38 foot hoppers are placed on a local and delivered to Corning Glass.
Turning our attention to Williams Yard, more PCCM cars are forwarded to their consignees as the KP&W Steel Job's GP9 couples up to a cut of empty coil cars and a gon of scrap for KP Steel.
Watch the action from Williams Yard to KP Steel in the video below:
It looks like something interesting is happening at Ulster Ave! Local law enforcement, KP&W personnel, and Penn Central crewmen (along with the KPRS!) are all anticipating the passing of a special Penn Central Extra #2228 hauling a large transformer for the Port Owen Con Edison power plant. After the recent derailment neither railroad nor local officials want to take any chances as this special slow order trains rolls through Kings Port.
Watch an escort locomotive and caboose roll by, closely followed by Extra #2228 with its high and wide transformer load:
The Extra arrives at West Mill closely watched by everyone!
The depressed well flat carrying the transformer is placed on the waiting carfloat for Port Owen along with coal hoppers for the power plant and a P&E car for Port Owen Brick.
The barge shoves off under the power of the tugboat Robert H. Forty five minutes later its locked against the carfloat apron at Port Owen.
P&E boxcar #3638 is set out at Port Owen Brick.
The rest of the cars including the large transformer will be delivered to Con Ed by SD9 #6925.
Watch the set outs at Con Ed below:
That will do it for today! Stay tuned for more virtual ops action tomorrow!
To: West Mill / Kings Port
ReplyDeleteTo: Terminal Yard / North Side Yard/ Ralston Creek RR
From: Rock Ridge Yard
Acknowledgement – Williams Yard switcher delivers gondola to Hudson Valley Ag Ramp
Acknowledgement – KP&W Engine #24 working WiBi-4 for Binghamton
Acknowledgement – Engine #8951 working West Mill Yard
Acknowledgement – Wreck Train moves cars to open traffic at Kings Port
Acknowledgement – WiBi train leaves Kings Port for West Mill
Acknowledgement – Train WiBi-4 departs West Mill for Weehawken
Acknowledgement – Williams Yard GP9 working freight for KP Steel
Acknowledgement – PC Extra #2228 rolls thru Ulster Ave. to Port Owen Con Ed Plant
Acknowledgement – PC Extra #2228 arrives West Mill
Acknowledgement – Tug Robert H departs West Mill with H&W Transformer loaded on Car Float to Port Owen with coal hoppers
Acknowledgement – Robert H Tug arrives Port Owen
Acknowledgement – PC SD9 #6925 sets out transformer at Con Ed
Rock Ridge Yard out!
Liked your string of 40’ KP&W Box cars on the WiBi train. I think it’s a first for me to see. The delivering of your covered gondolas to KP Steel looks very realistic. Again more kudos to your structures. That’s a great ‘protect’ train ahead of PC Extra #2228. I’ve never seen that in real life. Does something like that exist in real railroading? Inquiring minds want to know! As always, the car float action is one of my favorites!
Great job moving freight Ralph!
Thanks Neal! I'm not sure if the "protect train" is something that happens often although mine was inspired by standing track side in the mid 1970s in Upstate NY waiting for the Freedom Train to pass by on the River Line. A pair of Penn Central diesel locomotives rolled by a few minutes before the steam powered special train passed by.
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Acknowledge KP&W SW9 working Williams Yard and building Train WiBi-4.
Acknowledge engine 8951 working West Mill Yard and setting out PCCM cars for WiBi-4.
Acknowledge derailment cleared and wreck train heading back to Weehawken with damaged freight cars.
Acknowledge KP&W Train WiBi-4 departing Williams Yard with PCCM freight cars for Binghamton area industries.
Acknowledge WiBi-4 picking up two PCCM cars at West Mill and heading to Binghamton.
Acknowledge WiBi-4 arriving in Binghamton and delivery of PCCM cars to area industries.
Acknowledge KP&W Steel Job departing Williams Yard and delivering PCCM cars to Kings Port Steel.
Acknowledge pilot engines leading Extra 2228 to West Mill.
Acknowledge Extra 2228 arriving at West Mill.
Acknowledge transformer load from 2228 delivered to Con Edison at Port Owen.
Acknowledge P&E boxcar 3638 delivered to Port Owen Brick.
Terminal Yard out...
Nice job getting everything back on track after the derailment!! The WiBi-4 is becoming one of my favorite trains. The pilot locomotives were a good idea for the newly reopened track at the derailment site. It was nice to see Extra 2228 arrive at West Mill, get ferried to Port Owen and delivered to Con Edison. As always the KPRS guys have their ears to the grapevine and get the skinny on the train moves at Ulster Ave. Another well done installment Ralph!!!