Hello again!
We're continuing the "outbound" portion of our 102nd Penn Central Car Movement (PCCM) "virtual ops" between John's New York Central Train Layout, Neal's Atlantic Pacific R.R., and my own Kings Port Division. Cars are arriving at West Mill Yard to be assembled into trains to be forwarded to the APRR and N.Y.C.T.L.
We return to West Mill to find just a handful of "virtual ops" cars in the yard. The EBRR car will be going south to Neal's Rock Ridge Yard while the LV car is heading to John's Terminal Yard. The greater percentage of cars going to the N.Y.C.T.L. in this series are currently holding at Selkirk.
The NYC double door boxcar and the two bulkhead flats will be forwarded on a Southbound local to Half Moon Wholesale Lumber distributors. More cars are to come!
The blaring of a multi chime Leslie horn coming out of the tunnel at the south end of town heralds the arrival of today's KP&W transfer run from Mayfield to West Mill.
Watch the transfer arrive a West Mill. The six cars behind the string of nonplayer coal hoppers are the "virtual ops" cars from Mayfield. While the transfer rolls by the tower to access the yard lead, the Bloomberg Turn is seen coming back home off the Mountain Branch after serving industries in the Catskills. The Turn stops to wait for the KP&W train to clear the main.
The KP&W Transfer begins backing into West Mill Yard.
While the Transfer from Mayfield is backing into West Mill Yard the Bloomberg Turn receives permission to leave the branch line and enter the main so it can enter the yard as well. Watch the two train action in the video below:
The KP&W train is resting in the yard. The F7A/SD9 consist set out their orange transfer caboose prior to backing into the yard track.
The transfer's string of cars includes barely seen KP&W boxcar #15638 on the left, empty for Port Owen Brick Co., depressed well flat car #766053 loaded with a large tank and PC gon #288673 loaded with two additional tanks for West Chemical. The three 60 foot auto parts cars to their right are for Ford in Bedford Park.
The Bloomberg Turn backs its car into West Mill Yard while the WM Towerman provides a roll by inspection.
The Bloomberg Turn's GP38-2 comes to a stop next to the KP&W Transfer's F7A/ GP9 consist. EMD units are idling away!
The Bloomberg Turn's string of cars is in front of the Mayfield Transfer's manifest. Virtual ops cars on the Turn include P&LE gon #40331 loaded with poles from Bell Pole for Lilco and an aging former NYC Pacemaker boxcar (seen in the photo above) loaded with sewing machine and wire twister parts from Quality Fabrications for Moore & Co. The two PC boxcars on the left are nonplayers to fill out the Bloomberg Turn.
The KP&S consist prepares to return to Mayfield. They get a little help from yard switcher #8951 as it tacks their transfer caboose behind the F7A.
Watch the KP&W locomotives leave West Mill and head back to Mayfield Yard caboose lite.
After the KP&W units leave, the yard crew focuses on loading the car float for Port Owen with hoppers for Con Ed and a couple of KP&W boxcars for Port Owen Brick Co.
KP&W #15638 is added to complete the manifest for Port Owen.
The last action of the day at West Mill is the Cement Job coming from Tri Mount Cement with covered hoppers loaded with Cement. These will later be forwarded by the KP&W to a consignee in Binghamton.
Lets head over to the KP&W's Williams Yard where a Local Industrial Job is picking up cars at Kings Port area businesses. These three cars were pulled from Battaglia Brothers Warehouse.
The local moves to Reynolds Beverage Distributors and Booms Ready Mix...
...and pulls three cars from that spur.
It later grabs three gondolas from KP Steel and then heads back to Williams Yard.
Things will get busier at Williams Yard as a Marion Branch run prepares to return with cars from the recently expanded Hedberg Aggregates plant.
After the cars from Hedberg arrive at Williams Yard the two PS-2 hoppers KP&W #445052 and PC #883190 are included on a transfer run to the Penn Central's West Mill. As the transfer leaves we can see a Williams Yard train for the KP&W's Mayfield Yard being prepared on the next track with F7 A&B unis for power. The NYC double door boxcars behind them will later be forwarded to Peerless Appliance.
We'll stop here for today Come back tomorrow to see cars dispatched on trains for Neals'APRR and John's N.Y.C.T.L.
To: West Mill / Rock Ridge
ReplyDeleteFrom: Terminal Yard
Acknowledge KP&W Mayfield Transfer delivering PCCM freight traffic to West Mill Yard.
Acknowledge Bloomberg Turn returning to West Mill with PCCM freight traffic.
Acknowledge loading of West Mill Car Float.
Acknowledge PC Cement Job returning to West Mill.
Acknowledge KP&W Local Industrial Job delivering PCCM freight traffic to Williams Yard.
Acknowledge KP&W Williams Yard to West Mill Transfer delivering PCCM freight traffic to West Mill Yard.
Terminal Yard out...
Beautifully done Ralph!!! A very busy day at West Mill and Williams Yards with two railroads moving a large amount of PCCM tonnage while keeping the rail lines fluid. I thought a traffic cop may have been needed when the Bloomberg Turn returned to West Mill hot on the heels of the KP&W Mayfield Transfer but the dispatcher, towerman, train crews and yard crew were on their A game. Looking forward to the dispatch of the outbound trains!!!
To: West Mill / Kings Port
ReplyDeleteTo: Terminal Yard / North Side Yard
From: Rock Ridge Yard
Acknowledgement – KP&W Mayfield Transfer arrives at West Mill
Acknowledgement – Bloomberg Turn arrives at West Mill
Acknowledgement – KP&W engines return to Mayfield Yard caboose lite
Acknowledgement – Cement Job from Tri Mount Cement arrives at West Mill
Acknowledgement – KP&W local Willams Yard Job picking up freight from industries
Acknowledgement – Freight from the Marion Branch & Hedberg arrive at Williams Yard
Rock Ridge Yard Out!
Nice work on gathering all the freight for both the APRR & NYCTL! The crew at Williams Yard handled all of the inbound freight as well as some outbound action. Looking forward to the final outbound action!