PCCM 102: Part 3 on the KPD

 

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. 

Yesterday a KP&W transfer brought the last of the cars to West Mill needed to assemble a WmV-6 for Selkirk.  These cars will then be forwarded to John's Terminal Yard.   

The KP&W transfer also brought a cut of cars that will be picked up by the next Penn Central train VW-1 from Selkirk to Weehawken that will then be forwarded to Neal's Rock Ridge Yard.   

Some of the KP&W transfer's cars are scheduled to be forwarded as intra-layout moves on the Kings Port Division.    Lots to organize!

Switcher #8951 has been busy assembling blocks of cars.   We see it below at the head end of what will become WmV-6 for Selkirk.  The 50 foot plug door PC boxcar #160502 is loaded with materials from Battaglia Brothers Warehouse for All City Storage.  The old Pacemaker is carrying sewing machine and wire twister parts from Quality Fabrications for Moore & Co.  An unseen NYC Early Bird boxcar behind the Pacemaker is loaded with bagged Cement for Neal's Lumber and Hardware.

These three 60 foot auto parts cars, PC/TOC #350562, NYC #53051, and KP&W #50335 were loaded by ACME Auto Parts for Ford in Bedford Park.

PS-2 hoppers PC #883190 and KP&W #445052 are loaded with fine grade aggregate from Hedberg Aggregates for Lombo Cement.  the white LV boxcar NIRX #41000 is carrying adhesive backed paper for Berk Enterprises from International Paper Co.

In the background we see P&LE gondola #40331 loaded with long poles for Lilco from Bell Pole.  Two flatcars act as safety spacers.  The Empire Belt boxcar #360279 in the foreground is from International Paper.  Its carrying bulk paper for Marcal Paper served by the APRR.   The two PC gons # 576104 & 576123 are traveling empty to Shapeless Steel.

Two cars loaded with tanks (PC # 766053 and PC #288673) are for West Chemical from Amalgamated Container Co. (ACCO)

Two MEC bulkhead flats with pulpwood loads from Maine and empty double door NYC boxcar #40762 wait their turn to be assembled into a southbound local to Half Moon Wholesale Lumber Distributors.  Behind them you can see recent virtual ops addition PC gon #55702 loaded with steel coils for Mid Island Steel and EL boxcar #73510 loaded with Port Owen bricks for Gotham Builders.

The final car to account for is TP&W #627 which is headed empty to Canton Box Co, just outside of West Mill Yard.

Time to dispatch some trains!

A pair of RSD12s draws the assignment of powering WmV-6.  Watch the locomotives couple up to the train and pull it out of the yard.

The train will stop at Selkirk where it will meet up with the other cars scheduled to be forwarded to John's N.Y.C.T.L.  Those cars include the three B&M RBLs seen below earlier at Mechanicville before being sent to Selkirk in Part #1 of this series.   The cars are loaded with veneers from Eastern States Plywood for University Milling.

There are also four TOFCs waiting at Selkirk to be forwarded to Terminal Yard along with Swift reefer SLRX #4244 loaded with meat for Ralph's Grocery Warehouse.  John will decide how the Selkirk Hump arranges trains dispatched to his Terminal Yard.

After WmV-6 left, the crews focused on sending out a Southbound local that will serve Half Moon Wholesale Lumber Distributors.  The virtual ops cars on this train include the empty NYC #47062 and the two MEC bulkhead flats with pulpwood loads from Maine.  The train prepares to leave under the power of GP9 #7085.

Watch the Southbound Local depart in the video below:

An hour later the cars are set out at Half Moon Wholesale Lumber

The last three cars for Neal's APRR (the boxcar for Marcal and the two gons for Shapeless Steel) are set out on a siding for the next VW-1 to pick up to take to Weehawken before they are forwarded to Rock Ridge Yard. 

VW-1 arrives in the background while switcher #8951 prepares a string of cement cars to be set out for the next KP&W WiBi-4

After picking up the cars VW-1 continues to Weehawken.

With VW-1 out of the way the West Mill yard crew executes another intra-layout move involving six cement hoppers that were loaded at Tri Mount Cement for a consignee in Binghamton.  Watch the West Mill Yard switcher set the cars out for the next KP&W Williams Yard to Binghamton transfer (WiBi-4) which later arrives to pick them up.

 The last job is a quick intra-layout move of empty TP&W #627 to Canton Box Co. just outside of the yard.  Switcher #8951 easily takes care of it.

That's it for this week!  Come back next weekend for the "inbound" portion of this series as cars arrive from John's and Neal's layouts for consignees on the Kings Pot Division!