PCCM 102: Part 5 on the KPD

Hello again!

We are continuing the "inbound" portions 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.  

 After yesterday's action the virtual ops cars remaining at West Mill include P&E #3638, PC #104478, and RI #25062 all loaded with barrels of ink from Drywell Ink for Catskill Mt. Press...

...PC #360158, APRR #60358 & #60327 all loaded with cabinets for Zenith TVs.

PC #360063 carrying food packaging materials from C&P Restaurant Supply for Cavendish Foods....

...and APRR hopper #9416, empty for Hedberg Aggregates.

 There are also eight non-player hoppers that just came in from Port Owen's Con Edison power plant on the car float. 

 The cars for Catskill Mt. Press and Zenith TV are put together on a Bloomberg Turn.

Watch it get its GP38-2 power and an N10 caboose before backing out of West Mill in the video below. 

The train stops in front of WM tower for the crew to confer with the Towerman and receive their orders.

Just before the Bloomberg Turn pulls out it is passed by a vintage Pennsylvania Railroad Doodlebug that West Mill purchased for fan trips up the Catskills.   The old railcar runs on Sundays when no freight traffic is rolling on the Mountain Branch.  The Doodlebug is coming out of storage in anticipation of tomorrow's fan trip and is heading to the service tracks.

After the Bloomberg Turn completes the uphill climb and reaches the area's industrial park it sets out three cars for Catskill Mountain Press.

It then continues through the network of industrial tracks to set out three cars at Zenith TV.

While the Bloomberg Turn completes its set outs a West Mill crew boards the yard's SD9 #6922 that usually works the car float.  They are preparing to pull the eight empty hoppers that will be transferred to Mayfield Yard and later to the LV coal connection.

It takes a while to safely and carefully off load the carfloat to manage the shifting weight.  The hoppers are then set out in the yard and coupled to PC boxcar #360063.  The boxcar and hoppers will be dispatched as a transfer to the KP&&W Mayfield Yard soon.

First we see a little Yard Local action as GP7 #5688 heads over to Empire Grain and Sal's Salvage to pick up non-player cars to fill out a transfer run to the KP&W's Williams Yard. 

After grabbing a couple of empty covered hoppers for Blue Ribbon Flour in Kings Port it will stop at Sal's to pick up the two old PRR gons loaded with shredded metal scrap for KP Steel. 

Cars for the Transfer to Williams Yard arrive at West Mill Yard.

The one virtual ops car heading over to Williams Yard on the transfer is APRR #9146 which will be forwarded to Hedberg Aggregates.

The #5688 will continue managing the cars as the power for the transfer run.

Cabooses are added to the transfer to Williams Yard in the background and to the rear of a transfer to the KP&W's Mayfield Yard in the foreground.  Both are former Pennsy N8s.

Two trains are ready to go.   The first will be the transfer to Williams Yard with APRR #9416 being the only virtual ops car for Hedberg Aggregates.  GP7 #5688  takes this train out of town.

The second train is a transfer to the KP&W's Mayfield Yard.  The only virtual ops car on this train is PC #360063 for Cavendish Foods.

Watch the pair of GP20s assigned to power this transfer pass its cars and then back the train out of the yard.

 The transfer to Mayfield stops at WM Tower for orders.

...and then heads out of town.

That's plenty for today!  Tomorrow the KP&W will complete the remaining deliveries for this series.