PCCM 110: Part 3 on the KPD

 Greetings!

 Our 110th Penn Central Car Movement series between John's New York Central Train Layout , Neal's Atlantic Pacific R.R. , and my Kings Port Division continues!

 Yesterday Penn Central train VW-1 from Selkirk stopped at West Mill on its way to Weehawken to pick up a string of cars for Neal's APRR.

Today we'll focus on sending a trainload of cars to John's N.Y.C.T.L.

The action begins at the KP&W's Williams Yard where a transfer for West Mill is being prepared.   It will include six open hoppers loaded with coarse aggregate....

...and two PS2 covered hoppers of fine aggregate for the NYS DOT #10 project...

...PC plug door boxcar #360158 loaded with flour for Hostess and PTTX #91913 is carrying steel slabs for Mid Island Steel.

The Transfer leaves Williams Yard and later arrives at West Mill

 The KP&W crew uncouple their caboose from the transfer so their locomotives can pick it up later after completing work at West Mill.

The KP&W will be picking up a string of twelve empty hoppers for the return trip to Williams Yard.

The KP&W F7A and GP9 leave their cut for West Mill behind to pick up the empty hoppers in the yard and then back them into their transfer caboose.

Watch the action in the video below:

After coupling the empty hoppers to their caboose the transfer runs back to Williams Yard.

The last work for the day is to set out the remaining cars that will be picked up by WV-2 which is expected to arrive in an hour and a half.   These cars for the N.Y.C.T.L. include the Early Bird loaded with REVCO kitchen gadgets for Ralph's Grocery Warehouse and the three gondola loads of poles for Lilco. 

 

These cars will be coupled to the cut that was left by the KP&W

which the 8951 moves off the mainline and on to the adjacent siding.

 

 

It then pulls the cars from the yard and couples them to the rest waiting for WV-2 on the siding.

The cut for WV-2 on the siding extends nearly the length of the yard

WV-2 arrives!

WV-2's U Boats and GP38-2 make the pick up.  We get a good look at the cars heading to the N.Y.C.T.L. as they roll by.

WV-2's consist idles by WM tower as the connections are checked and the air is pumped to release the brakes prior to departure.

 The train to Selkirk receives permission to proceed!

 An hour and a half later WV-2 arrives at Selkirk.  As the train rolls by we get another good look at the cars heading to the N.Y.C.T.L.   Its always busy at Selkirk as a train coming of the former Boston & Albany line arrives and a yard switcher shifts some cars around.

The block of cars for Terminal Yard will be placed on an outgoing train along with these three B&M RBLs loaded with Habitant Soup for
Ralph's Grocery Warehouse.

 Check out John's blog next weekend as this train arrives on his layout!

 

PCCM 110: Part 2 on the KPD

Hello! 

We are continuing the "inbound" portion of our 110th Penn Central Car Movement series between John's New York Central Train Layout , Neal's Atlantic Pacific R.R. , and my Kings Port Division.    

More freight cars will arrive at West Mill today for eventual forwarding to John and Neal's layouts.  Some will be brought in by a Yard Local powered by the yard's workhorse #8951which will pick up a boxcar at Canton Box along with the three PC RBLs that were set out on a siding by KP&W train BiWi-3 yesterday.

A string of empty hoppers will be delivered to West Mill Yard from Tri Mount Cement courtesy of the South Local which will be heading out to the cement plant with an F7A/ GP9 consist.  The South Local is taking some non-PCCM cars to various industries near Tri Mount Cement and will return with the empty hoppers later.  Crews can be seen heading toward the locomotives of both trains.

Watch the trains depart and then follow the Yard Local's work in the video below.

The PC #360063 boxcar picked up from Canton Box is loaded with packaging materials for C&P Restaurant Supply while the three Penn Central RBLs loaded with container board from International Paper Co. will be forwarded to Tropicana on Neal's layout.

The West Mill Yard Local has finished its work and now over at  Williams Yard the KP&W is dispatching a Yard Local of its own.  SW7s  #22 & #24 will take a transfer caboose out to pick up cars at Blue Ribbon Flour and Peerless Appliance.

The Yard Local heads out to do its work while a short "Steel Job" from KP Steel brings a couple of cars into the yard.

The PTTX #91913 bulkhead flatcar on the Steel Job is making its PCCM debut!  It is carrying steel slabs for Mid Island Steel on John's layout. 

The PC plug door boxcar #360158 is loaded with Blue Ribbon flour for Hostess on John's layout while the empty NYC #80755 boxcar will be forwarded to Amalgamated Container Co. as an intra-layout move.

Lets go back over to West Mill as the #8951 is pulling a KP&W boxcar to add it to a cut of cars that will be set out for the next VW-1 to pick up to take south to Weehawken.  They will then be forwarded to Neal's Rock Ridge Yard from there.

Watch the #8951 couple the KP&W boxcar to the rest of the Rock Ridge cut while the South Local returns with six empty hoppers that will be going to Hedberg Aggregates as an intra-layout move.

Its time to set out the Rock Ridge cut as the next Penn Central transfer from Selkirk to Weehawken is expected in two hours.  While switcher #8951 is busy assembling cars in a block to transfer to Williams Yard...

 ...RSD12 #6865 takes responsibility for moving the Rock Ridge cut to a siding along the mainline for easy access by the expected VW-1.

Watch the RSD12 make the set out below:

 

The cut for Rock Ridge includes a KP&W boxcar loaded with bricks for American Hardware Supply, PC #360063 with packaging for C&P Restaurant Supply, three PC RBLS with container board for Tropicana,

...a Morton Salt covered hopper returning to the Morton facility in Rock Ridge, and two 38 foot coal hoppers for RMO Electric.

The cut awaits the imminent arrival of PC train VW-1 from Selkirk.

The U33C/GP38/GP20 consist prepares to uncouple from the train to pick up the cut for Rock Ridge Yard.

Watch the pick up below:

The VW-1 crew confers and prepares to leave for Weehawken after getting clearance from the Dispatcher in Kings Port.  Is that Emery leaning against the railing taking photos?  He does get around!

VW-1 departs West Mill behind three unit GE/EMD  power!

Also included for the APRR on the tail end of VW-1 is Swift reefer #4244 which is loaded with frozen meat for ShopRite in Rock Ridge.

That's it for today.  Come back tomorrow as the final cars for John's layout arrive at West Mil and are readied for pick up by WV-2 to Selkirk!

PCCM 110: Part 1 on the KPD

 Hello everyone!

We are embarking on our 110th Penn Central Car Movement series (PCCM) also known as our "virtual ops" as John's New York Central Train Layout , Neal's Atlantic Pacific R.R. , and my Kings Port Division exchange freight car traffic from one layout to the other, thanks to us owning similar rolling stock that we photograph and film in action.              

This time around we'll start at the Kings Port & Western's Mayfield Yard where S12 switcher #34 is preparing to get to work.

The S12 goes in search of a Morton Salt covered hopper in the yard that will be included on this morning's transfer to the Penn Central's West Mill Yard.  Meanwhile, a Lehigh Valley train arrives at Mayfield with a string of loaded coal hoppers.  The LV and the KP&W interchange at Mayfield, facilitating a coal connection from the Lehigh Valley to the Hudson Valley.  Watch the action in the video below.

The Morton Salt car was forwarded empty to Mayfield from Cavendish Fine Foods.  Its going back to the Morton Salt loading center in Rock Ridge on Neal's layout.

The PCCM cars on the LV train are KP&W 38 foot hoppers #233 & 234 which will be going to RMO electric, also on Neal's layout.

#34 adds the Morton Salt car and the two hoppers to the transfer for West Mill

 The train is assigned RS3 #566 which rolls by and then couples up to the transfer.  Meanwhile a quiet West Mill Yard awaits the train.

Watch the transfer roll out of town and later arrive at West Mill.

 After setting out its cars the transfer's RS3 and caboose return light to Mayfield.  They clear the junction with the Catskill Mountain Branch in time to avoid delaying a returning Bloomberg Turn that had been working up there this morning.

The Bloomberg Turn has brought three gondolas loaded with poles from Bell Pole which will eventually be delivered to LILCO by the Long Island Railroad.   The three cars (along with the two flat cars acting as spacers on either side of PL&E 40331 and its extra long load) will travel to Selkirk and then to John's Terminal Yard before reaching his Empire Belt's North Side Yard which interchanges with the LIRR.

The TP&W boxcar #627 is heading empty to the Gulf Oil facility in Kings Port as an intra-layout move...

...while the former NYC Early Bird boxcar loaded with REVCO kitchen gadgets will be forwarded to Ralph's Grocery Warehouse on John's layout.

We'll leave West Mill for now and head over to the KP&W's Williams Yard where GP9 #742 is preparing to run light to Hedberg Aggregates with the specially outfitted caboose that takes the lead on this upgrade shove move.

The Geep and caboose head to the unseen north side of the yard where the cut off to the Marion Branch to Hedberg Aggregates is located.  From there they will back upgrade to Hedberg's to pick up six loaded hoppers and four PS-2 covered hoppers.

 After picking up the cars the train heads downgrade to Kings Port.

 ....rolls past the north yard entrance and then backs into Williams Yard

Bouncing back to West Mill, we see the tow boat "Robert H." has just pushed the car float against the West Mill apron.  The float is carrying empty hoppers and one boxcar from Port Owen that will be off loaded soon.  We'll also see more KP&W action as their train BiWi-3, the daily transfer from Binghamton, NY to Williams Yard is about to arrive at West Mill to set out some cars.    

Watch the BiWi-3 arrive as the car float begins unloading.  The long KP&W transfer is well powered by first generation EMD units; pairs of F7As and SD9s!

After the BiWi stops, its four unit consist sets out three PC RBLs that are full of materials from International Paper Co. for Tropicana on Neal's layout.   It then continues on to Kings Port.  Meanwhile SD9 #6922 moves the hoppers from the carfloat into the yard.

 That it for today's action!  Come back tomorrow for more Penn Central and KP&W car movements!