P.C.C.M. 58: The Kings Port Turn is dispatched from West Mill

Hi gang!

We continue railfanning P.C.C.M. #58 and find that Cappy Foster and company are ready to dispatch the Kings Port Turn from West Mill Yard.  This train will set out coal hoppers and empty coil cars at KP Steel and drop off two empty covered hoppers at Blue Ribbon Flour.

As usual, the reliable  pair of RSD12s assigned to West Mill get the call to head the Turn.  The crew boards #6869 as the V12 four stroke diesel engines in the two locomotives make their loud characteristic ALCO thrumming.

Backing into the yard tracks the RSD12s couple onto their train.

Cars for Blue Ribbon Flour

...and KP Steel.

Watch the train pull out of West Mill's yard tracks prior to picking up its caboose in the video below:

The Turn can pass by Reynolds Beverage Distributors and the GULF Oil facility, both of which were served by a priority run earlier in the day.

Watch the train cross Ulster Ave in the video below:

 Arriving at KP Steel the train drops off the two empty coil cars and the six loaded hoppers.

Cutting the caboose to set out the cars.   Conductor Fingers O'Malley confers with his brakeman.

In position to shove the cars into KP Steel's holding yard.

First the Evans Bread Box Trough coil cars....

...and then the coal hoppers.

Fingers supervises the action from his back porch.

The cars for KP Steel have been set out.

Watch the cars being set out at KP Steel in the video below:

 One more delivery to go:  two empty covered hoppers for Blue Ribbon Flour.  The brake man throws the switch for an industrial lead toward Blue Ribbon.

Here is Blue Ribbon.  The loading dock accessed by the Turn is on a lower level.

After setting out the two cars at Blue Ribbon the ALCOS return to the transfer hack and the always impatient O'Malley. 

Follow the action on video below:

 The guys will take a break here and then pick up cars at the KP&W's nearby Williams Yard for transfer to West Mill.  We won't follow that action but stay tuned for a KP&W freight out of West Mill later that will serve Peerless Appliance and ACME Auto Parts.

P.C.C.M. 58: A short run to set out cars.

Hi all!

Continuing the action on the Kings Port Division during our current virtual ops series, cars from Terminal Yard have been sorted at West Mill for out going trains.  

The  block below will be interchanged with the KP&W for transfer to Mayfield Yard and later for delivery to ACME Auto Parts and Peerless Appliance.

The coal hoppers and coil cars below are headed to KP Steel..

 ...while the Cargill and NYC covered hoppers will be set out at Blue Ribbon Flour in Kings Port

The IC car is loaded with cans of Heilemans Beer while the NYC Hi Cube contains tall neck bottles of Empire City's home brew. 

The original plan was to run a Kings Port Turn out of West Mill that would set out cars at Reynolds Beverage Distributors, KP Steel and Blue Ribbon Flour.   A priority car movement request from the GULF facility on the river north of West Mill, however, led to a change in plans.   These tankers at the GULF facility need immediate pick up.

 Cappy Foster and his crew have a quick conference while "Fingers" O'Malley waits impatiently on the porch of his transfer hack.

Cappy decides to send out a short run to pick up the tankers and also serve Reynolds Beverage Distributors which is right next to the oil facility.  This move will get the tankers back to West Mill a lot faster than waiting for a Kings Port Turn that would take hours serving several industries along the line to Kings Port before returning to pick up the tankers.

Reynolds Beverage Dist. waiting for beer!

The diamond between Reynolds and the GULF facility connected to spurs serving both industries..

 The two covered hoppers for Blue Ribbon are moved out of the way of the cars for Reynolds, switched to the next track, and tacked onto the cars heading toward KP Steel which later will comprise a Kings Port Turn.

SD9 #6922 gets the call to haul the two car train to Reynolds and GULF Oil.

 See the train leave West Mill and arrive at Reynolds and the GULF facility in the video below:

Leaving West Mill

 The short train arrives at the GULF facility and prepares to back into Reynolds Bev. to set out the cars.

See the cars set out a Reynolds in the video below:

The cars loaded with beer for thirsty Kings Portians are set out at Reynolds.   The SD9 now positions itself to enter GULF's spur to pull six tank cars.

 

See the tankers get pulled back to West Mill in the video below:

Next up:  The Kings Port Turn delivers cars to KP Steel and Blue Ribbon Flour.   The Turn's crew boards RSD12 #6869 to get things started.

  

Stay tuned!