P.C.C.M. 45A: Rock Ridge to Selkirk via Weehawken and West Mill

Greetings followers of the Penn Central Car Movements! We're going to kick off P.C.C.M. 45 with a mixed freight that will originate in Rock Ridge Yard, head out to Weehawken and then on to West Mill, located on Ralph's incredible K.P.D. Railroad and on to the final destination at  Terminal Yard on John's amazing N.Y.C.T.L. 

The A.P.R.R. has been a busy railroad as of late. New engines, additional revenue cars and more. This mixed freight will be assembled in the yard by the crackerjack crew led by 1/87th PC Ralph, at the throttle of AP #100.

As AP #100 gets ready to leave engine track #2, the official A.P.R.R. photographer 1/87th Norman has spotted something odd. A short walk to the rear of the track reveals a new engine!

AP #200, an RS-1 has come back on the property. This engine will be used for local freight movements once it's been certified for revenue use. 1/87th Senior Engineer Ed for Life has this engine slotted for testing. For now, it's being worked on with some final details that only the A.P.R.R. can do!

AP #100 will start to build train RW-2, Rock Ridge to Weehawken. AP #60358 was pulled from Mike's Lumber and will head to Van Winkle Canning in West Mill with a load of pallets.

 Morton Salt covered hopper will be heading to Cavendish Foods. They'll be busy unloading this car!

 The car was cut and dropped off on the north side of the yard tracks so AP #100 can do a run around and block the car properly on train RW-2.

 The car is now blocked so it can be cut off at West Mill and the crew of the KP&W can work the cars in their yard...

Next up, 86' 8 Door box cars PRR #125291, AP #86027 and NYC #67086 are blocked and will head to the Ford Car Plant in Empire City. These freight cars are loaded with parts from Ideal Auto Parts & Electronics.

The 3 86' 8 door box cars are added to the train build. 

The switcher will pick up a set of 4 Penn Central PS-2 covered hoppers on yard track 3. These were over at the Richmond Hill Engine Terminal and brought over on an earlier engine move. 

The four covered hoppers are headed over to T&R Gravel on the N.Y.C.T.L. to be loaded with sand for the A.P.R.R. and Richmond Hill Engine Terminal. With the additional motive power acquisitions, much sand is needed!

Juice? Who has juice? A&P in Garden City, LI has put a call out to Tropicana for more juice for their chain of stores, USLX/Tropicana #13068 is headed to them.

Wait, there's more! AP box cars the 60382 &60394 were loaded up at Marcal, and brought over to the yard. These two cars will head over to Ralph's Grocery with a car load of napkins, tissues and toilet paper. With all of the snow they had on Long Island this winter, the demand for toilet paper of all things, was at an all-time high! I wonder why.....

Last freight car to be added to the train is the Hostess Covered Hopper, Loaded at Cargill, it will head to the Hostess Bakery in Empire City.

With the train finally assembled, AP #100 is set off on yard track #4. 1/87th PC Ralph, along with 1/87th ATJOE will take train RW-2 over to Weehawken, where the train will be handed off to another Penn Central crew. That crew will take train WV-2 up the River Line to West Mill and eventually over to Terminal Yard on the N.Y.C.T.L.

PC GP38-2 #7893 will head out the south end of Rock Ridge Yard and on to Weehawken...

Train RW-2 on the move!!

Train RW-2 heads out of Rock Ridge and on to Weehawken, seen here passing thru Little Jamaica.  

  

As train RW-2 comes into Weehawken, the crew is met by 1/87th Senior Engineer Ed for Life and 1/87th Sir Larry of Flemington. The guys are there to personally pick up the crew who pulled double duty today in Rock Ridge. A job well done!

A crew change is made and now train WV-2, Weehawken to Selkirk is on its way! 

It's a wrap for P.C.C.M 45A on the A.P.R.R. Next up, the action continues on the Ralston Creek Railroad  and on to the K.P.D. to follow WV-2!