New York - New Jersey Ops #1 Part 5 - The Inbound Freight Cars On The Move

Welcome back to the continuation of the inbound portion of our New York - New Jersey Ops #1. Sir John and his New York Central Train Layout sent two trains to Rock Ridge Yard. Today the crew in Rock Ridge Yard will break down and starting delivering freight to the consignees around the Rock Ridge Yard and Industrial Complex...

Kai and Jim C. have their engines ready. Together they'll service ShopRite, PC Richard & Son as well as Cargill at the Industrial Complex...

 A pair of non NY-NJ cars have been emptied and will be brought over to one of the ladder tracks for their next move...

A trio of AP Box cars from Nabisco loaded with baked goods (maybe Oreo cookies?) will head over to ShopRite...

Speed Queen Appliances over in Empire City sent over a trio of cars loaded with appliances for PC Richard & Son for their NJ operations...

Kai starts to work the moves in the yard...

The 2 outbound at ShopRite are pulled...

...And Kai drops the 3 AP box cars...

Now that Kai serviced ShopRite, he can spot the 3 cars at PC Richard & Son. 

Over on the West Ladder, the guys are staging the covered hoppers from the Pier 16 Silos outside of Empire City that are loaded with grain for Cargill...

Once the guys have these cars ready, JP will come over from the Industrial Complex and pick them up...

Engineer JP is ready with his classic engine...

Yardmaster NJ John get the turnouts ready so JP can come over...

JP picks up his cars and will head around the bend to Cargill...

JP drops some cars on the adjacent tracks as once the inbound cars get emptied, he'll swap them out with these cars...

JP's work is completed for today. He'll start to make the moves once these inbound cars are empty...

AP MP15's #106/107 are going to make a run over to Ideal Auto Parts and drop some cars that came from the Ford Plant in Bedford, NY to get loaded with automotive electronics and parts. Engineer Mark will take them over...

Making it's debut on the railroad is AP caboose #92 which the AP purchased from the SP Railroad...

Tower Operator Rich gives him the okay to head out as AP Train RI-5...

A short time later Mark and his conductor arrive at Ideal...

Some non-NY-NJ Op cars for the Ford Plant in Mahwah, NJ are getting pulled out so the empties can be loaded...

Mark drops the cars at Ideal...

Mark finished the moves and heads back to the yard...

The crew will drop these cars on East Ladder track 4 until the Ford Plant calls for them to be brought over...

We'll cut it here for today. Tomorrow Rock Ridge Yard is expecting that inbound train from Weehawken Yard that was due today. I'm sure Yardmaster NJ John is not a happy camper, but he'll get over it.

Don't forget to check out the inbound portion of Sir John's New York Central Train Layout

Thanks for reading!

New York - New Jersey Ops # 1 Part 4 - The Inbound Begins

Welcome back to our New York - New Jersey Ops #1 with the inbound portion of our virtual ops!

Yardmaster NJ John gathers the crew to give them the heads up on today's inbound trains. The yard crew will consist of Kai, Jim C, as well as CP South tower operator Bill. Norman is on standby if needed. If not, he'll be out and about photographing the railroad...

The first train from Terminal Yard is Penn Central Extra 6533. West Harold Tower Operator Bob awaits to hear from NJ John to give him the signals to head to Rock Ridge Yard...

The signal is given and the PC crew heads to Rock Ridge Yard...

The AP yard crew hard at work breaking down PC Extra 6533...

The pulled the caboose and added back to PC 6533...

PC 6533 awaits the signal at CP Rock...

...And heads out to the yard limit...

A quick stop at CP South and Bill gives him the farewell salute...

The signal from the Little Jamaica Tower Operator Steve and heads out...

Next stop Richmond Hill Engine Terminal!!

Back over at West Harold, on the outskirts of Rock Ridge, Penn Central Train NJ-5 with a pair of U25B engines awaits the signal from tower operator Bob...

Bob gets the call from NJ John and sends the train on their way to Rock Ridge Yard...

Penn Central NJ-5 on the way to Ridge Yard passing thru Little Jamaica Interlocking...

The PC crew arrives at Rock Ridge Yard and stops at CP Rock. This is not the normal approach to the yard. NJ John has all trains arriving or departing Rock Ridge Yard to use the tracks on the north end of the yard due to clearance restrictions at CP South. NJ John gets ready to give the crew the signal to enter the yard...

And the crew slowly proceeds into the yard...

NJ John greets the PC crew and gives them instructions to proceed thru the yard via the West Ladder so the AP yard crew can break down the train...

Jim C. is in position and Kai is down at the south end...

Jim gets ready to pull the 3 86' Auto Parts box cars as these cars get placed on the East Ladder...

Jim will drop them on track 6...

The reefers will be blocked on the Arrival/Departure tracks by Kai...

The yard crew breaking down PC Extra 2647...

The PC engine crew is ready to depart the yard and awaits the signal from the Little Jamaica tower operator...

And heads out...

The PC engine crew arrives at Richmond Hill Engine Terminal for servicing. Norman took some pics of the engine terminal, a first!!

We'll hold it here for today. Tomorrow the crew at Rock Ridge Yard will start to break down and block the inbound freight from Terminal Yard and prepare for the inbound AP train that arrived at Weehawken Yard from Morrisville Yard, PA...

Before you go, take a look at the inbound portion of our NY-NJ Ops on John's New York Central Train Layout!

Thanks for reading!!