New York New Jersey Ops #2 Part 5 - Freight Continues To Move Around Rock Ridge Yard

Welcome back to the continuation of our New York New Jersey Ops #2 inbound series. Today the crew at Rock Ridge Yard will send out some local freight as well as prepare for an inbound train from Weehawken Yard...

NJ John will have both switchers on duty today. AP SW1500 #101 with Engineer Kai and SW 1000 #102 with Jim C. will handle the duties in the yard...

The 3 B&M cars from Kellogg in Lancaster PA will head over to ShopRite...

Kai handed them off to Jim C. as these cars need to be shoved on the siding...

Kai pulls the 3 non-Ops reefers that will head out for use in a future series...

Jim drops the B&M cars at ShopRite...

Kai drops the cars on West Ladder track 11...

The 2 cars from Lightning Press in Empire City get delivered to PC Richard & Son with new circulars. Wonder what's going to be on sale? 

The EB box cars from Quaker Oats will be delivered to ShopRite. They have a loading dock to handle the 5 cars when needed. Today is one of those days...

ShopRite had expanded a few years ago and took over a warehouse that was being held by 1:87 Sir Neal. Since he had no use for it, he sold it to ShopRite...

Back over in the yard, the crew is building the train that will head over to Ideal Auto Parts. There's 7 cars that will be dropped, 5 at the building and the rest on an adjacent track when Ideal asks for it. Cost them less to move it than store it in the yard. Yard tracks are valuable space at Rock Ridge yard!!

AP MP15's #106/107 will run over to Ideal. Engineer Norman will handle the duties since Sir Neal doesn't need any photos today. Well, maybe one. He's taking Engineer Mark with him. Why? Only Norman knows and NJ John doesn't care as it gets Norman away from him!!

The 86' Box Cars from the Ford Plant in Kentucky will be put on adjacent track west of Ideal...

They're almost ready to go...

Of course they need a caboose! Mark is on the end for now...

Norman checks in with CP Tower Operator Rich T. and gets the final orders as AP Train RE-5

A brief stop at the end of the yard limits...

...And they head out to Ideal Auto Parts with cars in tow!! 😄

Look what showed up! The Penn Central brought over the six PS-2 covered hoppers that had brake line issues. PC GP7  #7139 waits for the signal...

Finally the cars arrive at Rock Ridge Yard. They sit overnight as there will be an outbound train heading out to Morrisville and points in western PA...

The crew pulled the cars, hooked up the caboose to the engine and sent them on their way...

PC 7139 heads out to Weehawken Yard...

Not so quick! A stop signal at Little Jamaica...

Quick enough! They finally get out of town...

A short time later, Norman and Mark arrive over at Ideal. They'll pull a few loaded auto parts cars from Ideal and drop off their empties...

The outbound cars are pulled...

The caboose is cut from the end of the train...

And Mark has dropped the cars at Ideal as Norman wanted to get this on video for his collection! Shaking my head at Norman...😟

The cars from Kentucky are dropped on an adjacent siding and will be switched out when called for...

The moves are completed and the guys head back to the yard...

Approach to the yard via CP Rock is granted...

Norman drops the caboose, then the rest of the cars on east ladder tracks...

Norman and Mark are finished as Kai and Jim C. have completed their moves for today...

Tomorrow we will continue with some moves to C&P Restaurant Supply and Three Amigos Warehouse as well as the some other moves. 

Make sure to check out the inbound moves on Sir John's New York Central Train Layout as there's lots of action going on at both Terminal Yard and North Side Yard!!

Thanks for reading!!

New York New Jersey Ops #2 Part 4 - Freight Arrives At Rock Ridge Yard

Welcome back to the continuation of our New York New Jersey Ops #2 virtual operations on Sir John's New York Central Train Layout and my Atlantic Pacific Railroad. 

This week, we start the inbound portion of freight from the NYCTL as well as other destinations around the country...

We start today's inbound series at the heart of the APRR operations - Rock Ridge Yard!

Yardmaster NJ John has gathered the crew once again to go over today's jobs. Two trains are due to arrive - one from Terminal Yard on the NYCTL and another from Penn Central's Morrisville, PA Yard...

AP SW1500 #101 has Engineer Kai at the throttle. AP SW1000 #102 has Jim C. in the seat...

Penn Central Extra 6510 East has approached West Harold Interlocking awaiting the signal to head to Rock Ridge Yard...

Penn Central Extra 6510 East heads to Rock Ridge Yard...

PC Extra 6510 East has arrived at CP South and checks in with Tower Operator Rich T. Rich asks where are the covered hoppers? The crew told them they were dropped at Weehawken due to a brake line issue and will be coming up on another train tomorrow...

PC Extra 6510 East arrives at Rock Ridge Yard...

Now that 6510 is in the yard, NJ John has the yard crew do what they do best - break down the train and drop the cars on the arrival / departure tracks...

Kai gets into position to start working on the cars...

Kai and Jim start working on 6510...

Kai and Jim continue to work on 6510...

Kai adds the caboose back on the engines...

And departs the yard via CP Rock...

PC 6510/6517 await the signal to depart...

...and get the signal to head out...

Next stop - Weehawken Yard!

Meanwhile, Penn Central Extra 6513 from Morrisville, PA is being held outside of Little Jamaica Interlocking. He's a mainline train that needs to cross over at Little Jamaica in order to get on the tracks to Rock Ridge Yard. He calls the tower operator to find out why....

Here's why they had to wait. Penn Central has the Juice Train heading to Kearny, NJ. Since it's a priority train with perishables, they had the road!! The Penn Central ran a Juice Train from Bradenton, FL to Kearny, NJ. It had a maximum amount of cars on each train, usually 60 reefers. As the business grew, they added another section to Cincinnati, OH designated as OJT-2. 

Here Penn Central Train OJT-1...

Now that the juice train has passed, Penn Central Extra 6513 get the signal to head over to Rock Ridge Yard...

Oh geez, another stop signal! You can hear that engineer grumbling under his breath...

The approach signal is up and he has to cross over so he arrives in Rock Ridge Yard via CP Rock. That's because of clearance issues with 86' auto parts cars arriving in the yard...

Tower Operator Rich T. watches 6513 roll by...

And arrives at CP Rock...

A quick drop of the cars and they head out to Weehawken Yard...

Next stop - Weehawken Yard!!

Kai and Jim have dropped the cars on the East Ladder as those tracks handle auto parts cars, regardless of 60' or 86' lengths. They'll get delivered to Ideal Auto Parts to be loaded for their next destination...

Kai has one more move to make and that's to drop the cars from Kellogg Co. in Lancaster, PA for ShopRite. Those will get dropped on West Ladder track 9 until they move the reefers from ShopRite...

And they're dropped on West Ladder track 9...

Kai and Jim have tied down in the yard as NJ John walks over to the guys and get some final details about today's job...

 

We'll cut it here for today. Tomorrow the yard crew will start building the trains to deliver freight to consignees in and around Rock Ridge Yard.

Don't forget to check out the inbound freight from Rock Ridge Yard to Terminal Yard on Sir John's New York Central Train Layout 

Thanks for reading!!