NY-NJ Ops #3 Part 6 - Inbound Freight On The Move To Consignees

Welcome back to the continuation of NY-NJ Ops #3 on my Atlantic Pacific Railroad. Today the crew will start to send out some freight from Terminal Yard and the NYCTL.

Yardmaster NJ John gets the crew ready for today's runs. C&P Restaurant Supply is on the docket as well as yesterday's Train RW-4 that's sitting by C&P...

Kai drops off Mark and he'll depart shortly....

A short time later, Mark is at CP Rock. He's that much closer to ending the run. All he's waiting on is the outbound to C&P to move out of the yard...

AP GP38-2 #300 will make the run to C&P Restaurant Supply with 6 reefers and 2 box cars. Engineer Jim W. has the honors. This engine is the first GP38-2 to arrive on the APRR property...

Jim works on his train getting the reefers...

Jim C pulls the 2 box cars and will leave the LV box car in the yard...

The train is just about ready to head out...

Jim grabs the caboose and the yard crew gives them the 'OK' to head out...

Rich T gives him some last minute orders as well as his train ID, which, by the way is RC-7...

Awaits the signal from Little Jamaica Tower Operator Bob...

...And heads out!

AP Train RC7 heads out...

A short time later Jim's at C&P Restaurant Supply. He's waiting for Bob over at the tower to give him the sidings...

Meanwhile, Mark finally made it into the yard!!

Mark drops his train and lets Kai and Jim C. handle the cars...

The caboose is cut...

Jim finishes dropping the cars. Those reefers you see will head back to Bell & Evans Poultry in PA on the next outbound train to Allentown...

Mark ties down on East Ladder track 2...

Jim W. starts his work...

AP Box cars get dropped on C&P track 2...

AP & EB reefers get dropped on track 1...

Jim will return to the yard caboose lite...

A short time later he's back at the yard limit...

The signal from Rich T at CP South is up...

A quick stop to thank Rich...

And he ties down on East Ladder track 4...

We'll cut it here for today. Tomorrow the rest of the freight will be delivered to Shapeless Steel, Freihofer's and a few others in and around Rock Ridge Yard.

Don't forget to check out Sir John's New York Central Train Layout for his inbound moves. 

Thanks for reading!

NY-NJ Ops #3 Part 5 - The Inbound Train From Maybrook Yard Arrives At Rock Ridge Yard

Hello everyone and welcome back to the inbound portion of our NY-NJ Ops #3 on my Atlantic Pacific Railroad. Freight has left Sir John's New York Central Train Layout and is now approaching Rock Ridge Yard.

Today the AP yard crew needs to make some room in the yard. 1:87 Yardmaster NJ John will have the crew move some cars out of the yard to some consignees around Rock Ridge...

Kai has SW1500 #101 - he loves this engine!!

Making the moves as these cars were on the East Ladder...

Kai will drop them on the West Ladder...

AP GP38-2  #302 is going to make the run with Engineer Mark...

Adding some box cars for C&P. Lumber loads are for Mike's Lumber...

The crew adds the caboose...

Mark is ready to depart the yard...

Some final orders from Tower Operator Rich...

The crew awaits the signal from Little Jamaica Tower Operator Bob...

Train RW-4 departs...

AP RW-4 heads out from Rock Ridge Yard...

A short time later, the crew arrives at C&P Restaurant Supply....

First they need to remove some non NY-NJ Ops cars from tracks 1 and 2. Track 1 is for reefers, track 2 gets everything else that's non-perishable...

Outbound cars are dropped on the secondary track...

...And Mark drops the empty box cars...

Now on to Mike's Lumber. Four cars coming out...

And four loaded bulkhead flat cars from Georgia Pacific Lumber get dropped...

Mark is being held on the secondary as there's other traffic that needs to get into Rock Ridge...

Meanwhile, three Penn Central box cars from Container Packaging in Reading, PA has cardboard containers for Tropicana...

Jim C. is in AP SW1000 #102 and drops the cars in the industrial lead by Tropicana...

Tropicana sends their NW2 to pick up the 3 cars...

A quick run out to the track... 

Tropicana dropping the cars on Trop Track 4...

We now head back to the yard and Yardmaster NJ John is having a word with the crew on AP Dash 8-40B #2370. Engineer Norman is in the cab today. Yes, Norman has many talents at the APRR. They're going to take some outbound freight to their Morrisville, PA Yard, a shared yard with the Penn Central...

Outbound freight loaded on the West Ladder...

The yard crew adds the caboose...

Norman checks in with Rich at the tower...

Holding for a signal. He should be leaving shortly...

Penn Central Extra 3111 is sitting at West Harold. One of these two trains is going to move, so who goes first?

Let's see who runs first!

Penn Central Extra 3111 arrives at Rock Ridge Yard via CP Rock, the northern end of the yard. The crew will run down the ladder and hold at CP South while the yard crew pulls all the cars on the train....

PC 3111/3141 sits at the tower while Rich gives them a timeline...

Jim is hard at work... 

Four EB gondolas from Gershow Recycling will head out to Bethlehem Steel with scrap on the next Allentown Train...

Four AP gondolas from Gervais Pipe will go to Shapeless Steel...

Cars get dropped in the yard...

The LV box car from Lightning Press will head to Three Amigos Warehouse and Storage. The pair of those bright Orange 40' AP Box cars will head to C&P with beer. Those cars will need to be watched...

Six AP and EB 57' reefers from Birdseye Foods will head to C&P Restaurant Supply. They'll get dropped on track 1 when it gets delivered. That's their 'reefer' track!

Kai has the caboose and will add it to the PC engines by CP South...

The Penn Central crew is just about ready to leave...

At the yard limits....

The signal is up and their off! Next stop...Weehawken Yard!

The guys tie down in the yard...

So what happened to Mark and his train? Well, the moves in Rock Ridge took so long that he 'outlawed' and will have to leave the train where it is until tomorrow. They'll send a taxi to pick him up. Oh well, tomorrow is another day...

That's it for today. Tomorrow the yard crew will start to work on blocking the freight cars for each industry. Be sure to check the inbound portion of Sir John's New York Central Train Layout.

See you tomorrow and thanks for reading!!