NY-NJ Ops #4 Part 7 - The APRR Wraps It All Up Today!

Welcome back to the final moves in our NYNJ Ops #4 series. Sir John and his New York Central Train Layout have all of my inbound freight. Now we have a few more moves to wrap up our series...

AP SW1000 #102 has Norman in the seat and he starts some moves within the yard. He's going to build the outbound train that will head to the EL's Allentown, AP Yard with a number of NYNJ and non-NYNJ cars...

LV 8247 will head out to Delco in Flint, MI from Bedford Ford plant. LV 7120 will be returned to the RDG for it's next move...

The trio of PC gondolas from Gershow Recycling in Empire City will head to Bethlehem Steel for recycling...

EL U33C the 3310 has arrived to take the freight to the Allentown Yard...

Also on this train are 5 reefers headed to Bell & Evans Poultry in Fredericksburg, PA empty to pick up the next load for C&P Restaurant Supply and ShopRite...

EL Extra 3310 departs Rock Ridge Yard...

EL Extra 3310 on the move! Next stop - Allentown, PA Yard!

EL Coal Train 2560 has arrived with a string of loaded coal hoppers for R.M.O. Electric. This is the time of the year they start to build up their supply of coal for the area...

CP Tower Operator Rich gives the EL crew instructions on how to proceed into the yard...

EL 2560 arrives on the West Ladder track and stops at CP Rock...

The AP yard crew pulls the caboose of the end of the train and adds it to the engine. They need to get this EL crew out of the yard so they can continue their work today...

EL 2560 heads out caboose lite...

Say goodbye to Rock Ridge Yard EL 2560! 

EL 2560 will make a stop at the AP Richmond Hill Engine Terminal for a quick servicing before heading back to Allentown Yard...

The AP yard crew pulls the coal cars off the ladder and drops it on one of the storage tracks until the power plant is ready to receive them...

Now for some other moves. Three PC box cars that are empty from Tropicana will go over to Mike's Lumber for their next NYNJ moves...

Senior Engineer Kai will take AP GP38-2 #302 and make the moves around Rock Ridge...

Kai heads out via CP Rock; the northern end of Rock Ridge Yard...

Kai awaits the signal. He's designated as AP RFMS-11...

A short time later, Kai arrives by Freihofer's Bakeries and Mike's Lumber. He drops the cars as he needs to pull some bulkhead flat cars from Mike's. Then he can grab the NYC covered hopper that needs to go to Cargill for it's next NYNJ Ops move...

Kai pulls 4 empty bulkhead flat cars. Those will get dropped off at Shapeless Steel for its next set of NYNJ moves...

Kai gets ready to shove the 3 RBL Box cars...

Kai drops the cars at Mike's Lumber...

Yea, a little bit of a hard spot, so Kai will remember that for the next time. He's pulled the NYC covered hopper and will now shove the 4 bulkhead flat cars to Shapeless Steel...

Kai drops the cars at Shapeless Steel...

Kai starts his return to Rock Ridge Yard. However, he's being held by the Little Jamaica Tower Operator due to traffic on the main line...

Kai finally arrives at Rock Ridge Yard. Hey Rich! How come you didn't tell me about the M&E getting priority over my train! Rich told him that a call from VP of APRR operations Sir John gave all tower operators instructions to give any oil or fuel train priority on the railroad. Now that's a new one for Kai and I'm sure he'll let the other engineers know. I wonder if Yardmaster NJ John knows...?

Kai arrives and heads to the office. Probably not a happy camper after waiting for the M&E train to pass...

Norman pulls the NYC covered hopper and drops it on A/D track 'A' for it's next move to Cargill...

Meanwhile, AP SW1500 #101 with Engineer Dan drops the Morton Salt car and Hostess car at the Morton Salt plant. The Morton hopper came from Quaker Oats empty and will return to Quaker on a future NYNJ Ops. The Hostess car will sit on the Morton track until its next move...

Now that all of the moves are completed, as 1:1 Sir John always says: "PUT IT IN THE BOOKS!!"

This concludes the inbound portion of my NYNJ Ops #4. This was a great session and both Sir John and I hope all of our readers have enjoyed it! There's more virtual op sessions to come, so check back here and of course, check out Sir John's incredible Penn Central inspired New York Central Train Layout!

Thanks for reading!

NY-NJ Ops #4 Part 6 - Freight Gets Delivered To Industries Around Rock Ridge

 Welcome back to the continuation of our NY-NJ Ops #4 on my Atlantic Pacific Railroad!

Today's jobs have the APRR Yard crew sending out a couple of freights to C&P Restaurant Supply and Three Amigos Warehouse. NJ John has assembled the crew and gives them the assignments...

AP GP38-2 #303 arrives to pick freight for Three Amigos Warehouse. Jim W. will take the job today...

Jim pulls 4 Penn Central Box Cars - a pair from Montgomery Ward and a pair from Superior. All freight to be stored at Three Amigos Warehouse...

Jim picks up his caboose. That caboose is was painted by the Patti-O Paint Shops crew on the NYCTL...

Jim checks in with CP South Tower Operator Rich for final routing. They'll take track 1 out of the yard for a quicker run to Three Amigos. The APRR needs to run efficiently and be financially healthy. This adds to the bottom line (of course!), and let's the railroad keep up with maintenance and expansion...

Jim is ready to depart as AP Train RT-2...

Train RT-2 departs for Three Amigos Warehouse...

A short time later, Jim arrives at the West Harold Secondary. Tower operator Bob checks in with Jim...

Jim pulls a string of non-NYNJ freight cars off track 2. This way the inbounds can be dropped...

Jim drops the inbound cars on track 2...

Jim adds the caboose to the end of the train...

A quick run around and he's ready to head out...

Jim returns to Rock Ridge Yard...

Jim has arrived on track 2, and is held at CP South due to yard traffic...

AP GP38-2 #302 has the C&P Restaurant job today with Engineer Mark taking 10 cars over and pulling back 6 reefers. Mark has the following cars to spot:

3 AP box cars from Consolidated Grocery Dist. with groceries

1 BAR Reefer with frozen foods from Consolidated  Grocery Dist.

1 BAR Reefer from Birds Eye with frozen foods

1 HRC Box cars with condiments from Block & Guggenheim

4 TP&W Box cars from Consolidated Grocery Dist. with restaurant supplies

Mark pulls his cars from Departure track 'A'...

He grabs his caboose and checks the air lines...

Mark gets orders from Rich and will depart as AP Train RC-2 with 10 cars...

Mark gets the clearance to depart...

AP Train RC-2 departs for C&P Restaurant Supply...

Mark arrives at C&P Restaurant Supply and cuts the caboose..

The crew gets to work. Cuts the caboose...

First pull is from track 1 a string of non-NYNJ reefers that will head to Bell & Evans Poultry...

The inbound cars are dropped on both tracks 1 & 2...

Mark is ready to head out and checks in with Little Jamaica Tower Operator Steve. Steve holds him until CP Tower lets them know the yard is ready...

AP SW1001 #102 is heads over to Tropicana to pick up a trio of Penn Central box cars that will be moved back to the yard and then over to Mike's Lumber for their next NYNJ Ops move...

Jim C. drops the cars on A/D track 'B'...

Meanwhile, Mark is at the Rock Ridge Yard Limits as Jim W. is still waiting to head into the yard...

Jim arrives at the yard...

The yard crew drops the non-NYNJ inbound cars from Three Amigos Warehouse...

Jim ties down on East Ladder track 4...

Mark has been waiting to get into the yard and finally gets the signal...

Rich tells Mark to head up the west ladder and tie down. The night shift will break down his train as he's close to having to outlaw...

Mark is greeted by NJ John and others...

The train is tied down. Today's work is completed with little time to spare...

We'll cut it here for today. Tomorrow the AP crew has a few more moves to make plus make room for more inbound freight.

Don't forget to check the freight moves on Sir John's New York Central Train Layout as there was a lot of freight being handled by the PC crews at Terminal Yard and the EB crews at North Side Yard.

Thanks for reading!!