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!!

NY-NJ Ops #4 Part 5 - Delivering Freight Within Rock Ridge Plus Preparing More Deliveries

Welcome back to the continuation of our NY-NJ Ops #4 inbound series on our railroads!

Let's jump right into today's moves as there's a lot happening!

AP SW1500 #100 with 1:87 Engineer JP at West Harold Interlocking. The train from NYS&W, Extra 3018 from Weehawken arrived earlier this morning. This train has some auto racks and auto parts cars from Bedford Ford as well as other freight from the NYCTL. JP will pull the cars and drop them on Rock Ridge Yard East track #1 for now and then cut the NYS&W crew loose with their caboose in tow...

JP gets them out of the way so he can do his moves...

NYS&W 3018 departs West Harold to Weehawken caboose lite...

JP gets the wave from the RREY conductor to drop cars...

The three auto racks and the pair of 86' auto parts cars are dropped. The auto parts cars will make there way on another move to Ideal Auto Parts...

JP picks up the rest of the cars and heads back to the yard as train RRE-8...

JP is ready to depart West Harold and says farewell to 1:87 tower operator Bob...

A short time later, JP arrives at the Rock Ridge Yard Limits...

...And slowly works his way into the yard...

JP checks in with 1:87 Tower Operator Rich. Rich and JP go back many years...

JP arrives in Rock Ridge Yard where 1:87 Yardmaster NJ John greets him...

JP drop a pair of box cars on East Ladder track 4...

And a pair of covered hoppers on East Ladder track 10...

JP is back on track 4 with the Tropicana reefer and his train...

AP SW1000 #102 with Jim C at the throttle. He's going to start working the yard with designation RR-1...

On his first set of moves, a pair of PC box cars from Walsh Steel will be delivered to American Hardware. The trio of AP and EB Hi-Cube box cars from Speed Queen are loaded with appliances for PC Richard & Son NJ Warehouse...

The first move is to American Hardware...

The second move is to PC Richard & Son...

At CP Rock EB GP40 #8163 with 1:87 Engineer Norman has arrived to take sand and ballast from T&R Gravel to the AP's Richmond Hill Engine Terminal...

Four Penn Central PS-2 covered hoppers and four AP ballast cars are ready on A/D track 'C'...

Norman grabs the caboose...

A stop at the tower and a quick chat with Rich. Norman is assigned Train RHET-98...

Norman has the signal and heads out...

 

Next stop, Richmond Hill Engine Terminal!!

Jim C. makes a couple more moves...

On track A/D 'A' is the HRC Box car and BAR reefer, both going on to track 'B' for delivery to C&P Restaurant Supply...

The 2 freight cars are added to track 'B'...

We'll cut it here for today. Tomorrow the AP Yard crew will prepare the freight to C&P Restaurant Supply, Three Amigos Warehouse, and more!

Sir John's New York Central Train Layout is busy receiving inbound freight. Check out his blog post as well! 

Happy model railroading!!