New Engines on the A.P.R.R.

July has been a busy month for the management of the A.P.R.R.

The railroad was in acquisition mode, and a number of new engines have been added.

Rivarossi, a subsidiary of Hornby, came out with a number of US engines. Their only diesel engine was a U25C. They came out a number of years ago, and upon searching the web, more like scouring Evilbay, I found a number of them at some great prices.

PC U25C 6510, 6513 & 6517 have been added to the roster. 6510 came equipped with DCC and sound. 6513 and 6517 were DCC ready, so a couple of decoders were installed and are now in service. These are sitting in staging awaiting assignments.

A friend of mine knew someone who did custom engine painting. I sent him pics of APRR 300 and asked if he was up to the challenge. Decals and paint were sent, along with two engines. I had a pair of Life-Like GP60 engines in another road, and since they had been sitting in the boxes never used, I figured these would be a great addition to the AP roster. A few weeks later, they came back to me. These engines, however, needed to be passed on to my senior electrical adviser here in NJ for some additional attention. The decoders for them needed to be installed a certain way, and the bulbs had to be replaced. He had them, and always steps up to help me out. Below is the newest member of the A.P.R.R., GP60 #601. #600 will be back to the engine terminal in about 10 days, as he was backed up, but wanted at least one for the operating session.

  
The paint job had a little weathering added to it, not too much, but everyone that saw it today loved the way it came out. Both engines will be put into consist and added to some type of freight train down the road. 

If the guy is willing to paint more engines, I do have some other engines I can give him. We shall see....

P.C.C.M. #36 Rock Ridge Yard to Three Amigos Warehouse & Storage

P.C.C.M. #36P will be delivering the 2 KP&W freight cars 644450 & 644455 that were sent from Peerless Appliance in West Mill to the Three Amigos Warehouse & Storage.

A.P.R.R. #301 is called into action and will start RT-1 the Rock Ridge to Three Amigos Warehouse Turn.

AP #301 pulls out and heads to the rear of the freight that was dropped off earlier by PC3141/3111

301 couples up to the rear of the train to pull the freight cars needed for this run

PC Covered hopper is pulled off the rest of the train and spotted within Rock Ridge Yard. 301 and PC Caboose couple up to pick and spot the rest of the cars

Now that the rest of the cars are secured in the yard, AP engine #301 will pick up the rest of the freight cars, but not before the PC caboose needs to protect the rear of the train.

Now that our trusty PC caboose is on the rear of the train, AP train move RT-1 can commence. This train will head south out of Rock Ridge Yard, clearing the yard limit by Little Jamaica and proceed west to Three Amigos Warehouse via the cutoff by West Harold.

As AP #301 approaches West Harold Tower, RT-1 slows down to get verbal orders from the tower operator. RT-1 is running against traffic, so the move must be made in a timely manner as not to tie up the mainline track.

AP #301 has cleared the main and is now backed on to the West Harold Secondary track. Here the engineer will cut the cars on the track, pull the cars from the industry, and set off the new loads.

As the engine is pulled the loads, TAWS supervisor Rick P. is one very happy camper as they've been waiting for the delivery of those goods from Peerless Appliances.

Looks like they finally emptied that Nestle box car. Rumor has it that Rick and his crew decided to 'freeze' the car and inspect the load, which happened to have cases of Nestle Hot Chocolate Packets (Milk Chocolate Flavor). We do know the owner of the A.P. craves Nestle Hot Chocolate!

Now that the inbound track is cleared, the new cut of cars can be spotted on the industry track. These ares are dropped on the additional track that runs adjacent to the secondary track. This track was added to be used as a run around so that loads pulled out can be dropped on the track, engine cut, and then proceed to shove the loads to the siding.

Freight finally delivered to TAWS, #301 can pick up the empties and head back to Rock Ridge Yard.

As #301 passes West Harold Tower and backs on to the main, he'll proceed to Rock Ridge Yard long hood forward into Rock Ridge Yard

As RT-1 returns to Rock Ridge Yard, the crew will drop the cars on the West Ladder part of the yard and return to the engine track to await further assignment.

P.C.C.M. 36P Rock Ridge to Three Amigos Warehouse Turn is now complete and all freight has been delivered!

That concludes my portion of P.C.C.M 36! 

A.P.R.R. Out!

P.C.C.M. #36 Weehawken to Rock Ridge Yard

Welcome to the P.C.C.M. #36O Weehawken to Rock Ridge Yard.

If you've been following the P.C.C.M. on Ralph's fantastic Kings Port & Western Railroad

http://kingsportdivision.blogspot.com/

As well as John's superb New York Central Train layout

http://newyorkcentrallayout.blogspot.com/

The Atlantic Pacific RailRoad (A.P.R.R) is now participating in the virtual op sessions.

Ralph has sent a cut of cars to the A.P.R.R. from his West Mill Yard, to Selkirk and down to Weehawken. Included in this cut are 2 KP&W cars with freight for the Three Amigos Warehouse & Storage.

The Weehawken yard is fairly busy, with cars ready to be sent out Rock Ridge

The A.P.R.R. has asked the PC to use their motive power to deliver the train to Rock Ridge. PC 3141/3111 is coupling up to the cars and heads out as train RO-1 Weehawken to Rock Ridge

As RO-1 approaches West Harold, a stop signal is displayed. This signal is controlled by the dispatcher located in Morristown NJ headquarters

An approach signal is finally given to RO-1 and he has permission to proceed to the next signal at Little Jamaica. 

Train RO-1 is being held as another train has priority thru Little Jamaica.

RO-1 is now given the approach signal to Rock Ridge Yard

Train RO-1 has now entered Rock Ridge Yard thru the south approach. The yard is pretty full as you can see there's a string of PC covered hoppers waiting  for another assignment.

The crew cuts away from the train and heads to the Richmond Hill Engine Terminal for refueling and maintenance.

Train RO-1 has been successfully delivered to Rock Ridge Yard where the Yardmaster will have a local train assembled, an engine assigned, and sent out to drop off much needed freight. 

Next move - Rock Ridge to Three Amigos Warehouse & Storage.