P.C.C.M. 40B - Continuation of freight movement on the A.P.R.R.

There's a lot of freight that need to be picked up at various areas in and around Rock Ridge. Now that the coal cars and the Morton Salt hopper are in the freight yard, Yardmaster Rich T. can send out the crew to pick up some loads at Cargill, and from Tropicana.

A.P.R.R. #100 heads over to Cargill to pick up the Hostess covered hopper, as soon as he gets the clear signal to head out...

 And we're on our way!

Once there, a couple moves have to be made. The Cargill covered hopper, needs to remain on the property as it needs to be loaded. Seems the earlier crew forget to have the car readied to be picked up...

The Cargill car is shoved back to the loading track and #100 will pick up his load and head back to Rock Ridge,,,

A clear signal means he can return to the yard. Somewhere is a conductor hanging on to the rear of the freight car as this move, while a short one (about a 1/87th mile), is still a slow and dangerous move. We think once this crew gets back to the yard, Senior Conductor 1/87th Larry will have a talking to the crew on how they left the yard without a caboose!!

The car is dropped on the ladder as AP #301 is getting ready to head out to pick up more freight...

There's another pickup on the outskirts of Rock Ridge Yard. A load of delicious Tropicana Orange Juice is headed to Ralph's Grocery..

#301 is heading onto the Tropicana Property to pick up the car from Outbound track #2. Tropicana stages all of it's inbound and outbound freight. They have Tropicana MP15 #24 on the premises at all times. A backup engine, an EMD NW2 #5821 can be called from A.P.R.R. Richmond Hill Engine Terminal if needed, or when #24 goes in for routine servicing. 

Tropicana #13068 is picked up and heads back to the yard. The car will be dropped on the west ladder for the yard crew to add to the train.

Next up, a run out to Freihofers, C&P Restaurant Supply and the Three Amigos Warehouse!

Stay tuned!