P.C.C.M. 59: Freight for the N.Y.C.T.L. & K.P. & W.

Greetings followers of the Atlantic Pacific Railroad, my blog and the Penn Central Car Movements!

I've been given the dubious honor of kicking off P.C.C.M 59. This is a five railroad train movement. The A.P.R.R. has some freight cars that will be heading out to John R. and his N.Y.C.T.L. and Ralph's K.P. & W.

The A.P.R.R. has been very busy as of late with freight coming in and out on a regular basis. In addition, the industries the railroad serves have been moving cars from customers quickly. This of course, generates revenue for the railroad. A call from Terminal yard was received asking for the freight cars that were sent to be loaded for some customers. The good news is that the freight is ready to go and was already on its way to Rock Ridge Yard when the call came in.

Today's manifest includes the following freight:

PC Box cars 229059, 229178 & 229300 - Tropicana to Ralph's Grocery. Location: Empire City
PC Box car 360063 - Freihoefer Bakeries to Battaglia Warehouse. Location: Kings Port
TPFX Box car 5510 - C&P Restaurant Supply to Empire Produce. Location: Empire City
PC Gondola cars 576104 and 576123 - Shapeless Steel to Mid Island Steel: Location - Long Island, NY

A.P.R.R. MP15 #105 will pull the cars from the yard and build the train. Yard work is always happening here. Since he's not leaving the yard, the designation will be RR-105

Here we see AP #105 pulling the freight cars from the west side track #11 in Rock Ridge Yard

Next,  A.P.R.R. SW1500 #100 will do a quick pull for RR-105 on the 2 gondola cars. These were empties sitting on the east side yard tracks. 

Now that the train is built, the yardmaster has summoned the crew to get ready. PC caboose 5023 is on the caboose track and AP #105 will pull it and add it to the end of the train.

Penn Central GP35 #2294 is at the ready. Yardmaster 1/87th John B. is having a conversation with the engineer for this train, 1/87th PC Ralph. 1/87th PC Ralph is no stranger to this engine. Final orders are made, as 1/87th PC Ralph will head out as RW-1 Rock Ridge to Weehawken with it's final destination in Selkirk, NY. Once in Weehawken, a crew change will be made and then head north as train WV-2 Weehawken to Selkirk, heading up the river line. 

Train RW-1 heading out to Weehawken and points beyond..

That's all for my part of the series. Check out the rest of this series as this is a 5 railroad train movement!

John R. and his N.Y.C.T.L.

Ralph and his K.P. & W.

Brian and his R.C.R.R.

John B. and his L.F. & N.W.

Thanks for reading!