We're getting ready to have freight delivered that arrived at Rock Ridge Yard from the N.Y.C.T.L. and the K.P. & W.
Today's deliveries are listed on the Rock Ridge Manifest sheet...
It looks like 1/87th Ken isn't finished with 1/87th Steve, or should I say 1/87th Steve isn't finished with 1/87th Ken!
Now that the Auto Parts turn is completed, the crew isn't quite finished this morning. They need to drop off a couple of coal cars over at R.M.O. Electric before lunch.
They'll head out over to R.M.O. Electric as AP Train RR-2. 1/87th Steve tell his conductor 1/87th Ken that on the A.P.R.R. the work is finished when the brass hats sitting in their tower over in Morris County NJ deem finished. Rumor has it that 1/87th Sir John is making a visit today. He works directly for 1/87th Sir Neal and runs the day to day operations. 1/87th Sir John has an incredible background in discipline and enforcement, so no one gets a free ride, not even in the caboose!
Once back in the yard, they drop off the gondolas as they'll head over to Shapeless Steel with another crew.
Looks like RS-1 #200 'Spirit Of Jay' is getting fired up for some work. That crew is comprised of 1/87th Bob, a veteran of the railroad industry along with his brakeman 1/87th Stuart, who has been on double secret probation due to the lack of paying attention to his train. His last write up was signed by 1/87th Steve. He must have rubbed him the wrong way to get a write up!
Meanwhile, back over at the power plant, AP #900, leased to R.M.O. Electric will pick up the cars dropped on the secondary and shove them on track in in the plant. Due to height and engine length restrictions, the GE 44 Tonner is the only engine allowed to make the moves. There is a strong rumor that an upgrade to the switches in the plant may be on the horizon.
With the two coal hoppers in the plant, a call will go out to Hudson Coal to build up the supply for the next couple months...
Back to Rock Ridge Yard, and the crew on AP#200 is ready to head out. 1/87th Bob checks in with the CP South Tower operator 1/87th Rich and they head over to Shapeless Steel as AP Train RS-3 with an RS-1 engine! Is it fate of something more to come today....?
The crew heads out with a stop at CP South Tower...
Outside of C&P Restaurant Supply to the west is Shapeless Steel. The reason for the stop? Shapeless Steel is a shove in and/or pull out. Since the caboose and 1/87th Stuart is on the end, the engine needs to run around and shove the cars on to the Shapeless Steel tracks. They'll accomplish this by using the West Harold secondary, and a lot of time and fuel, both of which cost the railroad money! Seems 1/87th Stuart didn't realize how they were going to work this move! Guess someone didn't read today's assignment!
With the move finally set in place, they'll head back to the yard with one angry engineer! His time is valuable and 1/87th Bob needs his lunch at Meet At Ralph's diner, the gathering place of many from the A.P.R.R.
The crew of AP #200 has one more run to make, and 1/87th Bob isn't looking forward to this. The cars are ready, but not blocked as they should be. With no other crew around, and time is money (thinking overtime now), they'll head out and deal with it on the road...
The stop at CP South tower is made as 1/87th Sir John stopped by and is giving 1/87th Stuart a firm yelling from the tower. Good thing we can't see the anger in his face as I'm sure 1/87th Sir John is trying to keep his cool and not come down from the tower and give him a piece of his mind! Rumor has it that if 1/87th Stuart, on double secret probation, messes up one more time, suspension and back to brakeman school he will go!
They head out as AP Train RP-4 to C&P Restaurant Supply with a drop off and pick up at Freihofers Bakeries..
A quick stop at Freihofer to move the reefer out of the way to make room for HRC 913001 from Canton Box Co. on the K.P. & W.
Now back over to C&P Restaurant Supply to make a pull...
A cut of the cars and they do a run around...again!
The caboose is dropped on orders by 1/87th Bob. 1/87th Stuart asks why and is told "Don't worry, just shut up and learn!"
The moves are being made. First the pull and then the shove..
This move was not planned by the crew and for that matter by the yard when broken down. The AP mainline is on hold as stop signals abound.
The cars are being shoved into C&P Restuarant Supply track 2..
The moves are made and now there's more work to be done! In order to spot the car for Freihofers, they need to do more shoving on the Little Jamaica secondary.
There's a switch on the east end of the track that serves Freihofer Bakeries and Marcal. They'll use this to complete the move for Freihofer.
The car is shoved and set to be dropped, then pulled. I don't think a see saw has seen this much action in one day!
The run around is made and the car is being shoved.
There's still one more move to make and 1/87th Bob isn't telling his brakeman a thing....
The caboose is now on the end of the train! "Really" asked by 1/87th Stuart...
The train finally makes his way back to Rock Ridge. They approach from the south end as they'll break down the train on the east ladder.
A shove is made on to the east ladder track 8. Wait! Can't shove the box cars on that track! The caboose is still on the end!
Looks like 1/87th Stuart is still in the caboose!
The rest of the train is now set off on east ladder track 6 and the work is done. So why did 1/87th Bob leave the caboose on that track? A statement from 1/87th Bob went something like this (paraphrased as we can't print exactly what he said): "This guy made me miss my lunch with the guys and now I'll let him figure out how to get the *!#$*&@ caboose back to the caboose track on the west ladder!" End of story!!
That's a wrap for the inbound portion on the A.P.R.R.! Don't forget to check out the rest of P.C.C.M. 64 and future P.C.C.M. train movements over at these fine railroads....
Thanks for reading and check back often. You never know what will be posted on the blogs!
To: Rock Ridge / west Mill / Elkhart
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Acknowledge dispatch of APRR trainsRI-1, RR-2, RP-4 and RS-3(with an RS-1!)
Acknowledge delivery to their respective consignees of all freight cars forwarded from Terminal Yard to Rock Ridge Yard in PCCM 64.
Terminal Yard out...
Nice job Sir Neal!!! That was a lot of train action with four trains dispatched and car movements galore. Nice job by the APRR crews getting all the freight delivered in a timely manner in spite 1/87th scale Stuart making the job harder.
From Sir John to Sir Neal;
The Rock Ridge Engineer overtime reports are in. 1/87th scale Engineer Bob was the high earner.
The Rock Ridge Conductor overtime reports are in. 1/87th scale Conductor Stuart was the high earner.
The Rock Ridge fuel reports are in. RS-1 200 assigned to Engineer Bob was the high burner.
From Sir John to Sir Neal; Notify both Engineer Bob and Conductor Stuart to report to APRR HQ with union representation upon completion of all PCCM 64 posts. Management needs to find out why they took so long in completing their assignments leaving engine 200 on E and did not properly return their caboose.
Well Done Sir Neal!!!
To: Rock Ridge, Terminal Yard, Elkhart
ReplyDeleteFrom: West Mill
Acknowledge the dispatch of APRR trains RI-1, RR-2, RP-4 and RS-3
West Mill out.
Seems like more training is required at Rock Ridge! Glad to see all cars were delivered to consignees even though some may have made more moves than needed!
Nice story line. I hope the 1:1 Stuart is taking all this with a grin!
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