P.C.C.M. #73 Part 5 - Delivering The Goods!

Welcome back to P.C.C.M. #73 on the Atlantic Pacific Railroad!

The freight from Terminal Yard on Sir John's N.Y.C.T.L. and from West Mill on PC Ralph's Kings Port Division are in Rock Ridge. The yard crew sorted out the freight, then assigned engines and crew to build their train.

Here's today's assignment...

We left off with the crews pulling cabooses for the 3 outbound freight trains...

First train out is AP GP38-2 #302. 1/87th Rock Ridge Tower Operator sends him out as train RP-1 with 1/87th Engineer NJ John and brakeman Norman to service C&P Restaurant Supply and Mike's Lumber...

Next out is AP GPR38-2 #300. He'll head out as Train RI-2 to Ideal Auto Parts with 1/87th Engineer Steve and brakeman Bill...

Cabooses are on all trains!

Here's the Steel Train getting his caboose..

Both Trains are at the yard limits of Rock Ridge ready for their signals. AP Train RI-1 has the signal. Train RP-1 will wait for the tower operator at Little Jamaica to give him the order to head out.

Let's watch as trains RI-2 and RP-1 head out of Rock Ridge...

EB #8163, on a long term lease to the APRR from the Empire Belt Railroad.and will head over to Shapeless Steel as AP Train RS-3 with 1/87th Engineer Bob and brakeman Stuart...

Meanwhile, AP Train RP-1 is over at C&P Restaurant Supply. They had to enter the West Harold Secondary from the west so the shove can be completed. If not, they would have to do a run around, tie up the main, hold up rail traffic and burn extra fuel. 

They cut the caboose so they can shove the cars into the building.

Here we see the freight cars getting shoved into C&P Restaurant Supply..

The freight cars are dropped inside C&P Track 1. Now they'll head over to Mike's Lumber...

A quick stop at Little Jamaica so the tower operator can give him the siding...

And the car is dropped off at Mike's Lumber...

Can't leave without his caboose!

He's back at Little Jamaica as the yard master holds him as AP Train RI-2 needs the main in order to work Ideal Auto Parts..

In order to drop the 5 cars, they need to pull the 2 60' box cars that are loaded with electronic parts. They'll go back to the yard and when the next train for Weehawken heads out, they'll head on out. They will go to the Ford plant in Louisville, KY.

The caboose is cut, and the cars will be shoved back into Ideal. 

Here we see RI-1 make the shove into Ideal Auto Parts..

Now that both AP Train RP-2 and RI-1 have completed their work, they head back to Rock Ridge...

AP Train RS-3 heading over to Shapeless Steel

AP Train RS-3 is over at Shapeless Steel. They cut the caboose so they can make the shove into Shapeless Steel track 2.

The shove is made, caboose is picked up and they head back to Rock Ridge..

They head back to the yard and are held on the north end CP Rock as train AP RI-2 is cutting his cars to be classified in the yard... 

Train RS-3 is on the west ladder as RI-2 is on the east ladder. A meet and greet! 

EB caboose EB #1603 drops his caboose on west track #1

A run around by EB #8163 picks up the other cabooses brought in from trains RI-2 and RP-1...

EB #8163 is getting a workout after hauling those gondolas. He'll spot the 2 auto parts cars, then the cabooses..

The cabooses are dropped on tack #1 and EB #8163 is back on engines track #2

Meanwhile, AP RS-1 #200 'Spirit Of Jay' with 1/87th Engineer JP picks up PC 272747 40' Hi-Cube Box car and heads over to American Hardware to spot the car at loading door #2...

The car is spotted and he returns to his holding track on the south end of the yard...

That's a wrap for P.C.C.M. #73 on the A.P.R.R. Don't forget to check out the other two participants for this P.C.C.M as well as all other P.C.C.M. car movements as well as all of the updates they do to enhance their railroad and our Penn Central Car Movements!

Sir John's N.Y.C.T.L. 

And

PC Ralph's Kings Port & Western

Thanks for reading!

Here's a bonus aerial view of trains RI-2 and RP-1 leaving Rock Ridge Yard!