P.C.C.M. #82 Part 1 On The A.P.R.R. - The Outbound Begins...

Welcome everyone to another Penn Central Car Movement -  #82! This virtual op session will be a three layout move with Sir John's N.Y.C.T.L. and PC Ralph's Kings Port Division Railroad 

April 1 was the time the Penn Central was taken over by Conrail in 1976, so I felt it fitting to have this set of blog posts in GREEN to honor the Penn Central!!

We're going to start this part where it all takes place - Rock Ridge Yard!

Today the crew will pick up freight cars from C&P Restaurant Supply, Freihofer's, Three Amigos Warehouse, Cargill and Tropicana. R.M.O. Electric is very low on coal, so the empties will head out to Hudson Coal on the N.Y.C.T.L. and Hedberg Aggregates on the K.P. & W. ShopRite, located at the south end of Rock Ridge Yard has cars going to both railroads for distribution to selected consignees.

Making its inaugural revenue debut, MP15DC AP #106 will head out to C&P Restaurant Supply, Freihofers and Three Amigos. 1:87 scale NJ John will be in the cab for today's job which is AP RC-2...

Another engine making its debut is MP15DC AP #107 will be the next engine at the ready once AP #106 heads out...

NJ John stops at CP South for some last minute instructions before heading to the yard limits. Once there, he'll contact the tower operator at Little Jamaica....

As he approaches the yard limit, AP train MR-3 has arrived from the PC Morrisville, PA yard with some freight that will be heading to Selkirk. They'll move over to Rock Ridge East Yard to pick up additional freight heading up to Selkirk....

First stop will be Freihofers Bakeries. LV 41000 is loaded with baked goods (including chocolate chip cookies) for Pilgrim State on the N.Y.C.T.L.

A quick stop at CP Little Jamaica for some paperwork...

LV 41000 is picked up..

Next stop is C&P Restaurant Supply. 3 cars are being picked up. PC 360063 will go to Cavendish Foods on the K.P. & W. as well as empty SRLX 4244 Swift reefer. Its final destination is the Swift Plant in Lawrence, MA. EB 358160 has prepared meals for Pilgrim State on the N.Y.C.T.L....

Next stop will be Three Amigos Warehouse & Storage to pick up PC 142770 which will have a car load of used pallets for City Pallets..

A quick stop at CP West Harold. Tower operator 1:87 Scale Bob lets the crew know they can pick up the box car and proceed east once they check couplers and air pressure...

Let's watch AP #106 pick up PC 142770 at Three Amigos Watehouse...

Now the departure from the West Harold Secondary....

AP train RC-2 is being held at the Rock Ridge Yard Limits. There's movement in the yard, so they'll wait for a call from CP South Tower...

AP #107 with 1:87 scale engineer Norman does a quick move over to ShopRite where he will pick up 4 box cars. A pair of Empire Belt 40' Box cars are loaded with non-perishable food for Terminal Warehouse. The 50' K.P. & W. box cars loaded with non -perishables for Cavendish Foods.

They'll spot the cars on the east ladder...

AP #107 has spotted the cars on East ladder track 6 in front of 4 AP empty ballast cars. Their final destination is T&R Gravel on the N.Y.C.T.L. the sole supplier of ballast to the A.P.R.R.

Next job out is RR-5 from R.M.O. Electric. 8 empties to Hudson Coal on the N.Y.C.T.L. and an AP hopper to Hedberg Aggregates on the K.P. & W. AP GE 44 Tonner #900 with 1:87 scale engineer JP revs up for the job...

The empties now head over to Rock Ridge Yard. AP #900 drops them off...

The cars are dropped on the west arrival / departure track in the yard..

The job is done and AP #900 is back on the property...

The last job of the day is over at Cargill and Tropicana. AP Train RT-7 with MP15DC #105 with 1:87 scale engineer Matt at the throttle heads over to Cargill..

A pair of EB covered hoppers are loaded with wheat is destined to Ronzoni...

Next stop is Tropicana is loaded with fresh OJ for Ralph's Grocery on the N.Y.C.T.L.

Matt drops the cars on arrival / departure track "B" adjacent to the other outbound cars...

So what happened to AP Train RC-2? They finally got the clearance to head into Rock Ridge Yard..

Now in the yard, AP #107 teams up with AP #106 to get the cars spotted in the yard...

We'll cut it here for today. Tomorrow we'll get the trains ready for each railroad to depart for Weehawken, West Mill, Selkirk, Terminal Yard and beyond....!

Thanks for reading!!