P.C.C.M. Part 4 On The A.P.R.R. - Yard Work For The Local Deliveries

Welcome back to the continuation of Penn Central Car Movement #85. Inbound freight has arrived from Sir John's N.Y.C.T.L. and PC Ralph's K.P.D. railroads.

Today we're going to watch the Rock Ridge Yard crew work on building a local train that will serve C&P Restaurant Supply, Marcal Paper and Mike's Lumber. Add to the work of servicing American Hardware and ShopRite by the crew, which is within the north and south corners of the yard. Sir 1:87 Neal has leased out some property to those industries a few years ago, and it pays nice dividends.

Train VW-1 was the last train to come in,yesterday, and the crew left it on the west ladder where today's crew will sort out the cars. On this train are a pair of KP&W box cars from Quality Fabrications on the K.P.D. with catalytic converters for Ideal Auto Parts. The yard crew will shuttle these two cars over to Rock Ridge East Yard, where another crew will drill Ideal. 

AP MP15DC's #106 & #107 with 1:87 scale Engineer Matt are breaking down the train. Some non-PCCM cars are spotted in the yard. They came up from Morrisville, PA and will head over to other industries served by the APRR. 

EB 360279, making its first appearance at Rock Ridge Yard, came from International Paper on the K.P.D. to Marcal with bulk paper.

A pair of BAR reefers from Terminal Warehouse and Louis Sherry in Empire City will head over to C&P Restaurant Supply. Can we guess what is in the reefer from Louis Sherry?

Train SK-7 stopped in Selkirk and picked up Triangle Pacific box car #5510 loaded with lumber products which will head over to Mike's Lumber...

For a recap of this train build, and its designation, let's watch this video...

AP MP15DC #105 with 1:87 scale engineer Jim has grabbed the KP&W box cars and will get them ready to be run over to Rock Ridge East Yard..

Matt will run them over to Rock Ridge East Yard with the other auto parts cars...

A stop at South Tower, checking in with tower operator 1:87 scale Rich, and they head out...

A short time later, they drop the cars over at the yard...

And head back to the main yard...

Matt heads back to pick up where he left off in the yard as a local train has to go out..

AP GP38-2 #303 has arrived in the yard with 1:87 scale engineer Mark, who will work the local as train RF-3...

The signal is up for departure, and ....

....AP train RF-3 was supposed to go out, but the train is now being held at the yard limits due to track issues near Little Jamaica..

Here we see AP train RF-3 heading out of the yard. Guess the crew will park it on outbound track 2 for the day. 

Mark and his train will tie down for the day...It happens!

Back in the yard, there is a move that AP #105 needs to make for American Hardware and ShopRite.

Here's a recap on how AP #105 is going to make this move...

These new AP & EB Hi-Cube Box cars are from Hostess Bakeries in Empire City for ShopRite. Sir 1:87 Neal will head there tonight to see if they received a case of Hostess Twinkies, one of his favorites!

These covered hoppers from from Hostess and EC Cargill will get moved a little later by the yard crew. The EB covered hoppers are going to be moved to AP Cargill until needed by Freihofers. They need to be out of the yard by tomorrow...

The Morton Salt covered hopper and the PC box car will head over to Morton Salt. The box car will be spotted on the track adjacent to Salt building...

Looks like the Hi-Cubes are being readied to move..

Let's watch the move to American Hardware and ShopRite..

AP #105 continues to make moves in the yard...

The cars are now being spotted at Morton Salt...

Matt is back with his engines on the ladder...

We'll cut it here for today. Make sure you check the inbound freight that we sent out on both Sir John's N.Y.C.T.L. and PC Ralph's K.P.D. railroads.

Thanks for reading!

P.C.C.M. #85 Part 3 on The A.P.R.R. - Inbound Arrivals To Rock Ridge Yard

Welcome back to the inbound portion of Penn Central Car Movement (P.C.C.M.) #85! This is a three layout move with inbound freight trains from Sir John's New York Central Train Layout and PC Ralph's Kings Port Division Railroad.

The crew over at Rock Ridge Yard have 3 trains arriving today. There's a new train from Terminal Yard arriving first. Train APR-25 is a direct train from Ford Motors in Empire City with a bevvy of empty auto parts box cars. This train departs Terminal Yard on the N.Y.C.T.L., makes a short stop in Selkirk and then heads down to Weehawken and on to Rock Ridge. Since this train has one destination, APR-25 will head for Rock Ridge East Yard, which serves as the spillover yard for Rock Ridge Yard as well as the interchange yard with the Morristown & Erie (M&E). The counterpart to train APR-25 is N.Y.C.T.L. FAST-50 - Rock Ridge / Selkirk / Terminal Yard with loaded auto parts box cars for the Ford plant in Empire City.

The second train is a manifest train, N.Y.C.T.L. train SK-7 - Terminal Yard / Selkirk / Weehawken / Rock Ridge.

The third arriving train from the K.P.D. is manifest train VW-1 - Selkirk / West Mill / Weehawken / Rock Ridge.

Train APR-25 is the priority train and will get the approach from the West Harold Tower operator and head to Rock Ridge East Yard...

Train APR-25 is on the move...!

Train APR-25 heads to Rock Ridge East Yard..

Train APR-25 arriving Rock Ridge East Yard...

Arriving at West Harold Interlocking is PC Train VW-1 with freight from the K.P.D. and freight that was sent from the PC Morrisville Yard to Weehawken. However, train SK-7 will head in to Rock Ridge first...

Train SK-7 heads departs West Harold for Rock Ridge Yard...

Train SK-7 awaits the signal at Rock Ridge Yard Limits...

The approach is given to the crew and they'll head in to the yard....

Train SK-7 heads into the yard heading up the west ladder as the yard crew is in position....

PC Train VW-1 departs West Harold Interlocking and heads over to Rock Ridge Yard Limits...

Train VW-1 has arrived at Rock Ridge Yard Limits and will hold until the crew makes some room on the ladder....

Meanwhile, over at Rock Ridge East Yard, M&E #18 with 1:87 scale Engineer Steve and his trusty sidekick Bob, will break down APR-25.  First, pull the caboose!!

PC 3180/3175 backs into the yard ever so slowly, drops the cars, and then picks up their caboose.

They'll hold until released from the yard and head over to the APRR Richmond Hill Engine Terminal for servicing. When needed, the PC will dispatch them from the APRR to other areas on the Penn Central system...

Back in the main yard, AP MP15DC switchers #106 & #107 with 1:87 scale Engineer John break down train SK-7...

PC engines #3007 & 8148 will head over to the AP Richmond Hill Engine Terminal for servicing, then to Weehawken for assignment...

Train VW-1 arriving Rock Ridge Yard...

PC engines 3007 & 8148 await departure from Rock Ridge Yard track 2

Train VW-1 in the yard...

1:87 scale John starts the breakdown of this train....

Train VW-1 getting classified in the yard...

All of the inbound freight is classified in the yard for today...

With all freight in place, the engines can depart for servicing....

We'll hold it here for today. Tomorrow we'll see the AP crew get ready to assemble trains to deliver the inbound freight....

Thanks for reading!

P.C.C.M. #85 Part 2 On The A.P.R.R. - Freight Heading Out!

Welcome back to the second part of the outbound portion of P.C.C.M. #85 on the A.P.R.R. 

Today we're going to head right into the yard with a pair of MP15DC engines #106 & 107 who will handle the build along with AP #105 which is another MP15DC engine. Here are today's jobs....

YARD JOB – RB-1

AP 105 – ENGINEER – NJ JOHN  BRAKEMAN – NORMAN

BUILD OUTBOUND CARS PER TRAIN ORDERS

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YARD JOB – RB-2

AP 106/107 – ENGINEERS – MATT / DAN

BUILD OUTBOUND CARS PER TRAIN ORDERS

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ROAD JOB – RW-1 ENGINEER - MARK  BRAKEMAN – JIM

DEPART ROCK RIDGE YARD TRACK 2

DESTINATION – WEEHAWKEN YARD – HAND OFF FREIGHT TO THE PENN CENTRAL

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AP #105 starts to pull a cut of cars off track "C". This cut of cars are all destined for Terminal Yard in Empire City...

The cars are dropped on Rock Ridge Yard outbound track #2...

A pair of GP60 AP engines #600 & #601 have come up from Richmond Hill Engine Terminal as they will take the train to Weehawken Yard. It will be handed off to the Penn Central who will run it up to West Mill and then on to Selkirk..

AP #107/106 pull the empty gondolas that were being stored in the freight yard which will go to Gervais Pipe on the N.Y.C.T.L. 

They pull the 4 PC PS-2 covered hoppers....

And add them to the rest of the block for Terminal Yard...

A few more cars are pulled from track "A" and will get added to the train...

The Tropicana car will be at the end of the block for Terminal Yard and the N.Y.C.T.L. The next set of cars will be destined for West Mill on the K.P.D on track "B"....

All three engines are working in tandem to get this build set to head out...

The guys on AP 106/107 add the caboose to the end of this train and then shove the 8 cars to the end of the train. The last 7 cars are for the K.P.D.

Now that the tracks are clear and the train is just about ready to depart, AP 105 backs into the yard on to the east ladder...

The guys cut away from the caboose...

The crew of what will be AP Train RW-1 fire up the engine..

They get the signal to depart the yard. Next stop, Weehawken!!

Train RW-1 Rock Ridge to Weehawken Yard is on it's way.

That concludes the outbound portion of P.C.C.M. #85 on the A.P.R.R.

Make sure you follow all the action happening on Sir John's N.Y.C.T.L. and PC Ralph's K.P.D. railroads!

Stop back next week for the inbound portion of #85!!