P.C.C.M. #94 On The A.P.R.R. Part 2 - The Return Of Penn Central Extra 3175

Welcome back to Penn Central Car Movement #94 - The return of Penn Central Extra 3175!

PC Ralph sent a string of coal hoppers to Sir John's Terminal Yard, which will head over to Pier 16 Terminal for export. Once the cars are unloaded, they will return to their origin, which in the case of PC Extra 3175, will be out in Pennsylvania!

PC Extra 3175 is at West Harold Interlocking waiting for permission to proceed...

...And permission granted!

They have the approach to Little Jamaica, as they'll need to cross on to the APRR tracks to work their way thru Rock Ridge Yard...

Let's watch PC Extra 3175 in action...

At the Rock Ridge Yard Limit, they're held once more for a signal from the tower operator...

...And they have the approach thru the yard...

PC Extra 3175 thru Rock Ridge Yard...

PC Extra 3175 has the outbound signal to proceed thru Little Jamaica. 

PC Extra 3175 is on the move...

Let's watch extra 3175 head thru Little Jamaica...

And thru West Harold. Next stop, Weehawken!!

That concludes my portion of Penn Central Car Movement #94...

Don't forget to check out the rest of this series over on Sir John's New York Central Train Layout and PC Ralph's Kings Port Division Railroad!

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P.C.C.M. #94 On The A.P.R.R. Part 1 - Coal Train Detour Thru Rock Ridge

Welcome to Penn Central Car Movement #94. 

It's another day at Rock Ridge Yard. The boys are gathered as they're being told that an 'Extra' Train is coming into Rock Ridge. This train was scheduled to go to Terminal Yard on the N.Y.C.T.L. via another route on the Erie Lackawanna (EL) and the Penn Central (PC). Now it's being rerouted thru Rock Ridge, to Weehawken and on to Terminal Yard...

The 'Extra' Train is Penn Central Extra 3175 with a string of loaded coal hoppers, is destined for the Pier 16 Docks on the N.Y.C.T.L. The coal will be loaded on to ships for export overseas. The train has arrived at Rock Ridge for a quick stop...

The crew awaits the departure signal...

...And proceeds to head out of Rock Ridge...

Tower operator 1:87 scale Rich T. watches as PC Extra 3175 slowly passes by CP South...

Now at the Rock Ridge Yard Limits, the crew awaits the signal to proceed to Weehawken. From there, Extra 3175 will head up the River Line, thru Selkirk and on to Terminal Yard in Empire City...

The signal is changed and PC Extra 3175 heads out...

Next stop, Weehawken! 

AP Train WRC-3 arrives in Rock Ridge Yard. They had to wait for the Penn Central extra train to clear out of the yard so they can bring in the tank cars for Cargill. Engineer 1:87 scale NJ John along with Conductor 1:87 scale Norman (the official AP photographer) bring the train up from Weehawken. The night shift will deliver these cars to Cargill so there's no interference with daytime operations on the Rock Ridge secondary....

That's all for today. Stop back in two days for the return of this extra train as the detour is still in place!

Check out the action for this special Penn Central Car Movement on Sir John's N.Y.C.T.L. Railroad and PC Ralph's Kings Port & Western Railroad

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