Welcome to the conclusion of the inbound portion of P.C.C.M. #101 on the A.P.R.R. The last of the freight from Sir John's New York Central Train Layout and PC Ralph's Kings Port Division Railroad will head out on today's train which serves the east side of Rock Ridge...
Penn Central SW1500 #9543 is still on the property, and 1:87 Engineer JP will work that engine...
AP GP38-2 #303 will have 1:87 Engineer Dan in the seat and his trusty conductor for today will be Jim. Dan knows the railroad quite well and I'm sure Jim will get the moves done efficiently and quickly!
JP pulls the caboose for this run off west ladder track 1...
JP will drop the caboose on the west ladder....
Let's watch the crews assemble AP train RE-3...
The freight is ready to go....
A quick stop at CP South Industrial Tower...
Dan awaits the signal...
AP train RE-3 heads out of Rock Ridge; however, he's being held as an inbound train takes priority...
Dan arrives at his first stop - Ideal Auto Parts. Their biggest customer - Ford Motor Co. Dan will need to pull the non-PCCM cars on the siding that will get sent to the Ford Plant in Mahwah, NJ before dropping his cars...
The moves are being made...
Dan spots the cars at Ideal...
Next stop is a little west of Ideal. Marcal Paper and Freihofer Bakeries are adjacent to each other, and both have outbound cars as well as some inbound...
I think we can tell what cookies will be made since we see a pair of Nestle reefers at Freihofers. By now we're pretty certain the cars are empty and will head back to the Nestle plant in Pennsylvania for more chocolate products...
Dan makes his moves...
And spots the 3 covered hoppers from Empire City...
The HRC box car will sit on the adjacent track and get unloaded as needed...
Now that Dan has made the moves, he has another stop to make. The auto parts box cars from Ideal have to go to the Ford Plant in Mahwah. The M&E has trackage rights up there, so Dan will drop the cars over by Rock Ridge East Yard, where the M&E will handle the move...
Dan drops the auto parts cars on the West Harold secondary so the M&E crew can grab them...
San heads back to Rock Ridge yard...
The M&E crew with 1:87 Engineer Steve and his trusty conductor Bob retrieve the auto parts cars for Ford...
A quick stop at the tower so they can be aligned for the move...
Steve & Bob spot the cars on the siding in Rock Ridge East Yard...
Dan and his train are at the yard limit and await clearance from 1:87 tower operator Rich...
And slowly heads in...
Dan is in the yard by CP Rock...
And parks his train on east ladder track 4...
Dan, is finished. Steve is finished. JP is finished. NJ John has released all crews, and with that...
It's a wrap for P.C.C.M. #101 on the A.P.R.R.!
Until next time, thanks for reading!!
To: Rock Ridge /West Mill
ReplyDeleteFrom: Terminal Yard
Acknowledge PC 9543 still on property and working Rock Ridge Yard.
Acknowledge AP 303 assigned to AP Train RE-3.
Acknowledge AP Train RE-3 departing Rock Ridge and meeting AP Train RM-2 at Little Jamaica.
Acknowledge AP Train RE-3 delivering PCCM freight traffic to IDEAL Auto Parts, Marcal and Freihoffer's Bakery.
Acknowledge interchange of non PCCM auto parts cars with M&E RR and East Rock Ridge Yard.
Acknowledge AP Train RE-3 returning to Rock Ridge Yard.
Acknowledge all PCCM freight traffic from Terminal Yard delivered and or interchanged to their final destinations.
Terminal Yard out...
Put it in the books!!! A fine conclusion to what has been an excellent virtual ops series. The moves were fun to follow, the motive power selection was perfect throughout and the non PCCM meets and interchanges added a lot of character to the overall op. The meet with RM-2 and interchange with the M&E were nicely done. I like the Nestle RBLs and ever since seeing a photo of one in TRP magazine I've had my eye on getting one.
Well done Sir Neal!!!