P.C.C.M. #102 Part 3 - The Outbound Train Departs Rock Ridge!

Welcome to the final outbound portion of Penn Central Car Movement #102! This three layout outbound part of this series features Sir John's incredible New York Central Layout and PC Ralph's amazing Kings Port Division railroads.

The Rock Ridge Yard crew is ready to get this outbound train on the road on time! Dan and Matt are in the pair of AP MP15 engines...

A quick stop at SI Tower as Dan and Matt need to pick up the 4 PC PS-2 hoppers at their sister yard, Rock Ridge East...

They grab the 4 cars off yard track 3....

And shove back to Rock Ridge Yard....

Tower operator Rich tells the guys what track they will drop the cars for the build...

And they spot the cars on track 'C', even for a short time....

The Penn Central has sent up from Weehawken Yard an F7 ABA consist for the the outbound train. 

They wait for the signal at the yard limit...

...And head in to Rock Ridge yard...

A quick wave to Rich and the company as they head into the yard....

...And arriving up the East Ladder...

The yard crew break off the caboose...

And the guys pull the caboose back so the build can begin...

AP #105 with JP at the controls starts the build of the KPD block. This will be the last set of cars to come off the train at West Mill...

The rest of the KPD block is pulled...

The first set of cars are added to the ladder track...

The cars are ready to be added to the Penn Central engines...

Another set of cars are added to the East Ladder track...

And now added to West Ladder track as these cars are part of the NYCTL block...

The cars look good, according the Yardmaster NJ John...

Dan and Matt add the caboose to the rear of the train.....

The PC engine crew charges the train air brake lines...

Penn Central Extra 1675 is now ready to depart Rock Ridge Yard....

They wait for the signal from the LJ Tower Operator Bob...

The approach signal is given and Penn Central Extra 1675 has the railroad!!

Next stop will be Weehawken, then West Mill for the KPD and on to Selkirk where the crew will hand off the rest of the train to the train crew from the NYCTL!!

This concludes the outbound portion of Penn Central Car Movement #102 on the APRR!

Dont forget to check out the rest of the outbound portion on Sir John's amazing New York Central Layout and PC Ralph's Incredible Kings Port Division railroads.

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P.C.C.M. #102 Part 2 - Preparing The Outbound Train

Welcome back to the continuation of Penn Central Car Movement #102! The crews will start to work the cars for the outbound train. Both railroads have given the APRR instructions on how they would like the cars blocked so the freight can move quickly...

Engineers Matt and Dan are sitting in AP MP15 engines #106 & 107 ready to start blocking the outbound cars...

The BN & UP reefers(making their first of many PCCM debut) are the first to get blocked for the NYCTL part of the outbound train...

Inbound moves for the NYCTL...

The next set of TP&W box cars are going to the NYCTL behind the first 3 reefers...

AP MP15 #105 has Mark working the yard as well...

As you can see, the crews work in tandem to get the cars spotted...

Here's the crew spotting the cars for both NYCTL and KPD railroads...

We now turn our attention to the north side of Rock Ridge over at WH tower, where EB GP40 #8163 (on long term lease from the NYCTL), has 4 PS-2 hoppers that will go to T&R Gravel to be filled with sand for the APRR engines. Engineer Norman has brought the cars from the engine terminal and will drop them over in Rock Ridge East yard...

The train slowly backs into track 3 at Rock Ridge East Yard as tracks 1 & 2 have the weekly move for auto racks to the Ford Plant at Mahwah, NJ...

Norman drops the cars on track 3....

Now that Norman has tied down, the M&E crew of Engineer Steve and brakeman Bob will take the auto rack cars over to the Ford Plant...

Steve and Bob now head out as M&E Extra 1819...

Now that the M&E crew is gone, Norman can head back to the engine terminal...

Back at the main yard, the crew continue to build the outbound train. Three auto parts box cars from Ideal will head to the KPD then transferred on the run to the Ford Plant in Massachusetts...

The lone coal hopper car will be added to the KPD block as well...

And lets not forget the PC box car for Cavendish Foods for the KPD...

Matt and Dan are finished with their moves as well as Mark. The crews tie down for the day...

We'll cut it here for today. Tomorrow the yard crew will assemble the outbound train for an ON TIME departure!!

Don't forget to follow the outbound part of this series on Sir John's amazing New York Central Layout and PC Ralph's Incredible Kings Port Division railroads.

Thanks for reading!!

P.C.C.M. #102 Part 1 On The A.P.R.R. - Picking Up Freight For Rock Ridge Yard

Welcome to Penn Central Car Movement - #102!! We have another 3 layout move featuring Sir John's amazing New York Central Layout and PC Ralph's Incredible Kings Port Division railroads.

It's a very busy time of the year, and freight loads are larger than normal...

ShopRite Warehouse serves not only their own stores, but other stores in the region. The NPM reefer will go to Consolidated Groceries over in Empire City on the NYCTL...

A lone APRR coal hopper will head back to Hedberg Aggragates on the KPD for more coal. With winter arriving, you can never have enough coal...

Tropicana reefer loaded with juice products from the Tropicana plant in Rock Ridge will head to Ralph's Grocery on the NYCTL...

AP #100 with Engineer JP heads out and will pick up the coal hopper and reefer then run them over to the yard. From there, they'll be blocked for their appropriate destination...

JP awaits orders from the tower...

A quick move to get on the yard lead...

...And the cars are dropped in the yard...

JP has dropped the cars, and now heads back to the industrial area...

Meanwhile AP MP15 #105 heads out as train RE-3 to pick up some freight cars from Ideal Auto Parts and Freihofers Bakeries. Engineer Kai is in the cab with brakeman Jim...

First stop is over at Fereihofer. An empty covered hopper will go back to the yard and the crew will shuffle it over to Cargill for reloading for their next destination. The HRC box car will head over to Ralph's Grocery with baked goods including Freihofers Chocolate Chip Cookies!!

A short distance away over at Ideal Auto Parts, 3 box cars will head to the Ford Plant Co. in Somerville, MA. via the KPD...

Kai awaits at LJ tower for instructions before heading back to the yard...

Train RE-3 heading to Rock Ridge Yard...

Kai stops at SI tower for instructions in to the yard....

Kai arrives and the yard crew will work the train. classifying to head out in the next two days...

The yard crew consisting of Dan and Norman will work the cars...

Cars for the NYCTL get spotted on track 'B' while KPD cars get spotted on track 'C'...

AP train RN-5 will head out to C&P Restaurant Supply to pick up 8 reefers and box cars. 7 cars will head to Nassau Community College on the NYCTL and the PC Box Car will head to Cavendish Foods on the KPD. Engineer Matt and brakeman Mark Head out...

They await the signal at CP Rock...

...And off they go...!

Another signal from LJ Tower...

And they head out to the North Side of Rock Ridge....

Now over at C&P Restuarant Supply, the crew works the job. (Note they're picking up 8 cars not 7 as the video states...UGH!)

The crew has the cars and await for the signal at WH tower to head back to the yard...

The signal is set and they can head east to the yard...

They're on yard lead track 2 and will get crossed over by the SI tower into the yard...

Matt and Mark arrive back at the yard. The second shift yard crew will take care of these inbound cars 

We'll cut it here for today. Tomorrow the crew will work to classify freight for the outbound train....

Thanks for reading!