P.C.C.M. #102 Part 6 - The Last Of The Freight Gets Delivered!

 

Welcome back to the conclusion of the inbound portion of Penn Central Car Movement #102 on the APRR. Freight for Shapeless Steel and C&P Restaurant Supply will be heading out today...

Dan and Matt get to work on the build...

The PC gondolas from KP Steel on the KPD will be loaded up for it's next destination...

The black EB gondolas will be unloaded and then sent back to Gervais Pipe on the NYCTL...

The BAR reefers and AP Box cars will head to C&P on the same train as the gondolas. Both industries are located on the north side of Rock Ridge...

Here's the yard crew sorting the cars for today's run...

AP GP38-2 #307 will handle the duties for today. Mark will make the run out to the north of Rock Ridge. He'll depart as AP Train RN-6...

The train is getting ready to depart...

Mark waits for the signal at CP Rock...

And heads out...

Train RN-6 passing SI Tower...

Mark now arrives over by Shapeless Steel...

Let's watch Mark spot the Penn Central gondola cars on Track 2...

The cars from Gervais Pipe are dropped on track 1...

Next stop is Shapeless Steel....

Four cars will be dropped off with frozen foods from Birdseye and Louis Sherry as well as some packaged foods from Ralph's Grocery...

The cars are in the warehouse and all that's left to do is to pick up the caboose and head back to the yard...

Mark waits for the order to take the main and head back to the yard...

Train RN-6 caboose lite heads back to the yard...

...And a roll by SI tower....

Mark is back in the yard and the work for PCCM #102 is now finished! Well done guys!

Don't forget to check out to the action on John's N.Y.C.T.L. Railroad and Ralph's Kings Port & Western Railroad.

One special note. Some of you who carefully follow my blog and posts may have noticed the tower that was formerly called 'CP South' has been changed to 'SI Tower (South Industrial Tower) or CP SI'. The reason for the change is due to the new track configuration of the Rock Ridge Industrial Area. There used to be one track that serviced the industries, and during the time when I held in person train ops, an engineer had to wait for the operator of that area to either clear the track or let the other guy wait until he finished his work. That no longer happens as the track has been reconfigured and a new passing track in from the of industrial area has been added. Now the engineer of the industrial area can do his work and trains can depart or arrive Rock Ridge Yard...

Thanks for reading!

P.C.C.M. #102 Part 5 - Getting Freight Out Of The Yard To Consignees

Welcome back to the continuation of Penn Central Car Movement #102 on the Atlantic Pacific Railroad. Today the crew will send out the local train to serve Ideal Auto Parts, Marcal and Mike's Lumber. In addition, the Rock Ridge Industrial Complex will send over an engine to pick up a car that was brought over from Freihofer and pick the Hostess car for refilling...

Norman in AP#105 will pull the cars for Cargill and hand them off to Engineer JP in AP#100 to make the deliveries...

JP has arrived and will pick up the 2 cars for Cargill...

He slowly works his way on to the Rick Ridge Industrial Complex secondary...

JP spots the cars on Cargill Track 1...

JP is done with the move and the AP fuel tanker truck has arrived to refuel the engine...

Now Dan and Matt will spot the Morton Salt car...

Here we go...

The next car to be spotted at Morton is the PC Box Car...

PC 142770 gets dropped off on the adjacent east ladder track 12 next to the Morton Salt Plant...

Matt and Dan now work on the train that will head out to the east side of Rock Ridge...

The EB Box Cars will head over to Marcal...

Can't forget about the car for Mike's Lumber!

No train is complete without a caboose (most of the time...)!

AP GP38-2 #303 with Kai in the cab and Jim as his brakeman prepare to leave Rock Ridge Yard...

Kai heads out as AP train RE-4...

A quick roll by SI Tower...

Kai awaits the signal to depart...

...and off he goes...!

AP Train RE-4 passing thru Little Jamaica Interlocking...

Back over in the yard, the crew works on a non-PCCM train that is picking up freight for the Penn Central Morrisville, PA Yard...

Penn Central GP35 #2370 has arrived in the yard from Weehawken to pick up the freight...

A caboose is added...

And this train will get ready to depart...

PC Train RM-3 heading thru Little Jamaica....

Kai has arrived by Ideal and will start to work the industries...

Kai spots the three Auto Parts Cars from Ford on the Ideal Track...

Next on the line is Marcal and Mike's Lumber. He gets orders for LJ tower operator Bob as some cars need to be picked up and brought back to the yard...

A couple of reefers have to be moved as well...

The PA box cars will be brought back to Rock Ridge Yard...

The cars are pulled and Kai will do a run around to spot the cars...

The move is made and the final car gets dropped at Mike's Lumber...

Kai picks up the caboose, then the cars going to the yard...

Kai has the cars and awaits routing off the LJ secondary to head back to the yard...

Kai heads to the yard as his work is finished....

Kai checks in for routing to the yard....

Matt and Dan pull the 2 cars off Kai's train...

Kai ties down for the day...

Matt and Dan classify the box cars...

And the work is finished...

We'll stop here for today. Tomorrow the crew will deliver the freight to Shapeless Steel and C&P Restaurant Supply on the north side of Rock Ridge...

Don't forget to check out to see the freight cars I sent to both John's N.Y.C.T.L. Railroad and Ralph's Kings Port & Western Railroad.

Thanks for reading!!