P.C.C.M. #103 Part 2 - Working Industries On The East Side Of Rock Ridge

Welcome back to the continuation of the outbound portion of Penn Central Car Movement #103 on the APRR.

Today the crew will head out to industries on the east side of Rock Ridge Yard making stops at Ideal Auto Parts, Marcal Paper, Freihofer Bakeries and Mike's Lumber... 

AP MP15 #105 will work the yard with Norman in the cab....

A few more moves are being made in the yard s some of the non-PCCM freight cars from yesterdays MR-12 will be sent out to some industries on the east side of Rock Ridge...

Norman starts to build the outbound train for today's run...

Kai and Mark will work today the industries with the pair of MP15 engines. They'll head out as AP Train RE-5...

At the yard limit...

And they depart for today's run....

Meanwhile, EB Train 8163 with special engineer Sir John has come over to check out Rock Ridge East Yard and of course, his engine that is on a long term lease to the APRR...

EB 8163 drops off the empty ballast cars over at Rock Ridge East Yard...

Now Sir John can head back to the engine terminal and meet up with his counterpart of the APRR, Sir Neal...

Sir John bids good bye to the tower operator and heads out...

Back over on the east side of Rock Ridge, the crew of AP Train RE-5 starts to work the industries. First stop is Ideal Auto Parts. There are 3 cars to be pulled, all for Ford Industries. The EB Blue box car will head over to the Ford Plant over at Empire City on the N.Y.C.T.L. The other 2 non-PCCM cars will head over to the Ford Plant in Mahwah, NJ, north of Rock Ridge...

The crew drops off some non-PCCM empty 60' Auto Parts Cars to be loaded with auto parts for another customer...

Next move is over at Marcal and Freihofer Bakeries. They'll pull from Freihofers a pair of APRR RBL box cars for Pilgrim State and a BAR car for Ralph's Grocery on the N.Y.C.T.L. Over at Marcal the crewe will pull a pair of PC box cars; one for Ralph's Grocery and one for Consolidated Grocery on the N.Y.C.T.L. The crew will drop off some non-PCCM cars at these industries as well...

The cars are pulled and the inbound are dropped off...

Train RE-5 leaves Marcal and Freihofer to pick up some outbound cars at Mike's Lumber...

Over at Mike's Lumber are a trio of 3 Penn Central RBL Box cars that will head over to IBM with crates. The TPFX box car will return empty to Triangle Pacific on the Kings Port Division...

The cars are back on the train and will now head back to the yard...

...And enters Rock Ridge Yard Limits....

With the train and both PCCM and non-PCCM freight cars on this train, the crew starts to break down the cars and spot them in the yard...

Over at the Rock Ridge Industrial Complex, AP 100 with JP on duty is pulling 3 AP covered hoppers from Cargill with barley for Empire City Cargill...

JP will bring the cars over to the yard as he hs the dwarf signal to proceed...

JP drops the cars on East Ladder track 8...

And then pulls the Morton Salt covered hopper with a full load of salt for Cavendish Foods on the KPD

JP drops spots the car and ties down in the yard...

That's a wrap for today. Tomorrow the APRR crew will start to block the outbound trains that will head out to West Mill and Kings Port on the PC Ralph's Kings Port Division Railroad and Terminal Yard on Sir John's New York Central Train Layout!

Thanks for reading!!