P.C.C.M. #105 On The A.P.R.R. - Inbound From The N.Y.C.T.L. & K.P.D. Railroads

Welcome back to the inbound portion of Penn Central Car Movement on the Atlantic Pacific Railroad!

Today we have inbound freight coming from Sir John's N.Y.C.T.L. Railroad and PC Ralph's K.P.D. Railroad

PC Extra 2370 from West Mill via Weehawken has arrived with PS-2 Cement Hoppers from the KPD for County Concrete in Morristown. These will be dropped off on the West Harold Secondary and the M&E Railroad will pick them up for final delivery to County Concrete...

PC Extra 2370 heads on to the West Harold Secondary...

The crew checks in at CP West Harold for final instructions...

They pick up the caboose off the train and will head back to Weehawken...

Over at Little Jamaica Interlocking, PC Extra 3175 has returned from the NYCTL with the covered hoppers from Pier 16 Grain Silos for Cargill, loaded coal hoppers for R.M.O. Electric, and 4 ballast hopper cars for the APRR maintenance division for track work...

PC Extra on the move to Rock Ridge Yard...

PC Extra at CP Industrial South...

The train arrives at Rock Ridge Yard... 

The APRR Yard crew wastes no time and starts to break down the train for the consignees...

The caboose will go with the engines to Weehawken for their next assignment...

The ballast hoppers will be taken to Richmond Hill Engine Terminal by their crew...

The engines are getting ready to depart...

Meanwhile, AP SW1500 #100 has picked up the hopper cars and coal cars and brought them over to the Rock Ridge Industrial Complex for delivery to Cargill and R.M.O. Electric...

The caboose is now being moved to the engines on the departure track by CP Industrial South so the crew can spot the ballast hopper cars on the east ladder...

Ballast Hoppers are now spotted on East Ladder track 4...

PC Train 3175/3148 departs Rock Ridge Yard caboose light...

Over at Rock Ridge East Yard, M&E Engines #18 & 19 pick up the cement hoppers on the West Harold Secondary track...

...And the cars are dropped in Rock Ridge East Yard...

The last deliveries for the day are back over at the Rock Ridge Industrial Complex. First drop are the coal hoppers for R.M.O. Electric...

Final delivery at Cargill are the six covered hoppers from Pier 16 Grain Silos....

The moves are completed and AP #100 is tied down for the day..

It's a wrap!!

Thanks for reading and don't forget to check both Sir John's blog and PC Ralph's blog!!

Sir John's N.Y.C.T.L. Railroad 

 PC Ralph's K.P.D. Railroad

P.C.C.M. #105 On The A.P.R.R. - Outbound To The N.Y.C.T.L. & K.P.D. Railroads

Welcome to another Penn Central Car Movement on the Atlantic Pacific Railroad! This is #105 in our ongoing series and is a one weekend series with outbound freight leaving Rock Ridge Yard for Sir John's N.Y.C.T.L. Railroad and PC Ralph's K.P.D. Railroad...

Today's action will send covered hoppers, coal hoppers and PS-2 covered hoppers to the NYCTL. Empty coal hoppers will head up to West Mill on the KPD and get forwarded to the Lehigh Valley Connection for more coal.

We start over at Cargill and a string of 6 covered hoppers will head to the Pier 16 Silos on the NYCTL...

A string of empty coal hoppers will head to Hudson Coal. While the warm weather is approaching, the APRR is starting its build for the upcoming winter season.

AP SW1500 #100 drops the cars off at Rock Ridge Yard for the outbound train to the NYCTL...

While AP #100 is back on the Rock Ridge Industrial Complex, the crew won't sit there for long...

Meanwhile, over at CP Industrial South, EBRR #8163 is dropping off 4 PS-2 covered hoppers for T&R Gravel to be loaded with sand for the APRR's engine terminal...

The crew heads back to the engine terminal...

APRR #100 is at it again! This time pulling more coal hoppers that will head to West Mill on the KPD...

These cars are dropped at the Rock Ridge East Yard for their outbound journey. The motive power are a pair of GP40 Penn Central units...

AP #100 is back in the yard...

The crew for this train will take the freight to Weehawken where it will be added to PC Train WV-2 and head up to Selkirk, with a stop in West Mill...

Over at Rock Ridge Yard, another pair of GP40 engines are getting ready for its departure to Selkirk and on to Terminal Yard on the NYCTL...

The PRR caboose is added to the train...

PC Extra 3175 awaits the signal to depart Rock Ridge Yard at CP Rock, the northern end of the yard...

The signal is up, and they slowly head out....

A quick stop at CP Industrial South for final train orders...

The crew awaits the signal as PC Extra 3166 is getting ready to depart at Rock Ridge East Yard...

The crew has the signal, and gets ready to depart...

Next stop will be Weehawken for PC Extra 3166 and on to West Mill and Selkirk. PC Extra 3175 will stop at Selkirk for a crew change before heading out to Terminal Yard...

Here we go...!!

Check back in the next couple days for the inbound portion of P.C.C.M. #105!!

Thanks for reading!!