P.C.C.M. #108 On The A.P.R.R. Part 1 - Outbound Freight For The N.Y.C.T.L. & K.P.D.

Welcome to Penn Central Car Movement #108 on the A.P.R.R.! We start this virtual op session as a three layout move featuring Sir John's New York Central Train Layout and PC Ralph's Kings Port Division Railroad, both highly inspired by the Penn Central Railroad. Due to the time of the year, this is probably the last set of moves for my railroad for 2024. So let's begin!!

We start our daily jobs at the heart of the APRR, Rock Ridge Yard...

Yard Manager 1:87 NJ John get the crew ready for today's jobs. First job witll be the Rock Ridge Yard Job RR-1. Outbound cars at American Hardware, PC Richard & Sons for the NYCTL and an empty reefer over at ShopRite for Buffalo Frontier Yard via the KPD are the first order of the day. AP SW1500 #100 with 1:87 Dan start the work...

The three industries are located within Rock Ridge Yard on track 'D', which is dedicated for use by these companies...

The three AP/EB Hi-Cube Box cars were originally over at Three Amigos Warehouse. They were moved due to a special request from another customer that needed to pick up some highly valuable freight that needed to arrive at a certain time or lose a very large customer. The APRR had to call in extra crews to make this request, which was very profitable by the customer for 1:87 Sir Neal get this accomplished!

Dan starts pulling the cars from American Hardware and PC Richard on the east end of the yard, then will head a little west and grab the car from ShopRite...

The cars will be dropped on a few tracks. Cars for the KPD will be spotted on East Ladder track 11, while cars for the NYCRL will be dropped on tracks 'A' or 'B', depending on the commodity...

There's a few cars over at Tropicana. The green USLX reefer will go to A&P Supermarket on the LIRR via the NYCTL. The white reefers will go over to ShopRite on another move by the yard crew...

Dan brings these cars over to the yard. 1:87 engineers Kai and Jim will sort them out as Dan needs to go over to Cargill and pull a string of covered hoppers...

The Hostess car will go over to Hostess on the NYCTL along with 3 APRR covered hoppers. a pair of EBRR covered hoppers will go to Ronzoni on the LIRR via the NYCTL. A trio of PC covered hoppers will go to Empire City Cargill. Last, but an NYC covered hopper for Blue Ribbon Flour on the KPD.

Here we see Dan pulling the covered hoppers from Cargill. he'll run them over to the yard for blocking both railroads...

Cars are getting dropped on the appropriate tracks for each railroad...

We're still not finished with picking up freight. AP MP15 engines #106/107 with engineer Kai on board heads out to get a box car from Ideal for to be returned to it's consignee in Flint, MI via the KPD, four TP7W freight cars from Mike's Lumber to University Millwork on the NYCTL, and a trio of gondolas from Shapeless Steel to the KPD for distribution to its consignees...

Kai heads back with the freight...

Checks in with tower operator at Rock Ridge...

Cars are dropped in the yard...

Dan ties down his engine...

Kai ties down his engines...

Today's work is complete. Here's an overview of the yard, photos courtesy of 1:87 Norman, the official APRR photographer...

We'll hold it here for today. Tomorrow the AP yard crew will get the freight ready to depart Rock Ridge Yard for Weehawken and on to West Mill, Selkirk and on to Terminal Yard.

Thanks for reading!!