PCCM #111 Part 5 On The A.P.R.R. - Freight Being Blocked For Deliveries

Welcome!! And now a word from the crew...

Welcome back to the continuation of the inbound portion of Penn Central Car Movement #111!

Let's get right to the action...

AP switcher #110 is over at the Rock Ridge Industrial Complex as 1:87 Engineer JP gets ready to head over to Rock Ridge Yard for today's inbound cars for Cargill designated as AP Train RRI-8...

Over at CP South, he check in with the tower operator...

And picks up a string of covered hoppers that came from the Pier 16 Silos on the NYCTL...

JP delivers to Cargill...

The string of cars is dropped on Cargill track 2 and will be moved within the tracks as needed...

JP parks the engine on the siding for now...

Meanwhile, back over at Rock Ridge Yard, 1:87 Engineer Dan gets ready to move some freight within the yard...

There's cars for ShopRite and PC Richard & Son that need to be delivered before they can start to block the cars that head out of the yard. AP #100 will work the yard as train RR-4...

A pair of AP cars and a TP&W car from Empire Produce on the NYCTL will go ShopRite along with the NYC Box car 78741 making its debut on the APRR...

This move requires the crew to shove the cars to ShopRite...

1:87 Engineer Kai and his pair of MP15 engines are called in to assist...

Kai spotting the cars at ShopRite...

Kai will pick up a trio of both AP &EB Hi-Cube box cars from Speed Queen Appliances on the NYCTL that will get dropped at the PC Richard & Son Warehouse...

Here's Kai making the drop at PC Richard & Son...

With the moves in the yard for ShopRite and PC Richard complete, the crew can start working on the outbound freight. These need to get blocked as there will be 3 trains heading out tomorrow...

It looks like they have most of the freight ready to go.. Arrival / Departure tracks (A/D) B & C are available to stage trains...

Is this a meet? 

More like another tag team as Dan pulled the 4 gondolas for Shapeless Steel and handed them off to Kai...

The coordination of these two guys make 1:87 Yardmaster NJ John very happy...

The KP&W box cars from Quality Fabrications on the KPD will head over to Ideal Auto Parts. The moves in the yard are complete for today....

NJ John speaks to his crew...

 

That's all for now. Tomorrow we'll see the AP crew get the rest of the freight delivered to the industries around the greater Rock Ridge, NJ area!

Don't forget to check out the inbound action on 

Sir John's New York Central Train Layout 

and PC Ralph's  Kings Port Division Railroad

Thanks for reading!

PCCM #111 Part 4 On The A.P.R.R. - The Inbound Cycle Begins

 Welcome to Penn Central Car Movement #111

Hello everyone, as you heard, the inbound cycle of Penn Central Car Movement begins on the A.P.R.R. This is a three layout move featuring Sir John's New York Central Train Layout and PC Ralph's Kings Port Division Railroad...

The yard crew is getting ready for today's work. AP MP15 #106 & #107 will have 1:87 Engineer Kai at the throttle...

AP SW1500 #100 will have 1:87 Engineer JP running his favorite engine...

We take a look at West Harold interlocking. Two trains have arrived and are waiting clearance to head into Rock Ridge Yard...

Penn Central Extra GP40's #3240 & #3201 have the approach signal to the next signal

A short time later, they arrive at CP South and touch base with tower operator Rich...

Arriving in Rock Ridge Yard...

The Penn Central crew tie down for the moment as the yard crew gets into position...

Meanwhile, Penn Central Extra 3144 is being held for an outbound train. The crew is wondering who's holding them up? We shall see...

Here's why they're waiting...

Back over at Rock Ridge Yard, the crew starts to break down the train which had freight from the Kings Port Division (KPD) as well as some non-PCCM freight cars dropped at Weehawken...

Those 3 Hi-Cubes from Peerless Appliance will head over to Three Amigos Warehouse with appliances. Three Amigos Warehouse is a huge storage facility that serves many industries in New Jersey...

We see some KP&W cars that will go to Ideal Auto Parts from Quality Fabrications with 2 car loads of Catalytic Converter Assemblies. Eventually these will go to the Ford Motor Plant in Mahwah, NJ for use in their automobile production...

Penn Central 3240 caboose lite gets ready to depart...

The caboose has been added by Kai and they'll get ready to head out...

They'll move out to the yard limit and await instructions to head out...

A short time later, Penn Central Extra 3144 with a trio of GP40 engines arrives at Rock Ridge Yard. 1:87 yardmaster NJ John now has his hands full and has the crew start breaking down this monster train! 1:87 Sir John of the NYCTL wasn't kidding when he told 1:87 Sir Neal to hold on to his hat!!

This is only part of this monster train! No wonder it took 3 engines to bring this baby home!!

Kai is all over this train. He spots the first set of box cars on Arrival/Departure (A/D) track 'C'...

A string of 8 covered hoppers from the Pier 16 Grain Silos will eventually make their way over to Cargill in the Rock Ridge Industrial Complex...

kai spots them on A/D track 'D'...

Gervais Pipe sent over 4 gondolas with pipe loads for Shapeless Steel...

JP will pull these cars off the train and spot them on east ladder yard track 6...

More box cars for Kai to move!!

A trio of AP & EB Hi-Cube box cars from Speed Queen Appliances will head over to PC Richard & Son's NJ warehouse conveniently located in Rock Ridge Yard... 

A pair of AP 40' box cars from Schaefer Brewing will go over to C&P Restaurant Supply. Remember,

'Schaefer is that one beer to have when you're having more than one!'

Let's watch Kai in action...

Back over at the Rock Ridge Yard Limit, it looks like both PC crews are ready to depart...

Once they get the signal, they'll head out to the PC engine terminal in Weehawken for fueling...

Penn Central 3144 Caboose Lite and Penn Central 3240 Caboose Lite head to Weehawken...

We'll cut it here for today. Tomorrow we'll start getting some of the freight delivered to industries within the Rock Ridge Yard and Industrial Complex as well as getting some trains blocked for deliveries to industries around Rock Ridge.

Thanks for reading!!