P.C.C.M. #113 Part 6 - Freight Heads Out To Rock Ridge Industries

Welcome back to PCCM #113 of my inbound freight series to industries in and around Rock Ridge. Yesterday the crew delivered freight in Rock Ridge Yard as well as the Rock Ridge Industrial Complex. 

Today freight will head out as follows:

AP Train RW-5 to Three Amigos Warehouse - 7 cars

AP Train RN-3 to Shapeless Steel - 6 cars

AP Train RCE-4 to C&P Restaurant Supply - 3 cars, Mike's Lumber 1 car and Marcal 1 car

Train RW-5 will have AP GP38-2 #303 with 1:87 Engineer Mark

Train RCE-4 will have AP GP38-2 #307 with 1:87 Engineer Steve W.

Train RN-3 will have AP GP40 #400 with 1:87 Engineer Jim W.

Working the yard will be AP SW1500 #101 with 1:87 Engineer Kai and SP SW1000 #102 with 1:87 Engineer Jim C.

These guys make the trains move efficiently and on time (we hope)...

CP South Tower Operator will be 1:87 Rich T.

Little Jamaica Tower Operator will be 1:87 Bob

West Harold Tower Operator will be 1:87 Steve 

1:87 Yardmaster NJ John gathers the crew again for today's jobs...

Kai starts blocking cars for the first outbound train...

AP Train RW-5 arrives at CP Rock, the north end of Rock Ridge Yard...

Three Amigos will be receiving 7 box cars: 

KP&W 30112 from Zenith via the KPD

KP&W 30015 from Zenith via the KPD

AP 500 from Montgomery Ward via the NYCTL

NYC 78741 from Montgomery Ward via the NYCTL

TP&W 70126 from Montgomery Ward via the NYCTL

PC 229258 from Montgomery Ward via the NYCTL

PC 229408 from Montgomery Ward via the NYCTL

AP 303 is ready to depart the yard as soon as they give him a caboose...

AP 303 is ready to depart...

Tower operator Rich routes him out...

Mark awaits the signal...

and heads out to Three Amigos...

AP Train RW-5 on the move...

A short time later, Mark arrives on the secondary track at West Harold that services Three Amigos Warehouse and a tank terminal...

We turn out attention back to Rock Ridge Yard where Kai is busy moving freight cars around for AP Train RCE-4. 

This train will make the following stops:

KP&W 15638 from International Paper to Marcal via the KPD

EB 358160 from Neal's Lumber to Mike's Lumber via the NYCTL

BAR 7574 from Louis Sherry to C&P Restaurant Supply via the NYCTL

BAR 11125 from Consolidated Grocery to C&P Restaurant Supply via the NYCTL

LV 7120 from Heintz & Weber to C&P Restaurant Supply via the NYCTL

AP GP38-2 #307 arrives at CP Rock to handle RCE-4...

Jim is ready to work both East and West Ladders...

Jim pulls a pair of non-PCCM bulkhead fat cars for Mike's Lumber...

Steve hooks up to his train, checks the brakes and air...

He gets the caboose...

...And has the signal at departure track 1...

AP Train RCE-4 heads out of Rock Ridge Yard...

A short time later, Steve arrives at C&P Restaurant Supply...

Back over in the yard, Kai prepares the last train to head out today, AP Train RN-3 for Shapeless Steel...

AP GP40 #400 arrives at Rock Ridge Yard. 

Jim W. will deliver gondolas with the following manifest:

EB 5289 Gervais Pipe via the NYCTL

PC 524718 Gervais Pipe via the NYCTL

EB 5287 Gervais Pipe via the NYCTL

EB 5283 Gervais Pipe via the NYCTL

PC 576104 KP Steel via the KPD

PC 576123 KP Steel via the KPD

They pull the caboose to add it to the gondolas and they head out...

Rich T holds the train at CP South due to traffic governed by the West Harold Tower Operator...

Meanwhile over at West Harold Tower, AP 303 begins his moves to drop cars at Three Amigos Warehouse. A run around is needed...

AP 303 spotting cars at Three Amigos...

Once it's done, he'll head out back to the yard. However, he's being held for traffic in the area...

Over at C&P, the crew is given permission to start spotting cars...

The reefers are dropped on track 2...

They move east to the next industry, Mike's Lumber... 

This move is a shove into the main lumber yard track. As you watch this video, you catch a glimpse of the new track recently installed to handle the additional demand for building materials. On that track you'll see some bulkhead flat cars that were delivered in the past few days...

Next and final stop is Marcal Paper...

A pair of non-PCCM empty cars were pulled and the KP&W car will get spotted at door 1...

Steve puts his train together and will head back to the yard...

Steve waits for permission to head back to the yard...

Now that RCE-4 is finished, this frees up the north secondary track under the authority of West Harold Interlocking...

Jim W, heads out with his RN-3 train to Shapeless Steel...

Jim arrives at Shapeless Steel...

Jim starts his work. 4 non-PCCM cars need to be pulled and taken back to the yard...

He drops them on the main and adds it to his caboose...

...And spots the 6 cars on Shapeless Steel track 1...

It looks like Jim's train was given priority over Steve's train as Steve is still sitting at Little Jamaica...!

Jim awaits the signal to head into the yard... 

Jim get the signal and heads into the yard...

Checks in with Rich T...

...And is routed into the Arrival track 'A'...

Jim will tie down his train. The Late Crew will break down the train...

Steve finally gets routed out...

And heads to Rock Ridge Yard...

Steve arrives at CP South and checks in...

And arrives on arrival track 'C'...

Meanwhile, AP 303 finally gets to depart West Harold secondary...

AP 303 departs for Rock Ridge Yard...

A short time later, Mark arrives at Rock Ridge Yard...

...And checks in with NJ John...

Meanwhile, and unexpected delivery from Weehawken Yard appears. Penn Central GP38 Extra 7848 with 5 non-PCCM freight cars arrive Rock Ridge Yard at CP Rock...

NJ John will cut the engine and caboose and get them out of here. NJ John hates surprises....

The Penn Central crew drops the cars, gets their caboose and looks to get out quickly as they see the fire in NJ John's eyes!!

Rich sends them on their way...

The signal awaits them...

Penn Central 7848 heads to Weehawken Yard caboose lite!

This concludes the inbound portion of Penn Central Car Movement #113 on my Atlantic Pacific Railroad. Don't forget to check out the inbound portions on both Sir John's New York Central Train Layout and PC Ralph's Kings Port Division Railroad

Thanks for reading and see you when we post our next Penn Central Car Movement!!