New York New Jersey Express TOFC Head Back To Terminal Yard!

Welcome back to the Inaugural run of our New York New Jersey Express TOFC Train! This was a joint collaboration between myself and 1:1 Sir John of New York Central Train Layout fame! 

The turnaround for this TOFC train is getting ready to head out. We're at the Reynolds Intermodal Terminal and we see Penn Central SW1500 #9543 ready to go. This yard is managed by the Penn Central through a long term lease with the Atlantic Pacific Railroad...

What's this? A police car from New York? Who? What? Why? 

Look here! It's 1:87 Sir John who was driven to the Intermodal Terminal to meet up with 1:87 Sir Neal and see the return of this train! It must be nice to have some clout to get the police to drive him here. Way to go Sir John!

The Penn Central engineer gets ready to climb on board to pull the outbound train for departure...

First pull are the 24' container chassis on 2 85' flat bed cars...

Next are the 40' trailers including that special EB Trailer. Rumor has it that despite it going back empty, the APRR crew loaded that trailer with goodies from Freihofers Bakeries. Hope Sir John has a lot of milk!! 😊

The switcher pulls the train out to the West Harold secondary tracks. Tower Operator Bob gives the crew some instructions...

They cut off from the cars and will do a run around...

Penn Central U25B #2647 has arrived to take the TOFC Train back to Empire City and Terminal Yard...

They pull the caboose and add it to the end of the train...

Coupled up! Ready to depart!!

With the switcher out of the way, the Penn Central train can get ready to depart...

Engine #2647 is hooked up to the train and will depart as Penn Central TOFC Train NYNJ-2...

Final train orders from Bob and they're ready to depart!!

Next stop! Terminal Yard!

This concludes the inaugural run of our New York New Jersey Express TOFC Train on our railroads. 

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