NY-NJ Ops #4 Part 4 - The Inbound Trains Arrive At Rock Ridge

Welcome back to the NY-NJ Ops #4 on my Atlantic Pacific Railroad! For those who are reading the blogs for the first time, welcome and we thank you! Our two layout moves have Sir John's New York Central Train Layout sending and receiving freight to and from my railroad. 

Today we start at receiving freight in and around Rock Ridge. The Rock Ridge Yard crew is getting ready to receive 3 inbound trains. They have a few minutes of down time as there's a hotshot train that needs to head to Rock Ridge's Reynolds Intermodal Terminal...

Train NYNJ-1 from Terminal Yard approaches the West Harold Interlocking. They need the secondary track that serves both AP's auto rack terminal and the Reynolds Intermodal Terminal...

The approach signal to West Harold's secondary tracks is given by 1:87 tower operator Bob and slowly proceeds...

NYNJ-1 arriving at West Harold Interlocking lead...

...And slowly backs into the terminal...

PC 2647 idles on track 1 for the day. Later the crew will take the engine and caboose to Weehawken for servicing...

Over at Little Jamaica Interlocking, Penn Central Extra 3111 from Terminal Yard heads to Rock Ridge Yard. A crew change at Fort Montgomery, New York from the 'F' Units to' Geeps' was necessary. More like changing motive power...

The PC crew checks in at CP South with 1:87 tower operator Rich T. and gets directions into the yard...

1:87 Yardmaster NJ John greets the crew and tells them how the train will be broken down...

AP SW1000 #102 with Kai in the cab starts to work the job...

The first string of 8 cars are pulled...

Kai pulls the rest of the cars off the engines...

The first set of cars are dropped on A/D track 'A' and the rest on track 'B'. Kai pulls the caboose and adds it to the engines...

The Penn Central crew has their caboose and will head out to Weehawken for its next assignment...

Rich T. watches the train depart...

Penn Central 3111 heads out to Weehawken Yard caboose lite...

Next stop - Weehawken Yard!

Train TS-15 from Terminal Yard to Selkirk had a number of NYNJ Ops cars for the APRR. The AP reached out to the NYS&W asking them to pick up a string of cars for them and bring them to the AP's Rock Ridge East Yard. The PC was light on motive power to run south, so the NYS&W was called. The AP couldn't get there for a couple of days and time is money, as they say...

NYS&W Extra 3018 arrives at West Harold Interlocking. Tower Operator Bob gives him instructions for tying down on the secondary...

NYS&W Extra 3018 on the West Harold Secondary...

The crew ties down on secondary track 1... 

Meanwhile, over at Little Jamaica Interlocking, Penn Central Extra 6533 is awaiting the signal...

...And proceeds into Rock Ridge...

Rich T. gives the crew instructions to proceed into the yard...

NJ John greets the PC crew and gives them instructions on how the AP crew will pull the cars...

Kai starts pulling the cars from the train. These PC PS-2 covered hoppers are loaded with sand for the APRR Richmond Hill Engine Terminal. There's 4 AP ballast cars that came in on this train that will head to the engine terminal as well...

The PV box cars and PC gondolas in the background will head out on another train to Allentown, PA for parts west...

Kai spots the cars on the arrival / Departure (A/D) tracks...

Kai adds the caboose back on to 6533...

The PC crew heads out...

They have the signal to depart...

Next stop - Weehawken Yard!!

We saw the NY-NJ HOTSHOT Train NYNJ-1 arrive early at Reynolds Intermodal Terminal. The crew, handpicked by 1:1 Sir John turns this train around in hours!! PC U25B #2647 with a fresh PC crew are getting ready to depart...

PC SW1500 #9543 adds the caboose...

Final instructions from the West Harold Tower Operator...

NYNJ HOTSHOT Train NYNJ-2 departs for Terminal Yard...

We'll cut it here for today. Tomorrow the crews start working the freight and start delivering to the consignees in and around Rock Ridge Yard...

Thanks for reading!!