P.C.C.M. #61 Part 5 On The APRR

Greetings followers of the Atlantic Pacific Railroad and the Penn Central Car Movements!

P.C.C.M. #61 wraps up on the APRR with the last two deliveries heading out of Rock Ridge Yard. 

First destination will be a local running over to C&P Restaurant Supply. A cut of 3 EBRR cars came from Terminal Yard empty and they'll be loaded once the customers in Empire City phone in their orders. The NP freight car will be loaded with a variety of frozen meals for local distribution around Empire City restaurants and markets. The EL reefer will get some additional food supplies to be distributed to Ralph's Grocery and other fine establishments.

AP RS-1 #200 Spirit Of Jay will head out with the five cars. Engineer of the day is 1/87th Norman, who sheds his camera for this job. Norman is the official photographer of the APRR.  His conductor for the run is 1/87th George, a new hire less than 2 years in training. If he survives with 1/87th Norman, he'll be fine!

Ready to leave the yard, 1/87th Norman will head out as train RP-3 and run to C&P Restaurant Supply. 

An approach signal is given to the train as they'll cross over 2 main lines and run to the West Harold interlocking. Once thru the west end of the interlocking, he'll back up on to the West Harold Secondary. 

Here's the move on to the West Harold Secondary..

A quick run around on the main and 1/87th Norman will get behind the cars. In order to get behind them, he will run light to the Little Jamaica Secondary, and pull the cars back a hundred yards, then shove them on to track 1 in the warehouse. 

Now that 1/87th Norman is finished with his run,  RP-3 will head back as RP-4 to complete the turn. 

So what's left? Ideal Auto Parts has 3 Penn Central box cars from Bruce Electric located in Empire City. AP MP15 #105 is called to wrap up the freight from the N.Y.C.T.L.

The crew of the day will head out and pick up the 3 cars, spot them at Ideal Auto Parts and head back to the yard. 

A caboose was added and the train will head out as RI-5, the Ideal Auto Parts Turn. 

AP #105 will cross over two main line tracks and then shove back to Ideal. 

The caboose will be cut and left on the main while the 3 cars are spotted at Ideal

A quick pick up of the caboose and the crew will head back to the yard. 

Back in the yard, the caboose is set on the caboose track until needed for another job. 

AP #105 back on its holding track, located at the southwest end of Rock Ridge Yard. 

So what about PC 7675? They need to get serviced and the two PC covered hoppers loaded with sand are needed for the engine terminal. 1/87th NJ John will run the engines and both cars over to the terminal. 

They move out as Extra 7675 and head into the sunset. The day is over for the crews of Rock Ridge Yard. 

That wraps up my portion of P.C.C.M. #61. Make sure you check out Sir John's N.Y.C.T.L., along with PC Ralph's K.P. & W., as well as Brian's RCR Railroad. 

Until next time!

P.C.C.M. #61 Part 4 On The APRR

Greetings followers of the Atlantic Pacific Railroad and the Penn Central Car Movements!

P.C.C.M. #61 continues on the APRR with train WR-2 having arrived at Rock Ridge. There's 19 cars that need to be delivered in and around Rock Ridge as well as a Tropicana car that was shuttled over from the Tropicana plant in Ohio that will be stored in Rock Ridge until needed.

The first train to be assembled is the set of 6 coal hopper cars from Hudson Coal, which is located in Empire City on Sir John's N.Y.C.T.L.

AP RS-1 #201 comes off one of the west ladder tracks and will drop the cars on the Rock Ridge secondary  at R.M.O. Electric. The industry based switcher will then spot the cars on to the appropriate tracks.

The crew stops at CP South and tower operator 1/87th Rich gives them the train order and designates them RR-1, the R.M.O. Electric Turn.

The cars are run over to the power plant and dropped off for the GE 44 Toner to spot the cars.

Back over in the yard, the crew of AP #201 is not getting a rest.  Engineer 1/87th Steve gets the call to run the covered hoppers over to Cargill and then take lunch on the property. The local 'roach coach' traveling food truck will be there for you to have a bite to eat. Once you finish the meal, spot the cars then head home. 

The train will hold outside Tropicana so the coal cars can be spotted. It's a busy secondary track, and the coal gets the priority!

1/87th NJ John is overseeing the operations for today at R.M.O. Electric. Three moves are required and switcher operator 1/87th JP knows this engine all too well. It was his first engine to be 'qualified' to run on the APRR.

Now that all of the coal cars are delivered, Train RC-2 will head over to Cargill 

The inbound cars are getting spotted on Cargill Track 2

Lunch time!

That's all for this segment. Part 5 will be the wrap up with freight heading to C&P Restaurant Supply and Ideal Auto Parts.

There's still action going on as P.C.C.M. 61 continues on  Sir John's N.Y.C.T.L., along with PC Ralph's K.P. & W., as well as Brian's RCR Railroad. 

Stay tuned!

P.C.C.M #61 Part 3 On The APRR

Greetings followers of the Atlantic Pacific Railroad and the Penn Central Car Movements!

There's been a lot of freight action going on between the other three participants in this series. 

The action was intense on Sir John's N.Y.C.T.L., along with the many freight car movements on PC Ralph's K.P. & W., followed by freight coming from the midwest on Brian's RCR Railroad. 

We left off with freight leaving Rock Ridge and heading to Selkirk. As train WV-1 was heading to Selkirk, Train WV-2 was coming down the River Line to Weehawken. A little background on the River Line:

The River Line is a rail corridor located between Jersey City, New Jersey and Selkirk, New York, running along the west side of the Hudson Palisades and after passing through a tunnel at Haverstraw, New York, along the west bank of the Hudson River. A parallel track, which was operated as part of the River Line from Jersey City to Weehawken, New Jersey, was known as the Weehawken Branch.

Weehawken Yard is packed and Train WV-2 heads slowly into the yard.

An engine and crew change needs to be made. The engines are cut from the train and moved to an adjacent yard track.

A set of PC locos sitting in Weehawken are backed up to the freight. Air brakes are tested, orders are given, and they'll head out to Rock Ridge as Train WR-2

WR-2 is off to Rock Ridge Yard!

As they approach Harold Interlocking, they have a stop signal. 

A couple minutes later, they're given an approach. Normally they get the 'clear' signal. However, due to the amount of freight at Rock Ridge, they're being routed to Rock Ridge so they arrive in the yard from the north. 

A slow run thru West Harold Interlocking as they cross over to run left hand running. All manual orders.

As they approach from the north end of the yard, they have the 'green' signal and are ready to approach the yard. 

Train WR-2 arriving in Rock Ridge Yard..

Train WR-2 is heading down the west ladder.

The engines are cut and will head to the Richmond Hill Engine Terminal once the train is broken down. They'll take the 2 covered hopper cars loaded with sand from T&R Gravel to be used for engines as they get serviced and refueled.

PC 7675 and 8148 will sit on an east ladder track and await their orders for departure.

That's all for now. Next up - delivering the freight in an around Rock Ridge. 

Don't forget to check out the rest of the P.C.C.M. participants. More moves are coming!

P.C.C.M. #61 Part 2 On The APRR

Greetings followers of the Atlantic Pacific Railroad and the Penn Central Car Movements!

The action continues as AP train RW-1 heads out from Rock Ridge to Weehawken. As he approaches the West Harold interlocking, he's held at a stop signal.

Another PC train is spotted at the opposite end of the interlocking and RW-1 knows this route is usually clear!

A radio call is made to the West Harold Tower Operator:

Train RW-1: RW-1 to West Harold. What's the hold up. Over
West Harold: RW-1 we have congestion in Weehawken. Train NE-2 from Potomac with AP motive power is heading to Newark via Weehawken and has priority clearance. Over
Train RW-1: Can you route me over Weehawken North? Over
West Harold: Negative RW-1. We have late running Train WV-2 that was due hours ago coming into the yard. Over
Train RW-1: 10-4 West Harold. RW-1 waiting permission to proceed. Over.

Once the traffic runs thru the interlocking, Train RW-1 finally makes his way to Weehawken!

That's all for the outbound part of the APRR. We'll resume next week with the inbound train from the NY.C.T.L. via Selkirk.

There's more P.C.C.M. 61 action on

Sir John's N.Y.C.T.L.

PC Ralph's Kings Port Division

Brian's Ralston Creek Railroad

P.C.C.M. 61 Part 1 On The APRR

Greetings followers of the Atlantic Pacific Railroad and the Penn Central Car Movements!

This is a four layout Virtual Op Session featuring:

Sir John's New York Central Train Layout

PC Ralph's Kings Port Division

Brian's Ralston Creek Railroad

The Atlantic Pacific Railroad has been very busy over the past 2 months as the freight business has started to take off. Seasonal deliveries have increased, and demands by customers throughout the system have added to the load. 

Some industries have been getting so many deliveries, the loads were emptied to make way for more inbound freight. This results in cars being unloaded or loaded, then moved to Rock Ridge yard for other destinations.

We start out with engine RS-1 #201 called into action.

A set of PC PS-2 covered hoppers that came from T&R Gravel with sand for the APRR Terminal is back in the yard. The 3 cars # 882147, 882509 & 877242 are set on the east ladder in rock Ridge Yard.

Next move in the yard are a set of KP&W freight cars. Two cars from American Hardware, #30112 & 30115, which is within the Rock Ridge Yard Limits had been moved to a classification track to make way for another delivery to the industry. They're heading back to Peerless Appliance. The other three cars, #64450, 64452 & 64455 will head to Acme Auto Parts, per the request from 1/87th PC Ralph of the Kings Port Division. 

Next up, APRR #201 heads out of the yard with designation RC-1, the Cargill Turn. There are four APRR cylindrical covered hoppers, # 88274, 87945, 87942 & 88279 are loaded with grain products for the Hostess Bakeries in Empire City. I wonder if this load will be used to make Hostess Twinkees? Rumor has it that 1/87 Sir Neal really likes them (Hint, hint to the owners of Hostess Bakeries!)

The train heads back to the yard as RC-2 and stages the cars on the west ladder yard track.

This crew is really getting around. Since the other crew is making deliveries, they're sent out again at RI-1, headed to Ideal Auto Parts with a stop for a car that was at Marcal Paper and moved next door to Freihoefers to make room for empties at Marcal. EB car #358160 is headed for Ralph's Grocery in Empire City.

With the car in tow, Train RI-1 heads over to Ideal Auto Parts to pick up a set of three cars; EB 503827 & 608279 are for the Ford Plant in Empire City. The other car will be dropped off in Selkirk for distribution to another csutomer.

APRR #201 has picked up the three cars and now works its way back to the yard as RI-2

Ideal Auto Parts has been very busy over the past 2 months, as the Ford Plant has increased its demand for parts. While the engine pulled 3 cars out of Ideal, there were 2 86' double door box cars loaded in the yard waiting for the the next train out to Empire City. APRR RS-1 was at it again pulling EB 67358 and PRR 125921

This was the last of the cars. A call to the Richmond Hill Engine Terminal for a set of road engines yields a pair of Penn Central GP40's for the trip from Rock Ridge to Weehawken. 

RS-1 #200 had pulled a caboose to add to the train, once the engine checks in with tower operator 1/87 Norman. He's been on duty all day, and once the train is on it's way, he'll head home until the next work day. 

The train is now ready to head out. 1/87th NJ John is giving final orders to the engineer of the day. 

With orders in hand, a quick call to the tower, and he's given is 'Green' Signal!

PC #3141 is designated as RW-1, Rock Ridge to Weehawken is on it's way! 

That's all for now. Stay tuned for more action as P.C.C.M 61 on the APRR continues....

P.C.C.M. 60 Part 3 - Delivering The Freight To Customers

Greetings followers of the Atlantic Pacific Railroad and the Penn Central Car Movements!

Here's the third and final part of my movements. Two cars have come from Ralph's Kings Port & Western and two cars from John R. N.Y.C.T.L. 

I've done something a little different for this last set of moves. There are 2 videos covering both moves and then the last video with the final run. These videos have live commentary, an unsteady hand since I'm using the throttle with one hand and filming with the other. 

The first video - Two KP&W freight cars are going to American Hardware for now as they were originally destined for Three Amigos Warehouse. Sir 1/87th Neal has diverted the load for now due to a track issue by Three Amigos. They'll sit there until the crew can get it resolved. It can't stay in the yard as no one wanted it to sit in the yard loaded. The expense of unloading and loading it will be on the A.P.R.R. and not the KP&W.

Next up, a delivery of empty Auto Parts Cars from the Ford Plant in Empire City to Ideal Auto Parts. These two freight cars have been back and forth quicker than we could keep up with them!!

The last move is having the engine deliver the cars to Ideal Auto Parts and then head back light to Rock Ridge Yard.

That's a wrap on the A.P.R.R. Don't forget to check out the other P.C.CM. 60 moves on these blogs:

John R. and the N.Y.C.T.L. and Ralph's KP&W

Watch for more posts from Brian's Ralston Creek Railroad & John B's LF & NW Railroad

Thanks for reading!