P.C.C.M. #75 Part 1 - Outbound Preparation Starts On The A.P.R.R.

Welcome to the newest installment of the Penn Central Car Movements - Number 75!!

This is another 3 layout move featuring Sir John's fantastic N.Y.C.T.L. and PC Ralph's incredible K.P. & W.

We're going to start today's outbound with crews heading in and around Rock Ridge Freight Yard.

Freight assignments as follows:

AP MP15 #105 is at the ready as he picks up his caboose. 1/87th Steve and his trusty sidekick 1/87th Bob will head over to Shapeless Steel to grab a couple of empty EB gondolas. They'll head to Gervais Pipe on the N.Y.C.T.L.

AP caboose #79 is picked up and they'll head out...

A quick stop at CP South. A chat with the tower operator 1/87th Rich to make sure everything is in order/

Waiting for the signal to come up...

AP train RS-3 heads over to Shapeless Steel!

AP Train RS-3 is on the West Harold Secondary and will pull the 2 empty cars off Shapeless Steel track 2...

They head back west, caboose on the head with the brakeman 1/87th Bob being the eyes for Steve...

Passing Freihofer Bakeries near Little Jamiaca. Looks like they slowed down to get a whiff of those Chocolate Chip Cookies!!

 As they get closer to home, they'll stop at CP South for instructions...

They'll head into the yard and drop off the cars...

AP #105 shoves the gondola cars on A/D track "C". They'll move it later on when they start to build the departing train. 

Meanwhile, over at R.M.O. Electric, AP #900 is fired up and will pull a pair of KP&W empty coal hopper cars. They'll head over to the LV via West Mill on the KP&W, their home base. 1/87th JP knows the drill and he'll run these over to the yard. Piece of cake for JP!

1/87th JP takes the empties over to Rock Ridge..

A stop at the office and JP is told where to spot the cars...

Looks like they're getting dropped on the East ladder yard track 4

Back at the plant, 1/87th JP parks his engine and will head in to the plant for lunch! Union rules here...

AP #302 is going to pick up three PC covered hoppers. Their final destination is the EC Cargill Plant in Empire City..

Tower operator 1/87th Rich instructs Engineer 1/87th Jim to run long hood forward with his brakeman 1/87th Stuart to pick up the covered hoppers. Call sign is AP train RC-1...

Here we see AP #302 departing Cargill...

AP #302 arriving at Rock Ridge...

AP #302 ran over to American Hardware to pull the PC Hi-Cube car, which will head over to Peerless Appliance on the KP&W...

They spot the Hi-Cube a couple tracks over and it will be added to the blocked cars headed to West Mill and the KP&W...

AP #300 is fired up with 1/87th Engineer Matt B and once again, brakeman Stuart. Seems they're short some brakeman as there was a huge storm and power failure beyond Rock Ridge and some of the crew couldn't get to work. Stuart, was on the property, so they grabbed him. Besides, he's one of the younger guys in the organization. We think you can figure out the rest...

They grab a caboose and get ready to depart...

They're going to head over to Three Amigos Warehouse to pick up a PC box car, which will head to Battaglia Bros. on the KP&W

It's off to Three Amigos Warehouse!!

A quick stop at West Harold as 1/87th Matt spots a classic car parked next to West Harold tower. Matt asks 1/87th Tower operator Norman if that's his set of wheels. Norman just smiles at him, shouts up to the cab 'Greetings' and tells him he decided to take it to work for a change. Matt likes the car...

They pick up the box car and head back to Rock Ridge..

Heading West from West Harold...

Passing West Harold thru Little Jamaica and back to Rock Ridge...

They arrive at CP South and head around the yard to come in thru the north end by CP Rock...

The car is spotted in the yard....

The car is dropped and they'll park themselves on the east ladder track 2 for now...

Once last move in the yard. They need to pull the Morton Salt car, loaded with salt for Ronzoni in Long Island City. This will be sent to Terminal  Yard i=on the N.Y.C.T.L. and they will deliver the car to Ronzoni. 

The car is moved into position to make it easier to the next days crew to build the train. 

That's all for now. Next up - preparing the train to depart Rock Ridge for Selkirk via Weehawken and beyond! Don't forget to check out my friends who have started these P.C.C.M. virtual train op sessions which I am proud to be part of....

Sir John's N.Y.C.T.L. and PC Ralph's K.P.& W.

Thanks for reading!!

P.C.C.M. #74 - Epilogue

While the latest P.C.C.M. is in the books on the Atlantic Pacific RR, there were a couple of out of state guests on the railroad.

The A.P.R.R. had a special day appearance for 1/87th John and 1/87th Ralph. 1/87th Neal, accompanied by the official 1/87th photographer Norman, were given a tour of the Richmond Hill Engine Terminal.

While 1/87th John has been advising the team, his responsibilities are back home on the N.Y.C.T.L.
1/87th Ralph, as well as 1/87th John were in for the day and of course, flown back on the A.P.R.R. Corporate Jet as Ralph needed to be back to oversee business on the K.P. & W.. John was dropped off after Ralph....

The guys were taken to Richmond Hill Engine Terminal aboard EB 8163, as they should be! A photo op is always in order and what better place to take them in the engine terminal! Norman is trying to get their attention by waving something that can only be thought of as a bottle of some soothing libation!

A walk on the turntable for a brief inspection, and of course another photo op!

The final photo opportunity of the visit is in front of the engine building with AP #303 in the first bay.

A quick ride back to the airport and the guys are on their way home...

This was a great P.C.C.M. by John and Ralph. 

Keep checking back for more of our Penn Central Car Movements as well as new updates on the A.P.R.R.!!

Penn Central Car Movement #74 Part 5 - More Local Deliveries Outside Of Rock Ridge Yard

Welcome back to the Atlantic Pacific Railroad and Penn Central Car Movement #74! Today we’re going to deliver the rest of the freight that came from both John’s N.Y.C.T.L. and Ralph’s K.P.& W.
railroads.

Let's take a look at the work load for the crew at Rock Ridge today:

AP #110 is working with the crew to get the first train out of the yard...

AP #302 is called into service to make the run as Train RF-3

AP Train RF-3 departing Rock Ridge Yard

Here we see AP Train RF-3 heading over to Little Jamaica and Freihofers Bakeries

Train RF-3 making the moves to deliver the 3 freight cars

There are a couple of freight cars over at both Freihofer and Marcal which need to get taken back to the yard for outbound deliveries to other non-P.C.C.M. locations.

They'll drop the HRC Orange box car by Marcal as the covered hoppers take priority over the box car. Perishables always take priority on any delivery to a Rock Ridge consignee. Once the covered hoppers are emptied, they'll swap out the cars...

With moves completed, they'll head back to the yard...

Train RF-3 heading back to Rock Ridge..

The cars are dropped on the East ladder and the yard crew will sort the cars accordingly...

AP302 back on the East ladder. His job is completed...

AP 105 is on the move..

He's going to head up Train RC-4 for the run over to C&P Restaurant Supply..

Train RC-4 heading out on the run..

Train RC-4 moving thru Little Jamaica Interlocking...

RC-4 at C&P Restaurant Supply

After the drop off of the 7 cars, they head back to Rock Ridge Yard...

Meanwhile, back over in Rock Ridge... AP Train #RM-6 heads out to Mike's Lumber and Ideal Auto Parts...

As Train RM-6 heads out Train RC-4 arrives back at Rock Ridge...

First moves are over at Ideal Auto Parts..

Once the cars are spotted, the next stop is Mike's Lumber..

1/87th engineer Norman check in with the Little Jamaica Tower operator 1/87th NJ John for permission to proceed to Mike's Lumber...

The cars are spotted and they head back light with caboose in tow..

Now back at the yard, AP 105 is given another job. They work as AP Train RA-7, and shove a couple cars within the yard to American Hardware before heading over to Three Amigos Warehouse......

AP Train RA-7 heads over to Three Amigos to drop off one PC box car from IBM.

Back at the yard, the day is done!

This concludes the inbound portion of P.C.C.M.#74 on the Atlantic Pacific Railroad. 

Be sure to check out the two P.C.C.M. operators who are followers of the Penn Central Railroad and recreate it on their own blogs:

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

&

PC Ralph's K.P. & W.

Thanks for reading!