P.C.C.M. #110 Part 2 - Gathering Cars From Local Consignees

Welcome to the continuation of Penn Central Car Movement #110 on the Atlantic Pacific Railroad. Today the crew will head out to industries around Rock Ridge and gather freight cars that will be sent out to both the N.Y.C.T.L. and the KP&W/ KPD Railroads. 

Kai and Jim will be on AP MP15 #106/107 working Ideal Auto Parts, Marcal and Freihofer Bakeries as train RE-4...

Mark and Steve will work Shapeless Steel, Three Amigos Warehouse and C&P Restaurant Supply as train RS-1...

The crew pulls some PCCM and non-PCCM cars for Marcal and Freihofers...

Tower operator Rich gives them their work orders and sends them out...

A stop at Little Jamaica tower Ken gets them ready to make their moves on the secondary tracks...

They drop the inbound cars and prepare to pull the outbound cars...

The LV box car will head to Pilgrim State on the NYCTL with a car load full of baked cookies and more...

The non-PCCM cars will get moved into place for loading...

Over at Ideal Auto Parts, LV 8247 box car and a pair of non-PCCM UP box cars will be pulled. The LV box car will go to Selkirk Yard via the KPD for assignment. The UP box cars will head to the Ford Plant in Mahwah, NJ on another day...

AP Train RE-4 heads back to the yard...

Meanwhile, AP 303 gets ready to depart the yard. NJ John tells them some last minute details and cuts them loose...

As AP 303 leaves, AP 106/107 arrives back in the yard...

AP #110 the SW-1 has JP making the moves. JP is another one of the APRR senior engineers...

JP starts to break down and classify the train...

AP Train RS-1 stops at CP South to get his last minute orders from tower operator Rich...

The signal is up and they're on the way...

They pull on to the West Harold Secondary to start their work...

The EL box car will head to Cavendish Foods with food products and the Penn Central box car will to Battaglia Bros. Warehouse with stored materials; both via the KPD...

The crew are pulling a trio of non-PCCM NYC box cars that will head to the yard for storage...

Next stop is Shapeless Steel...

Over at Shapeless Steel are three empty APRR gondolas for Gervais Pipe and a pair of PC gondolas with steel slabs for Mid Island Steel on the NYCTL. The EBRR gondola will head to Hudson valley Co-op with pipes via the KPD...

They pick up the rest of the cars and head over to C&P Restaurant Supply...

A pair of APRR box cars and the TP&W box car with packaged food will go to Ralph's Grocery. The EL and NP box cars will go over to Freihofer and the 40' HRC box car will head over to ShopRite for loading for the next PCCM move...

AP train RS-1 heads back to Rock Ridge Yard...

A short time later, the boys arrive back at CP for routing into the yard...

The engine pulls up and JP starts his work from the rear of the train...

JP knows which cars will head out first and makes his moves accordingly...

Next pull are the gondolas...

The EB gondola gets spotted with the cars for the KPD...

The rest of the gondolas get spotted on the track for the NYCTL...

The rest of the cars are pulled as AP 303 backs up a little as the caboose will be put on to the engine before departure...

Cars are being spotted...

JP shoves the caboose back to #303...

The boys are ready to depart the yard for Richmond Hill Engine Terminal for servicing...

Engine 303 heads out to Richmond Hill Engine Terminal caboose lite! Notch 8!!

We'll hold it here for today. Tomorrow we'll get the 2 trains on the road to Weehawken; 1 for the KP&W and 1 for the NYCTL.

Don't forget to follow the outbound action on Sir John's Incredible N.Y.C.T.L Railroad and PC Ralph's Amazing KP&W Railroad.

Thanks for reading!

P.C.C.M. #110 Part 1 - Rock Ridge Yard At Work

Welcome to the Penn Central Car Movement on the Atlantic Pacific Railroad! This is P.C.C.M. #110 and a three layout virtual operation with Sir John's New York Central Train Layout and PC Ralph's Kings Port Division & K.P.D Railroad along with my railroad!

We start the day at Rock Ridge Yard. AP SW-1 #110 will start out making some moves within Rock Ridge Yard and the industrial area. Engineer Kai and conductor Jim will handle the moves. NJ John, Rock Ridge Yard's senior yardmaster, will make sure the moves happen in a timely manner...

AP #106/107, the MP15's will work the yard as needed. Engineers Dan and Matt will handle those duties. They'l work as train RR-2...

Kai and Jim head over to ShopRite to pick up 3 reefers headed to Ralph's Grocery along with a pair of 40' box cars for Consolidated Grocery that will go to the NYCTL...

The PC reefer will gead over to Marcal. The LV box car will head to Selkirk yard and on to Frontier Yard in Buffalo, NY via the KPD...

Kai has the cars pulled and will get them set for the outbound build...

A little shuffling around of the cars aa the crew works to keep the cars blocked as best as possible...

Over at Cargill, Engineer JP on AP #100, his SW1500 pulls the NYC covered hopper full of wheat flour heat will head to Blue Ribbon Flour via the KPD...

Next stop is neighboring RMO Electric with 6 empty coal hoppers that will head out to the KP&W Mayfield Yard for more coal. The cars will be held there as the KP&W send them to various coal plants for loading on the KPD network. It all depends on pricing...!

JP runs the freight cars over to Rock Ridge Yard...

Kai and Jim block the cars on outbound track "C" which is designated for KPD freight cars...

Kai and Jim continue to move cars around the yard. Seems the yard is getting full...

There were four empty KP&W cars in Rock Ridge Yard that were waiting to go head out. A pair will go to Quality Fabrications and the other pair will go to Peerless Appliances...

A trio of PC & NYC 40' Hi Cube box cars will head over to Peerless Appliances for the KPD...

A few more moves as Kai checks in with tower operator Rich...

A few non-PCCM cars are getting moved around...

Meanwhile, over at Rock Ridge East Yard, Engineer Steve and his sidekick Bob have 6 PS-2 covered hoppers from County Concrete that will head to Tri Mount Cement via the KPD. The crew always uses the pair of Alco C425 engines for moves to and from Rock Ridge East Yard. I bet I know an engineer on the NYCTL that would love to get a ride in these babies...!!

Another look at Rock Ridge east yard shows some of the 60' auto parts box cars that have made their way back from the Ford Plant in Kentucky...

Steve checks in for routing to Rock Ridge Yard. The West Harold tower operator sends them out...

Steve shoves the cars on to outbound track "D" which is designated for freight going to the KPD...

The move is completed and they'll head back to their yard...

That's all for today. Tomorrow we'll see the crew pick up freight from the rest of the industries outside of Rock Ridge Yard. 

Thanks for reading!! 

Breaking News! ShopRite Is Expanding!

Greetings followers of the Atlantic Pacific Railroad and my blog!

Today the APRR is announcing expanded delivery service to ShopRite Food Warehouse (Wakefern Food Corporation) with the acquisition of the adjacent warehouse in Rock Ridge Yard! Wakefern Food Corporation, parent company of ShopRite, has struck a deal with 1:87 Sir Neal to lease out the warehouse for a 30 year deal, with the option to renew or first right of refusal. Wakefern Food Corporation is an American company that was founded in 1946 and is based in Keasbey, New Jersey. It is the largest retailers' cooperative group of supermarkets and the fourth-largest cooperative of any kind in the United States.

ShopRite wasted no time in adding their signs to the property!

Here we see both original warehouse and the expansion next door. 

This will increase profits for both ShopRite and the APRR as traffic to this industry has been growing over the past 2 years. Now the APRR can make the moves in a more efficient manner spotting more railcars instead of having to move cars multiples times in a few days or twice in a day!

We now learn that Quaker Oats will be supplying ShopRite with a more diverse line of products for both their retail and wholesale operations. 

Sir Neal and the entire APRR staff welcome the new Shoprite Warehouse!