P.C.C.M. #93 Part 4 On The A.P.R.R. - The K.P.D. Train Heads Is Readied for Departure!

Welcome to Penn Central Car Movement #93 on the Atlantic Pacific Railroad!

Today M&E Alco C424 engines with 1:87 Scale Steve and his conductor Bob will assist the AP yard crew in building the outbound train that will head to Weehawken. A crew and engine change at Weehawken for a Penn Central Crew which will take the train to West Mill on the Kings Port Division Railroad...

The outbound build begins. Orders from the West Mill crew have been relayed to the M&E crew have been passed on so they can block the train per K.P.D. requests...

First the AP hopper..

Then the trio of B&M RBL box cars..

...And the 6 PS-2 covered hoppers..

The Rock Ridge Yard crew assists...

The build begins...

The rear of the K.P.D. has TRFX 5510 and Swift 4244..

The pair of PC gondolas....

The PC Box car for Cavendish Foods...

Another PC box car to Battaglia Bros. and the LV box car from Ideal to Delco...

The M&E adds the cut from early on..

Let's not forget the gondola from Shapeless Steel to Hudson Valley Coop. The Corning covered hopper will be added to the end of the train. 

A pair of AP GP38-2 engines will take the train to Weehawken...

The AP switchers pull the caboose and then will add it to the rest of the train..

As the AP yard crew adds the caboose to the train, the M&E crew walks the train to make sure it's ready to hand off to the AP crew...

The AP engine crew is just about ready to depart. They get their orders and will depart once they get the switch to enter the main...

Next stop, Weehawken!!

The work for today is complete. A couple of intra-layout moves will happen with the night crew so they won't disrupt the day work at the industries...

The yard is clear, and the night crew will go to work shortly!

That's all for the outbound portion of Penn Central Car Movement #93 on the A.P.R.R.

Stop over at Sir John's Amazing N.Y.C.T.L. and PC Ralph's Incredible Kings Port Division Railroad. Both of these railroads set in the PC era!

Check back next week when we start receiving inbound freight from both railroads.

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P.C.C.M. #93 Part 3 On The A.P.R.R. - The .N.Y.C.T.L. Train Heads Out and The K.P.D. Train is Readied for Departure!

Welcome back to Penn Central Car Movement #93 on the Atlantic Pacific Railroad!

The pair of MP15DC #106 & #107 engines with 1:87 Scale Dan and Matt as engineers will make moves for the outbound N.Y.C.T.L. train as well as the yard crew on AP #105

Here we go with the Bedford Park Block...

Next, the Bedford Yard Block...

Finally, the LIRR Block...

Meanwhile, EB 8163 has brought over a PC caboose that will be needed for the train to Selkirk and on to Terminal Yard on the N.Y.C.T.L....

A pair of Penn Central U25C engines will take the train from Rock Ridge Yard, thru Weehawken, up the River Line to Selkirk. An engine and crew change will take place, then head out to Terminal Yard in Empire City...

Empire Belt 8163 will head back to Richmond Hill Engine Terminal after they dropped off the PC caboose..

Now that EB 8163 has cleared, Penn Central Extra 6510 gets the signal to head out of Rock Ridge Yard...

Penn Central Extra 6510 on the move! Next Stop, Selkirk!!

And now....

Back over at Rock Ridge Yard, another intra-layout is happening. KP&W 15638 is being picked up and will be brought over to Shapeless Steel to pick up some banding. The car will sit in the yard until they call for it..

While pulling KP&W 15638, there are 3 RBL box cars and a reefer at ShopRite that need to be pulled for the KP&W train. The three B&M box cars are empty and will head back to Eastern States Plywood on the B&M, its home road...

The cars are readied to go over to Rock Ridge East Yard...

Penn Central Hi-Cube 272242 will get moved to American Hardware once the yard crew clears the tracks for the outbound KP&W cars, which have priority..

AP #303 with 1:87 Scale engineer Kai made a quick run to pull 4 box cars from Mike's Lumber back to Rock Ridge Yard. Once of the cars, TPFX 5510 will be added to the cars heading over to the KP&W train. 

A quick pull and they're heading back to the yard..

T.P.F.X. 5510 will head over to Triangle Pacific over at the K.P.D. The remaining non-PCCM cars will head south on the next local to Weehawken and then to the Penn Central Morrisville, PA yard...

The guys are on the move again!

The crew is aback at Rock Ridge Yard. Their job is finished and they can call it a day...

Rock Ridge East Yard is full and the M&E will be ready to build their outbound for the KP&W when called...

We're going to cut it here for today. 

Tomorrow we shall complete the outbound portion of Penn Central Car Movement #93 on the A.P.R.R.

 

Don't forget the crews over at Sir John's N.Y.C.T.L. and PC Ralph's Kings Port Division railroads have been busy getting their outbound trains readied for departure! Stop by and take a look!

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P.C.C.M. #93 Part 2 On The A.P.R.R. - The .N.Y.C.T.L.Build Begins And More!

Welcome back to the continuation of Penn Central Car Movement #93 - a three layout move! 

We continue with the outbound part on my Atlantic Pacific Railroad as we ready the freight for Terminal Yard on the N.Y.C.T.L. Here we go...!

We left off with AP #303 in the yard with some freight cars for the the K.P.D. Today's crew in the cab is 1:87 Scale Jim with one of the yard crew conductors. They will bring the cars over to Rock Ridge East Yard...

They have the signal and will drop the cars for the M&E crew to pick up and then head back to the yard..

The cars are dropped off outside Rock Ridge East Yard..

Jim is now back in the yard. Normally the engine goes back to the engine terminal for assignment, but they're going to tie down in the yard..

Looks like we have another GP38-2 engine over at West Harold Interlocking. We find 1:87 Scale Stuart in the cab. He's finally cleared double secret probation and they gave him an engine and conductor. 1:87 Scale conductor Bill will keep an eye on him. Bill is another railroad veteran. Sir 1:87 Neal chose Bill as he's a no nonsense guy and will let him know if he slips up...

There are 4 cars that need to be picked up at Three Amigos Warehouse. Two of the KP&W box cars will be brought to the yard and then moved over to American Hardware in Rock Ridge along with the Penn Central Hi-Cube box car. This is another intra-layout move. PC 160502 will go to Battaglia Bros. Warehouse on the K.P.D.

Here's the move. Let's see how Stuart makes this happen...

It looks like Stuart made the moves without damage to property of bodily harm...

Stuart and Bill head back to Rock Ridge Yard...

The guys arrive and check in at CP South with tower operator 1:87 Scale Rich...

The job is done and Stuart heads into the office. I guess to use the rest room or see if his time card is still there??

Meanwhile AP #105 with 1:87 the local yard crew get eready to make more moves to block the cars for the N.Y.C.T.L. Their going to build the Bedford Block , but need to move some other cars around in order to give it to the Terminal Yard crew as requested...

The Bedford Block had the Morton Sale covered hopper for Ronzoni as part of the LIRR Block, so that got moved as well...

Let's watch the move for the Bedford Block

The LIRR Block has the reefers for C&P, Ronzoni and a trio of AP gondolas with scrap steel from the Richmond Hill Engine Terminal and they will get taken to Gershow for proper disposal...

Here we see AP #105 drop the gondola cars on the track that holds the LIRR Block...

The spots are completed and the crew awaits the next assignment...

A few other cars remain in Rock Ridge Yard, which will be moved the next day. Stuart will need to drop the four cars he pulled on some of the ladder tracks. He thought is day was done! Not so Stuart!! The four cars are dropped on track 9...

Now Stuart can breathe easier as the day is done...

That's all for today. Tomorrow we'll get the train for Terminal Yard on the N.Y.C.T.L. on the road and finish the moves for the K.P.D. train..

Don't forget to follow the outbound trains from Sir John's N.Y.C.T.L. and PC Ralph's K.P.D. railroads! 

Thanks for reading!