P.C.C.M. 45C Cicero Yard and Beyond.

Greetings and welcome to the third installment of P.C.C.M.45 In the last installment we saw three cars getting dispatched on the next train from Denver's 31st Street Yard to Cicero Yard in Chicago. We pick up the action at Cicero Yard. The Penn Central has sent a local yard transfer from their 59th Street Yard to Cicero. The Burlington yard switcher works on getting the cars switched over to the Penn Central.

Here we see a special treat for the Chicago Rail Fans, a new Empire Belt boxcar making its way West from Empire City. The Penn Central and Burlington share a lot of traffic between their systems. During the late 1960's you could find Burlington units in the New York City area. And there were Penn Central units out in Denver and the Twin Cities. This was continued even into the Burlington Northern era. Sounds like some future P.C.C.M opportunities.

Some more yard action, with cars being switched from the Burlington to the Penn Central.

Here we see our trio of cars that were blocked in Denver. Ready to head east to West Mill and Empire City. We plan on seeing much more traffic being exchanged from points East and West.

The Chicago based SW7 continues to earn its keep moving cars back and forth, building the transfer run back to Penn Central's 59th Street Yard.

Here's the transfer run power the Penn Central has sent over from 59th Street. GP35 #2277 and GP40 #3075. #2277 was a former Pennsy unit. It's a Athearn Blue Box rescue from the Purgatory Box with a eBay purchased mechanism. #3075 is an old Atlas Yellow Box find from eBay. It was already painted in PC colors when I found it. Both are great runners and hope to showcase them in action.
 

Fresh from the Paint Shop. An Athearn ACF Covered Hopper in Penn Central colors. I used a combination of Micro Scale decals and some Montana Gold spray paint for this project. Their "Malachite" seemed like a close match to Penn Central Green. PC Ralph was kind enough to point me to the fine selection of Montana Gold paints. I have several upcoming projects that I plan to use their paint for. When using Montana Gold paint, shake it until your arm goes numb. It requires a lot of mixing. Maybe it's an altitude thing. But the clerk warned me and they were right.

  Some other recent graduates from the Paint Shop. A Life Like Northeast style caboose #18403 and a AHM Pennsy 40ft boxcar in the later simplified lettering style.

Ready to be tacked on the transfer to 59th Street Yard and headed to West Mill and Empire City. Thanks for reading P.C.CM. 45C. Now for more action on the Kingsport Division and N.Y.C.T.L.