More operations on the Kings Port Division

[Ralph]

Thanks guys!

To continue....Tommy and Wil start working on the float. Pulling forward and onto the primary siding, they are about to hook up with five of the ten cars. The lead to the car float isn't long enough to accommodate ten cars. They'd foul the main too long by grabbing the whole string.



Once again Tommy and Wil pass Canton Box and briefly block two roads.


Backing up and slow running down the lead to the float, the cars past an Empire Grain truck unloading structure...


...and then start rolling onto the float. To avoid capsizing the car float and tipping cars in the drink, they are loaded two or three at a time on either side. It will take two moves to load the first five.




Once the first five are loaded, Tommy and Wil go back for the other five. A couple of newly painted PC 40 footers are in this group...



Backing up again...


....and the remaining cars are loaded.



The cars are secured and the Robert H. is ready to go.



That will do it for now! I think the whole car float yard scenario above could occur at the beginning of an ops session since the cars "left overnight" would be staged on a siding that I might use to run other trains later. Once that primary siding is clear I'd have more options for other trains. I seem to keep coming up with operations ideas for my layout. You should see me with a legal pad sketching potential ops moves.