P.C.C.M. 47J Elkhart to Selkirk to West Mill

Greetings and welcome to P.C.C.M. 47J. We last saw our train detoured to Colorado Springs. After some creative routing via the Rio Grande. Our cars made it to their final destinations in Denver. Now our group of cars have now worked their way to Elkhart, Indiana on train CE-14 from Blue Island, Illinois. The Penn Central and Rock Island have a Pool Power agreement and the CE-14 is an example of this. CE-14 has tied up and the power has been cut off from the train.

Lets take a look at the cars returning from Denver to West Mill Yard.

Our first car is returning from the GERN distribution center in Arvada, Colorado.

The Burlington gondola is returning from Ball Container in Golden, Colorado.

Penn Central Hi-Cube boxcar is returning from Lefty Martin Appliances in Denver.

Penn Central covered hopper is returning from the Denver Union Stockyards.

A Rock Island plug door boxcar returning from Lefty Martin Appliances in Denver.

Lets look at the power that brought train CE-14 from Blue Island. First unit is Rock Island F7A #676

Rock Island F7B in the maroon with speed lettering scheme.

The final unit in the lash up is Penn Central FP7A. These units will be fueled and sanded for their return trip to Blue Island, IL. Train EV-4, Elkhart to Selkirk is still waiting for its power lash up.

Lets take a look around the Elkhart Yard at some of the other rolling stock departing for their destinations.

Farewell from Elkhart. Hope you enjoyed your visit. Thanks for reading!!!