P.C.C.M. 64 From Elkhart over the Hurdle.

Greetings and welcome to the out West edition of P.C.C.M. 64. We are following a recently departed general mixed freight rolling across rural Ohio. It just left the classification yard in Elkhart, Indiana. Lets follow this train and its mixed content of freight headed to eastern destinations.

Leading our train is a former Pennsy SD35. Penn Central #6002 is using its 2500 horsepower to keep the train rolling east to Selkirk and beyond.

Next up is Penn Central GP40 #3075. It has 3000 horsepower to add to the power mix.

Bringing up the rear of this all EMD line up is GP38 #2010

Our first freight load is this Grand Trunk boxcar with electric motors. It's being sent from Wazee Electric in Denver to Peerless Appliances on the K.P.D.

Next in line is this empty GERN hopper heading to the plant in West Mill, New York.

One more stop in West Mill, is this Canadian National boxcar loaded with rolled cardboard for the Canton Box company. It was supplied by the Rockmont Company in Denver.

Here's a shot of the Rockmont envelope division in South Denver, during the 1960's. The home of "Mailwell" Envelopes.

Scheduled to make the full "Selkirk" Hurdle, is this PFE reefer loaded with produce from the Denargo Produce Market in Denver, Colorado. It's headed to Terminal Cold Storage in Empire City.

Also headed to Terminal Cold Storage is this BRMX reefer loaded with delicious meats. It was sent from the Meat Packing Row at the Denver Union Stockyards.

This WP boxcar is loaded with bags of sugar from the Great Western sugar plant in Longmont, CO. It's headed to the Hostess Plant in Empire City, New York.

This GN boxcar has a load of paint from DuPont in Denver for American Hardware Supply in Bedford Park NY. Lots of happy colors.

A tank car carrying chemicals for the auto industry from Celanese Chemicals.

A carload of "Red Seal" potato chips for eastern markets.

A carload of Mattel toys headed from California to eastern distribution centers.

A carload of scrap metal being sent from the Chicagoland area to a Hudson River Steel Mill.

An empty P&LE boxcar and Standard tank car going back for more goods.

A carload of empty Pepsi bottles going to the secret Georgia Pepsi plant, located in Hoschton, GA.

A carload of truck belts and hoses from Gates Rubber Plant. Headed to eastern customers.

Bringing up the rear is a former Southern caboose, wearing its new PC paint and lettering.

Thanks for reading!!! Stay tuned for the follow up of P.C.C.M 64, coming soon!