Monday April 5 1937
ALAMOSA
Cumbres, most of the day partly cloudy, light wind, not drifting
Notation reads “bad flange” over Cumbres
Chama, clear, later, partly cloudy, light wind
Big Horn, Sublette, Osier, cloudy, calm, no wind
Alamosa extra 487 west with helper engine 486
Conductor Cornell
Engine 487 Caldwell
Engine 486 Thompson
Depart Alamosa 4:15 AM with 9 loads 3 empties (caboose 0503, per Jim McKee)
Arrive Antonito 5:40 AM with 7 loads 2 empties, 1 hour switching
Depart Antonito 6:55 AM with 29 loads 6 empties, flanger
Not shown where No. 115 went by
Arrive Cumbres 11:00 AM with 29 loads 6 empties
Engine 486 depart Cumbres 11:30 AM light for Alamosa
Extra 487 west depart Cumbres 11:30 AM with 29 loads 6 empties
Arrive Chama 12:35 PM with 29 loads 6 empties
No. 115 with engine 477 and helper engine 482
Conductor Massey
Engine 477 Hopper (to Chama)
Engine 482 Rowe (to Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:12 AM with 9 cars
65
127
325
310
Durango
62
306
285
241
Antonito set out cars 62, 306, 285 and 241 for No. 425
Arrive Cumbres 10:38 AM
Reported: "bad flange in cuts Osier to Cumbres nearly filling up on straight track, figure extra west get stuck."
Depart Cumbres 10:43 AM
Arrive Chama 11:30 AM, 5 minutes helper engine 482 off
Depart Chama 11:40 AM (engineer Densmore)
Carracas 15 minutes meet No. 116
Carracas to Durango 15 minutes soft track
Arrive Durango 5:10 PM with 5 cars
No. 116 with engine 475
Conductor Peel
Engineer House (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:40 AM with 5 cars
119
151
164
312
Alamosa
Arrive Chama 4:40 PM, add helper engine 489, engineer Kellogg, stay on to Alamosa
Depart Chama 4:50 PM (engineer Hopper)
Cumbres times not shown
Arrive Antonito 7:50 PM, pick up 3 cars from No. 426
63
284
321
Depart Antonito 7:55 PM with 8 cars
Arrive Alamosa 9:05 PM with 8 cars
Conductor Peel reported weather fine over Cumbres
Durango extra 484 east
Conductor S Edmisten
Engineer Vinton
Depart Durango 1:30 PM with 12 loads 11 empties
Pine River 45 minutes meet No. 115
Ignacio 10 minutes switching
Arboles 10 minutes switching
Pagosa Jct 30 minutes eat, coal & water
Lumberton 20 minutes local
Monero 20 minutes local
Arrive Chama 11:05 PM with 13 loads 11 empties
Chama extra 483 west
Conductor Fry
Engineer Klahn
Depart Chama 1:45 PM with 32 loads 1 empty
Monero 30 minutes switching, 15 minutes meet No. 116
Dulce 5 minutes local, 20 minutes eat
Pagosa Jct 15 minutes coal & water, 15 minutes meet extra 484 east
Ignacio 15 minutes switching
Carbon Jct 10 minutes switching
Arrive Durango 11:45 PM with 38 loads
Santa Fe branch
Train No. 425 with engine 478
Conductor Moore
Engineer Walsh
Depart Antonito 8:55 AM with 10 loads
1 mdse Santa Fe
1 company coal Santa Fe
2 flour Espanola
1 pipe Espanola
1 company ties Servilleta
285
241
62
306
Arrive Santa Fe 4:30 PM with 6 loads
Train No. 426 with engine 471
Conductor Willis
Engineer Clarke
Depart Santa Fe 9:30 AM with 4 loads
1 mdse Espanola
63
284
321
Arrive Antonito 5:30 PM with 3 loads 2 empties
SALIDA
Marshall Pass:
8:30 AM cloudy, calm, 6” new snow, 33” on ground
4:50 PM, partly cloudy, strong NE wind, drifting some
Sargent partly cloudy, windy
Train No. 315 and Train No. 316 with engine 472
Conductor Perkins
Engineer Harrell
Train No. 315 depart Salida 6:00 AM with 5 cars
60
128
152
280
Camp Bird
Arrive Marshall Pass 7:29 AM
Depart Marshall Pass 7:32 AM
Arrive Gunnison 9:40 AM with 5 cars
Train No. 316 depart Gunnison 6:10 PM with 5 cars
60
128
152
280
Camp Bird
Arrive Salida 9:35 PM with 5 cars
GUNNISON
Gunnison clear calm
Crested Butte branch, no train, mine idle
Baldwin branch work extra 278
Conductor McMillan
Engineer Cowan
Unload 22 cars of ties various locations between Gunnison and Castleton
Gunnison switch engine not used
Work extra 319 with RGS ditcher 030
Conductor E P Mahoney
Engineer Kroll
Worked ditching west of Mile Post 321, Curecanti, loaded and unloaded 25 cars rock
MONTROSE
Ouray branch extra 318
Conductor Arnold
Engineer Campbell
Depart Montrose 1:05 PM with 11 loads
1 mdse Ouray
1 steel balls Ouray
2 coal Ouray
1 mdse Ridgway
1 mdse RGS
1 salt Durango
1 salt Farmington
3 lumber Telluride
Arrive Ridgway 3:05 PM with 11 loads, 20 minutes set out, take water
Depart Ridgway 3:25 PM with 4 loads
Arrive Ouray 4:10 PM with 4 loads
Depart Ouray 5:15 PM with 1 empty
Arrive Ridgway 6:00 PM with 1 empty
Depart Ridgway 6:10 PM with 10 loads
Arrive Montrose 7:45 PM with 10 loads
DURANGO
Work extra 375 with ditcher OX
Conductor F Edmisten
Engineer Fitzer
Detail not shown, worked between Pagosa Jct and Allison
Durango switch engine 271 foreman Gabbe engineer Basher
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