Friday March 9 1945
ALAMOSA
Cumbres no new snow, 90” on ground
No. 115 with engine 473
Conductor Roberts
Engineer Baskett (to Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:57 AM with 5 cars (delay not shown)
Arrive Cumbres 11:18 AM
Depart Cumbres 11:20 AM
Arrive Chama 11:59 AM, engine 473 off
Depart Chama 12:05 PM engine 476 engineer Katschenthaler
Arrive Gato 1:58 PM
Depart Gato 2:05 PM
Arrive Durango 4:40 PM
No. 116 with engine 478
Conductor Curtis
Engineer Brice (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Gato 1:46 PM
Depart Gato 1:58 PM
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM
Depart Chama 4:05 PM (engineer Baskett)
Arrive Cumbres 5:04 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:07 PM
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 AM
Alamosa extra 490 west
Conductor Ashbrook
Engineer Marsh
Depart Alamosa 1:40 AM with 13 loads 39 empties (caboose 04343)
Estrella 25 minutes set out and oil engine
La Jara 35 minutes set out, spot cars and oil engine
Antonito 40 minutes set out, water & coal, work on engine
Depart Antonito 5:15 AM with 13 loads 32 empties
Lava 40 minutes work on engine
Arrive Sublette 8:45 AM, 1 hour 30 minutes water, work on engine, let spreader and No. 115 by
Osier 15 minutes work on engine
Arrive Cumbres 12:25 PM
Depart Cumbres 12:50 PM with 13 loads 28 empties
Arrive Chama 2:00 PM
Alamosa extra 484 west, snow work
Conductor Wilson
Engineer Holly
Depart Alamosa 6:30 AM with spreader, flanger, 2 caboose, (numbers not shown) (one caboose was 0503)
Arrive Cumbres 10:10 AM
Between Cumbres and MP 236 2:20 PM to 5:15 PM spread snow
Depart Cumbres 5:15 PM
Arrive Chama 7:50 PM
Durango extra east with engines 481 and 485
Conductor Knight
Engine 481 Dieckman
Engine 485 Houck
Depart Durango 3:00 PM with 23 loads 6 empties (includes 4 cattle loaded Aztec)
Florida 20 minutes load 2 cars cattle (meet with No. 116 not shown, perhaps here)
Ignacio 25 minutes switching and mdse
Allison 15 minutes mdse
Gato 35 minutes eat and mdse
Dulce 20 minutes mdse and pick up
Lumberton 10 minutes mdse
Monero 30 minutes coal & water, pick up
Arrive Chama 12:30 AM with 31 loads 9 empties
Chama Cumbres turn with engines 488, 489 and 482
Conductor Asbrook
Engine 488 Hurley
Engine 489 Shumaker
Engine 482 Marsh
Depart Chama 11:55 PM with 15 loads 10 empties
Arrive Cumbres 1:55 AM with 16 loads 10 empties (reason for additional load not shown)
Engine 488 depart Cumbres 2:05 AM with caboose for Chama
Engine 489 depart Cumbres 2:10 AM light for Chama
Engine 482 depart Cumbres 2:15 AM light for Chama
SALIDA
Marshall Pass no new snow, 56” on ground
Salida extra 499 west with helper engines 491 and 496
Conductor Carlin
Engine 499 C Wilson
Engine 491 W Wilson
Engine 496 Cullinan
Depart Salida 2:40 PM with 8 loads 49 empties
6 company cinders
2 beer Gunnison
48 empty gons
Caboose
MP 217 2 hours, RG 775,482, 766, 814, 759, 806, unload company cinders
Poncha Jct 15 minutes set out 6 empty dumps
Arrive Marshall Pass 7:40 PM with 2 loads 49 empties
Engine 491 depart Marshall Pass 7:45 PM light for Gunnison
Engine 496 depart Marshall Pass 8:35 PM light for Salida, trouble turning on turn table
Extra 499 west depart Marshall Pass 7:55 PM with 2 loads 49 empties
Sargent 10 minutes set out 2 empties
Doyle 10 minutes pick up 2 loads
Steele 20 minutes RG 67 beer Gunnison hot box, dry dope
Arrive Gunnison 11:30 PM with 4 loads 47 empties
GUNNISON
Baldwin branch with engine 278
Conductor Collett
Engineer Braswell
Depart Gunnison 8:00 AM with 14 empties
(additional information not shown)
Arrive Gunnison 12:30 PM with 18 loads 1 empty
Crestred Butte branch with engine 498
Conductor Collett
Engineer Braswell
Depart Gunnison 1:35 PM with 41 empties, flanger (number not shown)
Arrive Crested Butte 3:05 PM, 1 hour 20 minutes switch mines, inspection
Depart Crested Butte 4:35 PM with 44 loads 1 empty, flanger
Arrive Gunnison 6:35 PM
MONTROSE
Ouray branch with engine 345
Conductor Gribben
Engineer Price
Depart Montrose 10:30 AM with 7 loads 5 empties
3 coal Ouray
2 lumber Ouray
1 mdse Telluride
1 mdse Rico
Arrive Ridgway 12:30 PM, 10 minutes switching
Depart Ridgway 12:40 PM with 5 loads 1 empty
Arrive Ouray 1:30 PM, 40 minutes switching
Depart Ouray 2:10 PM with 3 empties
Arrive Montrose 4:10 PM with 3 empties
(also did yard switching)
DURANGO
Farmington branch with engine 452
Conductor Murray
Engineer Connor
Depart Durango 5:20 AM with caboose
Carbon Jct 15 minutes switching
Aztec 15 minutes switching
Arrive Farmington 8:50 AM, 30 minutes eat, 50 minutes switch
Depart Farmington 10:10 AM with 1 load 1 empty, 1 gas Durango
Refinery 10 minutes switching
Aztec 10 minutes switching (pick up 4 cars cattle)
MP 475 45 minutes unload cinders
Arrive Durango 2:20 PM with 5 loads 3 empties
Gunnison switch engine 340 with foreman Winters engineer H Gates
Durango switch engine 315 with foreman Rowe engineer House
Silverton branch no activity
Jimmy
