Alamosa April 15 1937

Thursday April 15 1937

ALAMOSA

Chama extra 489 east with helper engine 484
Conductor McLaughlin
Engine 489 Kellogg
Engine 484 Rowe

Depart Chama 11:30 PM (Apr 14) with 9 loads 4 empties
Arrive Cumbres 1:00 AM with 9 loads 4 empties
Engine 484 depart Cumbres 1:10 AM light for Chama
Extra 489 east depart Cumbres 1:10 AM with 9 loads 4 empties
Cumbres to Sublette 1 hour 30 minutes slow orders
Arrive Antonito 6:30 AM with 9 loads 4 empties, meet extra 488 west, eat, switch
Depart Antonito 7:45 AM with 11 loads 7 empties
La Jara 25 minutes pick up
Arrive Alamosa 9:55 AM with 14 loads 8 empties

Alamosa extra 488 west with helper engine 487
Conductor Mason
Engine 488 Caldwell
Engine 487 Thompson

Depart Alamosa 4:15 AM with 69 loads 10 empties
La Jara 10 minutes set out
Arrive Antonito 5:45 AM with 69 loads 9 empties, coal & water, work supply cars, pick up and set out to reduce
Depart Antonito 7:20 AM with 55 loads 6 empties
Big Horn section house 10 minutes supply cars
Sublette 30 minutes water and eat
Mile Post 313 ½ 40 minutes account rocks
Osier 1 hour 5 minutes unload cinders
Arrive Cumbres 2:15 PM with 53 loads 6 empties
Engine 487 depart Cumbres 2:30 PM light for Chama
Extra 488 west depart Cumbres 2:45 PM with 53 loads 6 empties
Arrive Chama 4:10 PM with 53 loads 6 empties

Chama extra 482 west
Conductor Knight
Engineer Klahn

Depart Chama 3:10 AM with 51 loads
Monero 15 minutes mdse and water
Lumberton 30 minutes mdse
Dulce 20 minutes mdse and set out
Pagosa Jct 40 minutes coal, mdse
Allison 20 minutes mdse
Tiffany 10 minutes mdse and set out
Ignacio 15 minutes meet No. 116, 25 minutes local, set out and pick up
Arrive Durango 3:35 PM with 32 loads 2 empties

No. 115 with engine 475
Conductor Conway
Engineer Ray (to Cresco)
Swing brakeman not shown

Called for 11:45 AM, reason for delay, not shown

Depart Alamosa 1:02 PM with 13 cars
156
155
165
66
163
164
325
310
Durango
240 (for No.425)
63 (for No. 425
284 (for No. 425
287 (for No. 425)
Arrive Antonito 1:33 PM, set out 4 cars for No.425
Depart Antonito 1:38 PM with 9 cars
Arrive Cumbres 5:00 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:05 PM
Cresco meet No. 116, engineer Ray to No. 116, engineer Rowe on from No. 116
Arrive Chama 6:25 PM, engine 475 off
Depart Chama 6:35 PM, engine 476, engineer Densmore
Arrive Durango 12:30 AM with 9 cars

No. 116 with engine 477
Conductor Peel
Engineer House (to Chama)
Swing brakeman not shown, if used, probably Massey

Depart Durango 11:40 AM with 8 cars
119
151
111
167
125
312
309
Alamosa
Ignacio 10 minutes meet extra 482 west
Pagosa Jct to Chama 20 minutes high water
Arrive Chama 5:00 PM, add helper engine 483, engineer Hall
Depart Chama 5:10 PM (engineer Rowe, to Cresco)
Cresco meet No. 115 engineer Rowe to No. 116, engineer Ray on from No. 115
Arrive Cumbres time not shown
Engine 483 depart Cumbres 6:30 PM light for Chama
No. 116 depart Cumbres time not shown
Notation reads: “8:20 PM No. 116 on phone at Rock Tunnel, reports mud slide and rock struck engine 150 feet west Mile Post 314 – 4 miles east Osier, extends from pilot to rear of tank, partly covers boiler, heavy trees on top of engine – take about 8 hours to clear- rail turned over under engine.”
Pony trucks and all drivers derailed.
Additional notation reports slide 75 feet long, 53 feet wide, 12 to 15 feet deep. No damage to equipment.
Crew released 9:00 PM Apr 15 to 6:10 AM Apr 16.

Notation reads: “6:40 PM A R ? on phone says got to have engine 470 from 426 in Alamosa tonight, told him crew tied up at Antonito and would have to call them again, said OK call them as had to have 470 in here tonight – when got Antonito at 7:15 PM fireman J W Johnson had come to Alamosa, they used engine watchman to fire to Alamosa.”

Antonito extra 470 east, light engine to Alamosa
Engineer Walsh

Depart Antonito 7:45 PM
Arrive Alamosa 9:00 PM

Alamosa work extra 470 west, wrecker
Conductor McLaughlin
Engineer Larimer

Depart Alamosa 10:30 PM
Arrive Mile Post 314 2:30 AM

Chama extra 487 east, light engine to Mile Post 314 to help re-rail engine 477

Chama extra 485 west
Conductor Fry
Engineer Brice

Depart Chama 7:45 PM with 54 loads 4 empties
Monero 1 hour 5 minutes switching and supply cars
Dulce 15 minutes switching, mdse
Pagosa Jct 50 minutes eat, coal & water, switching
Arboles 25 minutes local and supply cars
Ignacio 25 minutes local and supply cars
Florida 15 minutes switching
Falfa 20 minutes switching and mdse
Carbon Jct 15 minutes switching
Arrive Durango 7:25 AM with 32 loads

Work extra 375 with ditcher OX
Conductor F Edmisten
Engineer Fitzer

Worked between Allison and Dulce, loaded 6 cars rock, unloaded 3 cars rocks Mile Post 386 ½, left 8 men at Mile Post 390 to dig rock down, took 4 men with us to cut brush near Arboles, took engine ande 3 flat cars and went to Arboles to inspect river, returned at 4:20 PM and loaded 3 cars rock, have 3 cars rock to start with in AM and have 3 more down

Work extra 486
Conductor Lyons
Engineer Parmenter

Detail of work done not shown, released from work train service 6:30 PM
Depart Pagosa Jct 6:45 PM with caboose
Arrive Durango 10:30 PM with 8 loads

Work extra 452 with ditcher OW
Conductor S Edmisten
Engineer Vinton

Detail not shown, tied up Dulce

At 12:45 PM section foreman Arboles reported water running over rip rap at Mile Post 399, also cutting bank just east of stock yard at Arboles

Santa Fe branch

Train No. 425 with engine 471
Conductor Pheney
Engineer Clarke

Depart Antonito 2:30 PM with 9 loads 1 empty
1 company ties Santa Fe
1 empty flat Santa Fe
1 company ties Taos Jct
2 company ties Palmilla
287
240
63
284
Arrive Santa Fe 9:50 PM with 6 loads 2 empties

Train No. 426 with engine 470
Conductor Willis
Engineer Walsh

Depart Santa Fe 9:35 AM with 4 loads
1 gas Espanola
1 mdse Espanola
62
306
Espanola pick up baggage 154
Arrive Antonito 5:30 PM with 4 loads 3 empties

Passengers and mail handled from Antonito to Alamosa by Motorway bus,
Depart Antonito 10:35 PM

SALIDA

Salida extra 498 west with helper engines 499 and 490, to Gunnison
Conductor Sloan
Engine 498 Cullinan
Engine 499 Crylie
Engine 490 Crooks

Depart Salida 12:45 AM with 13 loads 27 empties
Arrive Marshall Pass 4:40 AM with 13 loads 28 empties
Engine 499 depart Marshall Pass 5:00 AM light for Salida
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 5:10 AM light for Salida
Extra 498 west depart Marshall Pass 5:00 AM with 13 loads 28 empties
Arrive Gunnison 10:00 AM with 10 loads 28 empties
Not shown where No. 315 went by

Train No. 315 and Train No. 316 with engine 493
Conductor Perkins
Engineer Harrell
Swing brakeman Rhodes

Train No. 315 depart Salida 6:00 AM with 7 cars
122
152
169
168
272
326
Gunnison
Arrive Marshall Pass 7:29 AM
Depart Marshall Pas 7:32 AM
Arrive Gunnison 9:40 AM with 7 cars

Train No. 316 depart Gunnison 7:30 PM with 7 cars, 1 hour 25 minutes bus connection
122
152
169
168
272
326
Gunnison
Arrive Salida 11:00 PM with 7 cars

Alamosa extra 496 east, Valley line
Conductor Hallock
Engineer Runyon

Depart Alamosa 11:15 AM with 11 loads 30 empties, includes 4 cars oil
McGinty 10 minutes switching
Mosca 15 minutes switching
Hooper 20 minutes switching
Moffat 35 minutes load 2 cars cattle and switching, 10 minutes clean ash pan
Mineral Hot Springs 15 minutes shovel down coal
Villa Grove 25 minutes switching, 20 minutes clean ash pan, 20 minutes eat
Double Round Hill 10 minutes clean ash pan, 45 minutes double to Poncha Pass
Depart Poncha Pass 7:50 PM
Arrive Salida 9:05 PM with 14 loads 11 empties

Salida extra 499 west, light engine to Sargent, helper for extra 498 east
Engineer Crylie

Depart Salida 9:05 PM
Arrive Sargent 11:40 PM

Gunnison extra 498 east, to Salida after Sargent hill turn
Conductor Sloan
Engineer Cullinan

Depart Gunnison 7:55 PM with 1 load 5 empties
Arrive Sargent 9:50 PM with 1 load 10 empties, 1 hour 50 minutes wait for helper engine, 15 minutes coal & turn helper engine, add helper engine 499
Depart Sargent 11:55 PM with 8 loads 4 empties
Arrive Marshall Pass 1:15 AM with 8 loads 4 empties
Engine 499 depart Marshall Pass 1:40 AM light for Sargent
Engine 498 depart Marshall Pass 1:50 AM with caboose
Arrive Sargent 3:00 AM
Extra 498 east with helper 499 depart Sargent 3:40 AM with 7 loads 6 empties
Arrive Marshall Pass 4:55 AM with 7 loads 6 empties
Engine 499 depart Marshall Pass 5:15 AM light for Salida
Extra 498 east depart Marshall Pass 5:40 AM with 15 loads 10 empties
Arrive Salida 7:55 AM (Apr 16) with 14 loads 7 empties

GUNNISON

Crested Butte branch no train

Gunnison switch engine not used

Montrose extra 361 east
Conductor Kilgore
Engineer Dunlap

Depart Montrose 5:00 PM with 1 load 11 empties
Arrive Gunnison 1:10 AM with 3 loads 16 empties
Conductor delay report information not available

Work extra 319 with RGS ditcher 030
Conductor E P Mahoney
Engineer Kroll

Worked between Sapinero and Cerro Summit, handled 34 cars dirt and rock

MONTROSE

Ouray branch extra 463
Conductor Arnold
Engineer Campbell

Called for 11:00 AM, 2 hours station work, 20 minutes feed CCC men

Depart Montrose 1:20 PM with 12 loads 2 empties, part of consist includes CCC
Coach 283
Baggage, originally showed 126, crossed out, no other number shown
1 gas Placerville
1 gas Dolores
2 empty tanks Farmington
9 company ties
Colona 30 minutes switching, moved B&B outfit from Colona to Ridgway
Arrive Ridgway 3:55 PM with 12 loads 2 empties, 25 minutes turn and switching, 2 hours 45 minutes RGS connection, stock, 20 minutes get train and bills
Depart Ridgway 7:25 PM with 9 cars cattle from Placerville, 1 empty
Arrive Montrose 9:10 PM with 9 loads 1 empty, 1 hour 20 minutes put train away, unload stock

DURANGO

Engine 459 out of service

Silverton branch Cleveland slide, Mile Post 493 ½, down, 200 feet long, 30 feet deep in center

Durango switch engine 271 foreman Gabbe engineer Basher

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