Friday April 11 1941
ALAMOSA
Alamosa cloudy, light S wind
Cumbres:
8:05 AM snowing pretty hard, light SW wind, 12” new snow
10:00 AM snowing hard, light SW wind, not drifting
11:40 AM snowing, about calm, 2” to 3” new snow since 8:00 AM
1:10 PM snowing steady, calm, 5½” new snow since 8:00 AM
1:45 PM, 3:15 PM and 5:00 PM cloudy, calm
Chama:
1:00 AM snowing hard, calm, just started
5:00 AM snowing hard, calm, 3” new snow
8:40 AM snowing light, calm, 4” new snow, 4” old snow
3:10 PM and 4:28 PM cloudy, calm
Durango:
1:30 AM cloudy, calm
9:25 AM snowing hard, calm, 1” new snow, melting fast as falls
5:00 PM cloudy, calm
1st Chama Cumbres turn with engines 483, 482 and 481
Conductor Moore
Engine 483 Marsh
Engine 482 Coughlin
Engine 481 Hurley
Called for 10:45 PM Apr 10
Depart Chama 12:45 AM (Apr 11) with 9 loads 24 empties, flanger
Arrive Cumbres 2:25 AM with 9 loads 24 empties, 50 minutes set out, turn (not shown, probably flanged)
Engine 482 depart Cumbres 3:05 AM light for Chama
Engine 481 depart Cumbres 3:10 AM light for Chama
Engine 483 depart Cumbres 3:15 AM with flanger and caboose for Chama
2nd Chama Cumbres turn with engines 483, 486 and 484
Conductor Moore
Engine 483 Marsh
Engine 486 Coughlin
Engine 484 Hurley
Depart Chama 5:45 AM with 15 loads 2 empties, flanger
Arrive Cumbres 7:10 with 15 loads 2 empties, flanger, 35 minutes set out, clean snow out of switches, turn
Engine 483 depart Cumbres 7:40 AM with flanger and caboose for Chama
Engine 486 depart Cumbres 7:45 AM light for Chama
Engine 484 depart Cumbres 7:50 AM light for Chama
No reason shown for No. 115 not operating on schedule, it would appear standard gauge No. 115 arrived Alamosa very late.
Passenger extra west with engine 477 to Chama, at Chama trade engine 477 for engine 475
Conductor Edmisten
Engineer Boyd (to Antonito)
Engineer Tozer and fireman Oberrich deadhead Alamosa to meeting point No. 116 (Antonito)
Engineer Tozer (Antonito to Chama)
Engineer Densmore (from Chama)
Depart Alamosa 6:00 PM with 6 cars
66
167
310
Chama
62
320
Arrive Antonito 7:05 PM, 30 minutes set out cars 62 and 320 for Santa Fe branch and meet No. 116, Engineer Boyd transfer to No. 116, engineer Tozer and fireman on duty on extra 477 west
Depart Antonito 7:30 PM with 4 cars
Arrive Cumbres 9:45 PM
Depart Cumbres 9:50 PM
Arrive Chama 10:35 PM, trade engines, 15 minutes express and mail
Depart Chama 10:45 PM
Chama to Durango 15 minutes mail, baggage and express (delayed various stations deliver MB&E to depots)
Arrive Durango 3:45 AM with 4 cars
No. 116 with engine 475, to Chama, at Chama trade engine 475 for engine 483
Conductor Hurley
Engineer House (to Chama)
Engineer Marsh (Chama to Antonito)
Engineer Boyd (Antonito to Alamosa
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 4 cars
119
111
327
Alamosa
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM, trade engines
Depart Chama 4:05 PM
Arrive Cumbres 4:58 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:02 PM
Arrive Antonito 7:18 PM, meet extra 477 west, engineer Boyd on, engineer Marsh and fireman deadhead Antonito to Alamosa, pick up 4 cars from No. 426
151
128
63
306
Depart Antonito 7:25 PM with 8 cars
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM with 8 cars
Durango extra 489 east
Conductor Fry
Engineer Katschthaler
Depart Durango 1:45 PM with 9 loads 2 empties
Ignacio 10 minutes switching
Pagosa Jct 15 minutes eat
Navajo 15 minutes switching, (Pick up B&B outfit, foreman Dorsey)
Dulce 10 minutes merchandise and switching
Lumberton 15 minutes merchandise and switching (Set out B&B outfit)
Monero 5 minutes merchandise, 11 minutes switching, 10 minutes water and coal
Arrive Chama 9:25 PM with 16 loads 2 empties
Chama extra 481 east, depart 11:40 PM, on Apr 12 post
SANTA FE BRANCH
Taos Jct 8:50 AM cloudy, calm
Train No. 426 with engine 470
Conductor Willis
Engineer Arnell
Depart Santa Fe 10:00 AM with 4 loads
151
128
63
3065 306 (edit 4-9-2019)
Arrive Espanola 11:40 AM
Depart Espanola 11:48 AM
Arrive Taos Jct 1:55 PM 10 minutes switching
Depart Taos Jct 2:02 PM
Arrive Antonito 5:15 PM with 4 loads 2 empties
Antonito extra 473 west
Conductor Hines
Engineer Holly
Depart Antonito 7:35 PM with 3 loads
1 water Taos Jct
62
320
Tres Piedras 5 minutes fill cistern
Arrive Taos Jct 9:25 PM, mail and express, switching
Depart Taos Jct 9:30 PM
Embudo 5 minutes mail
Espanola times not shown, 5 minutes mail and express
Arrive Santa Fe 2:10 AM with 2 loads
SALIDA
Salida – Gunnison no trains
GUNNISON
Branch lines no trains, no Gunnison switch engine
MONTROSE
Ouray branch work extra 317
Conductor C M Purciel
Engineer Berryhill
Depart Montrose 7:15 AM with caboose
Conductor delay report information not available, worked at bridge 371.01 driving 8 pile
Tied up Montrose 6:20 PM
Ouray branch extra 316, Ouray turn
Conductor Gribben
Engineer Cowan
Depart Montrose 9:40 AM with 5 loads 15 empties
1 merchandise Ouray
1 powder Ouray
1 merchandise Telluride
1 coal Telluride
1 company material Ridgway
10 empty box
3 empty coals
1 empty company car
Arrive Ridgway 12:01 PM with 5 loads 15 empties, 10 minutes switching
Depart Ridgway 12:10 PM with 2 loads 1 empty
Arrive Ouray 12:55 PM with 2 loads 1 empty, 45 minutes switching
Depart Ouray 1:40 PM with 4 empties
Ridgway 5 minutes switching
Bridge 371.01 15 minutes held by work extra 317
Arrive Montrose 4:10 PM with 1 empty
DURANGO
Farmington branch extra 478
Conductor Knight
Engineer Brice
Depart Durango 1:20 AM with 1 load 7 empties
Carbon Jct 10 minutes switching
Aztec 10 minutes switching
Refinery 20 minutes switching
Arrive Farmington 5:05 AM with 1 load 7 empties, 20 minutes eat, 40 minutes switching
Depart Farmington 6:00 AM with 5 loads 2 empties
2 oil Alamosa
1 gas Ignacio
1 gas Durango
1 gas Gunnison
Bondad 15 minutes switching
Arrive Durango 9:40 AM with 5 loads 4 empties
Durango switch engine 268 foreman Gabbe engineer Fitzer
Jimmy
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/09/2019 12:11PM by Jimmy Blouch.
