Tuesday April 22 1941
ALAMOSA
Alamosa:
1:00 AM, 5:00 AM and 8:00 AM cloudy, calm
11:30 AM snowing light, calm
1:45 PM snowing hard, light east wind
6:00 PM snowing hard, calm, melting
Cumbres:
7:40 AM, 8:00 AM and 9:45 AM snowing light, calm, ½” new snow
11:55 AM snowing very light, calm
1:15 PM, 3:05 PM and 5:00 PM cloudy, calm, snow melted pretty fast today
Chama:
1:00 AM and 4:00 AM cloudy, calm
8:30 AM snowing light, calm, ½” new snow, 4” old snow
4:15 PM and 9:15 PM cloudy, calm
Durango:
8:45 AM snowing light, calm, 3” snow, snow and rain in night
5:00 PM partly cloudy, calm
Alamosa extra 485 west with helper engine 487
Conductor Moore
Engine 485 Tozer
Engine 487 Hurley
Depart Alamosa 11:00 PM (Apr 21) with 12 loads 33 empties
Arrive Antonito 12:35 AM (Apr 22) with 12 loads 33 empties, 1 hour 15 minutes coal & water, switching
Depart Antonito 1:50 AM with 8 loads 39 empties
Arrive Los Pinos 5:45 AM, 55 minutes wait for extra 484-486 east (did not meet here)
Depart Los Pinos 6:40 AM
Arrive Cumbres 7:05 AM with 8 loads 39 empties, 50 minutes meet extra 486 east, helper engine off, inspection
Engine 487 depart Cumbres 7:45 AM light for Chama
Extra 485 west depart Cumbres 7:55 AM with 8 loads 39 empties
Arrive Chama 9:05 AM with 8 loads 39 empties
Chama extra 486 east with helper engines 484 and 489
Conductor Roberts
Engine 486 Caldwell
Engine 484 Hall
Engine 489 Marsh
Depart Chama 4:20 AM with 20 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cumbres 6:15 AM with 20 loads 1 empty, 1 hour 20 minutes helper engine 489 off, meet extra 485 west, pick up and inspection, helper engine 484 stay on
Engine 489 depart Cumbres 6:30 AM light for Chama
Extra 486 east with helper engine 484 depart Cumbres 7:35 AM with 51 loads 2 empties
Osier helper engine 484 off, run light to Alamosa
Extra 846 east arrive Toltec 9:05 AM, 25 minutes meet No. 115
Depart Toltec 9:30 AM
Arrive Antonito 11:05 AM with 51 loads 2 empties, 20 minutes eat, 30 minutes set out, pick up
Depart Antonito 11:55 AM with 52 loads 6 empties
Romeo 15 minutes pick up
La Jara 20 minutes station switching
Arrive Alamosa 1:55 PM with 53 loads 6 empties
No. 115 with engine 482, at Chama trade engine 482 for engine 477
Conductor Edmisten
Engineer Ray (to Chama)
Engineer House (from Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:00 AM with 6 cars
66
167
310
Chama
63
306
Arrive Antonito 8:00 AM, set out cars 63 and 306 for No. 425
Depart Antonito 8:10 AM with 4 cars
Arrive Cumbres 10:20 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:25 AM
Arrive Chama 11:10 AM, trade engines
Depart Chama 11:15 AM
Arrive Durango 4:05 PM with 4 cars
No. 116 with engine 475, at Chama trade engine 475 for engine 483
Conductor Hurley
Engineer Densmore (to Chama)
Engineer Ray (from Chama)
Swing brakeman Seale
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 6 cars
119
111
327
304 (deadhead)
302 (deadhead)
Alamosa
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM, trade engines
Depart Chama 4:05 PM
Arrive Cumbres 4:59 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:02 PM
Arrive Antonito 7:18 PM, pick up 2 cars from No. 426
62
320
Depart Antonito 7:25 PM with 8 cars
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM with 8 cars
Chama extra 487 west
Conductor Knight
Engineer Klahn
Depart Chama 11:55 AM with 8 loads 16 empties
1 empty tank
11 empty dumps
3 empty box
Caboose
Monero 15 minutes switching and merchandise
Lumberton 10 minutes switching and merchandise
Dulce 15 minutes meet No. 116, 10 minutes merchandise
Pagosa Jct 30 minutes eat and switching
Arboles 10 minutes switching
Ignacio 10 minutes switching
Arrive Durango 8:25 PM with 5 loads 3 empties
2 Chama Cumbres turns, called for 11:00 PM, on Apr 23 post
SANTA FE BRANCH
Alamosa extra 476 west, light engine to Antonito for No. 425
Engineer Arnell
Depart Alamosa 6:50 AM
Arrive Antonito 7:55 AM
Train No. 425 with engine 476
Conductor Willis
Engineer Arnell
Depart Antonito 8:25 AM with 4 loads
1 company coal No Agua
1 merchandise Otowi
63
306
No Agua 10 minutes switching
Arrive Taos Jct 11:15 AM
Depart Taos Jct 11:30 AM
Arrive Espanola 1:50 PM
Depart Espanola 2:00 PM
Arrive Santa Fe 4:00 PM with 3 loads
Train No. 426 with engine 473
Conductor Hines
Engineer Baskett
Depart Santa Fe 10:00 AM with 2 loads
Otowi 5 minutes load express
Arrive Espanola 11:40 AM, 10 minutes load express and switching
Depart Espanola 11:50 AM
Embudo 10 minutes loading mail and express
Arrive Taos Jct 1:55 PM, notation shows 14 passengers for Kemmerer Wyoming, 2 for La Jara
Depart Taos Jct 2:05 PM
Arrive Antonito 5:15 PM with 4 loads
SALIDA
Marshall Pass 8:00 AM cloudy, calm, no new snow
Sargent 8:10 AM partly cloudy, calm
Gunnison 9:05 AM cloudy, light west wind
Salida extra 492 west with helper engines 494 and 496, to Gunnison
Conductor Hallock
Engine 492 Hyatt
Engine 494 Runyon
Engine 496 Dailey
Depart Salida 10:30 PM (Apr 21) with 5 loads 37 empties
Mears Jct 15 minutes take water
Arrive Marshall Pass 1:25 AM (Apr 22) per conductor, operator times and consist not shown, 25 minutes helper engines off, inspection
Engine 496 depart Marshall Pass time not shown light for Salida
Engine 494 depart Marshall Pass time not shown light for Gunnison
Extra 492 west depart Marshall Pass 1:50 AM, per conductor
Buxton 15 minutes pick up train
Arrive Gunnison 5:05 AM with 6 loads 89 empties
Apparently Marshall Pass operator not on duty, no train times shown during day
Salida extra 496 west, light engine to Sargent, helper for extra 492 east
Engineer Crooks
Depart Salida 2:15 PM
Arrive Sargent 4:45 PM
Engineer Crooks reported little snow falling Marshall Pass, melting as falls, no wind
Gunnison Extra 492 east with helper engine 494, to Salida after Sargent hill turn
Conductor Hallock
Engine 492 Hyatt
Engine 494 Runyon
Engine 496 Crooks (on Sargent)
Depart Gunnison 2:10 PM with 58 loads 1 empty
Parlin 10 minutes water
Arrive Sargent 4:20 AM with 58 loads 1 empty, 25 minutes double in and reduce, 15 minutes coal & water, add helper engine 496
As Sargent hill turn extra 492 east with helper engines 494 and 496 depart Sargent 5:00 PM with 17 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass time shown as 6:25 PM with 17 loads 1 empty, set out, turn
Engine 496 depart Marshall Pass time not shown light for Sargent
Engine 494 depart Marshall Pass time not shown light for Sargent
Extra 492 west depart Marshall Pass time not shown with caboose for Sargent
Arrive Sargent 8:05 PM with caboose, 30 minutes coal, turn and eat, 10 minutes switching
Extra 492 east with helpers 494 and 496 depart Sargent 8:45 PM with 18 loads
Arrive Marshall Pass time not shown, 1 hour 5 minutes helper engines off, pick up and inspection
Engine 494 depart Marshall Pass time not shown light for Salida
Engine 496 depart Marshall Pass time not shown light for Salida
Extra 492 east depart Marshall Pass time not shown, consist not shown but appears to be 35 loads 1 empty
Mears Jct 10 minutes set out 20 company coal Alamosa, 40 minutes meet extra 499 west (on Apr 23)
Arrive Salida 2:15 AM with 15 loads 1 empty
Salida extra 499 west, called for 11:15 PM, on Apr 23 post
GUNNISON
Crested Butte 9:05 AM partly cloudy, calm, 4” new snow, 18” old snow, melting fast
Crested Butte branch extra 474
Conductor C M Purciel
Engineer H Gates
Depart Gunnison 11:10 AM with 2 loads 39 empties
Arrive Crested Butte 1:15 PM with 2 loads 39 empties, 2 hours 15 minutes mine work and inspection
Depart Crested Butte 3:30 PM with 40 loads 1 empty
40 CF&I coal
Arrive Gunnison 5:20 PM with 40 loads 1 empty
Gunnison switch engine 452 foreman Winters engineer Stamm
MONTRSOE
Engine 461 used to switch Montrose yard foreman Gribben engineer Cowan
DURANGO
Silverton 8:20 AM partly cloudy, calm, 2” new snow, 28” old snow
Silverton branch Train No. 461 and Train No. 462 with engine 375
Conductor Fry
Engineer Katschthaler
Depart Durango 9:15 AM with 2 loads 7 empties
1 merchandise Silverton
6 empty box
Combine 210
Caboose
Hermosa to Silverton 50 minutes lost on running time account falling rocks and heavy snow
Arrive Silverton 1:30 PM with 2 loads 7 empties, 20 minutes eat, 10 minutes turning, 30 minutes switching, 1 hour account ice and snow on tail of wye
Depart Silverton 3:30 PM with 5 loads 5 empties
4 ore Eilers
3 empty gons
1 empty refrigerator
Combine 210
Caboose
Arrive Durango 7:00 PM with 5 loads 5 empties
Durango switch engine 268 foreman Gabbe engineer Fitzer
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