Monday February 14 1949
ALAMOSA
Alamosa 7:00 AM clear, calm
Cumbres:
6:50 AM light snow, strong SW wind, zero, showing some drifts, 10” new snow, 169” on ground
10:40 AM clear, strong SW wind
Chama 8:35 AM clear, calm, zero, 2” new snow, 30” old snow
Durango 8:30 AM clear, calm, 1” new snow, 17” old snow
Chama extra 485-486 east, snow work
Conductor Bryan
Engine 485 Obberich
Engine 486 Groshart
Depart Chama 4:55 AM with spreader
Arrive Cumbres 5:55 AM, conductor reported work between Cumbres and Lava 5:55 AM to 3:15 PM, spreading snow
Depart Cumbres 6:25 AM
Sublette time shown as 7:49 AM
Big Horn time show as 8:06 AM
Arrive Lava time not shown
Depart Lava time not shown, may have let No. 215 by at Lava
Big Horn time shown as 10:11 AM
Toltec time shown as 12:20 PM
Mile Post 330 3:15 PM to 4:20 AM, 11 hours 30 minutes dig out, 1 hour 35 minutes buck out to Cumbres and load bulldozer, entire train and engine crews released at Mile Post 330 from 3:30 PM to 3:30 AM account stuck in snow, back on duty 3:00 AM
Arrive Cumbres 4:20 AM (Feb 15 1949)
Depart Cumbres 4:30 AM
Arrive Chama 5:35 AM (Feb 15 1949
No. 215 with engine 483, at Chama trade for engine 473
Conductor Edmisten
Engineer Holly (to Chama)
Engineer Cummins (from Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:00 AM with 4 cars
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163
323
Alamosa
Arrive Cumbres 10:35 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:38 AM
Arrive Chama 11:20 AM, change engines
Depart Chama 11:25 AM
Arrive Gato 1:15 PM
Depart Gato 1:21 PM
Arrive Durango 4:05 PM with 4 cars
Chama Cumbres turn with engines 480, 482 and 489
Conductor Thayne
Engine 480 Brinsfield
Engine 482 Hindelang
Engine 489 Dalla
Called Chama 8:30 AM, yard time included 2 hours re-railing cars on main line
Depart Chama 12:10 PM with 16 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cumbres 1:50 PM with 16 loads 1 empty, set out, turn
Extra 480 west depart Cumbres 2:05 PM with caboose for Chama
Extra 482 west depart Cumbres 2:15 PM light for Chama
Extra 489 west depart Cumbres 2:25 PM light for Chama
No. 216 with engine 478
Conductor Hines
Engineer Dieckman
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 4 cars
65
164
312
Durango
Arrive Gato 1:47 PM
Depart Gato 1:52 PM
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM with 4 cars
No. 216 annulled Chama to Alamosa account storm on Cumbres
Chama extra 478 west, dead head equipment extra
Conductor Hines
Engineer Dieckman
Depart Chama 5:00 PM with 4 cars
65
164
312
Durango
Arrive Durango 9:40 PM with 4 cars
SALIDA
Marshall Pass 11:30 AM snowing quite hard, strong W Wind, 8” new snow, 66” on ground
Sargent 8:00 AM partly cloudy, light W wind, 3” new snow, 25” old snow
Salida extra 499-492 west, snow work, Sargent turn with Mears Jct Marshall Pass turn
Conductor R Young
Engine 499 Frantz
Engine 492 Rogers
Depart Salida 8:35 AM with flanger OL
Arrive Marshall Pass 10:40 AM, 25 minutes flanging
Depart Marshall Pass 11:05 AM
Arrive Sargent 12:40 PM, 25 minutes set coal, 1 hour 40 minutes flanging and condition engines and eat
Extra 499-492 east depart Sargent 2:30 PM with flanger
Arrive Marshall Pass 3:45 PM
Depart Marshall Pass 4:00 PM
Arrive Mears Jct 5:05 PM, 10 minutes turn and water
Extra 499-492 west depart Mears Jct 5:15 PM
Arrive Marshall Pass 6:40 PM, 1 hour 10 minutes turn, extra 497 west at Marshall Pass during this time
Extra 499-492 east depart Marshall Pass 7:50 PM
Arrive Salida 9:50 PM with flanger OL
Salida extra 497 west with helper engines 492 and 494, to Gunnison
Conductor Wright
Engine 497 Graham
Engine 491 Hyatt
Engine 494 Hockett
Depart Salida 2:55 PM with 1 load 49 empties
1 merchandise
48 empty gons
Caboose
Arrive Mears Jct 3:45 PM, 15 minutes water
Appears extra 497 west followed work extra 499-492 to Marshall Pass
Arrive Marshall Pass 6:40 PM with 2 loads 49 empties, 35 minutes helper engines off, inspection
Extra 491 west depart Marshall Pass 6:50 PM light for Gunnison
Extra 494 west depart Marshall Pass 7:25 PM light for Gunnison, behind extra 497 west
Extra 497 west depart Marshall Pass 7:15 PM
Arrive Gunnison 10:25 PM with 1 load 51 empties
GUNNISON
Gunnison 8:00 AM clear, calm, 1” new snow 14” old snow
Gunnison extra 278 west, Sapinero turn
Conductor Anderson
Engineer Braswell
Depart Gunnison with 7 empties, flanger
Elk Creek 3 hours 35 minutes get water
Arrive Sapinero 3:30 PM, 35 minutes switch
Extra 278 east depart Sapinero 4:05 PM
Arrive Gunnison 5:50 PM with 6 loads 1 empty, flanger
MONTROSE
Ouray branch extra 456, Ridgway turn
Conductor Mahoney
Engineer Price
Depart Montrose 12:30 PM with 10 loads 2 empties, flanger
4 coal Ouray
2 coal Placerville
4 coal Telluride
Caboose
Arrive Ridgway 3:10 PM, 20 minutes switching
Extra 456 east depart Ridgway 3:35 PM
Arrive Montrose 5:30 PM with 2 empties, flanger
DURANGO
Farmington branch extra 487
Depart Durango 3:15 PM with 21 loads 3 empties
Aztec 10 minutes set out
Refinery 5 minutes set out and spot
Arrive Farmington 6:20 PM consist not shown, 1 hour 30 minutes switch and eat
Extra 487 east depart Farmington 7:50 PM consist not shown
Refinery 10 minutes pick up
Arrive Durango 11:05 PM with 2 loads 4 empties
Durango switch engine 315 foreman Rowe engineer Buchanan
Jimmy
