Tuesday April 19 1949
ALAMOSA
Alamosa 7:00 AM cloudy, calm
Cumbres 8:00 AM cloudy, calm
Chama 8:30 AM cloudy, calm, rain in night
Durango 8:20 AM partly cloudy calm, rained in night
No. 215 with engine 476
Conductor Morgan
Engineer Nissen (to Chama)
Engineer Peterson (from Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:00 AM with 4 cars
65
169
326
Chama
Arrive Cumbres 10:18 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:22 AM
Arrive Chama 11:10 AM
Depart Chama 11:15 AM
Arrive Gato 1:15 PM
Depart Gato 1:21 PM
Arrive Durango 4:05 PM with 4 cars
No. 216 with engine 489
Conductor Duxstadt
Engineer Cummins (to Chama)
Engineer Nissen (from Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 4 cars
119
167
310
Durango
Arrive Gato 1:47 PM
Depart Gato 1:52 PM
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM
Depart Chama 4:05 PM
Arrive Cumbres 5:00 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:03 PM
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM with 4 cars
Chama extra 486 west, light engine to Carracas, helper for extra 480 west
Engineer J Connor
Depart Chama 10:30 AM, behind extra 480 west
Dulce time shown as 1:21 PM (depart)
Meet with No. 216 not shown
Arrive Gato 2:35 PM
Chama extra 480 west, at Carracas add helper engine 486
Conductor Knight
Engine 480 Rhodes
Engine 486 J Connor (on Carracas)
Depart Chama 9:35 AM with 37 loads 19 empties
8 empty box
10 empty dumps
Caboose
Mile Post 352 15 minutes unload cinders
Monero 50 minutes switching
Arrive Lumberton 12:10 PM, 35 minutes clear No. 215 and switching
Depart Lumberton 12:45 PM
Dulce 15 minutes merchandise and set out
Juanita 10 minutes meet No. 216
Arrive Gato 2:15 PM 45 minutes eat, merchandise, pick up
Depart Gato 3:00 PM
Carracas 15 minutes switching helper engine on train
Allison 5 minutes merchandise
Tiffany 5 minutes pick up
La Boca 15 minutes water and pick up
Florida 5 minutes merchandise
Flafa 5 minutes set out
Arrive Durango 7:45 PM with 28 loads 26 empties
1st Chama Cumbres turn with engines 483 and 488
Conductor Hinton
Engine 483 Turney
Engine 488 Donaldson
Depart Chama 11:25 AM with 10 loads 9 empties
Arrive Cumbres 1:10 PM with 10 loads 9 empties, set out, turn
Extra 483-488 west depart Cumbres 1:30 PM with 7 empties
Arrive Chama 2:40 PM with 7 empties
2nd Chama Cumbres turn with engines 485 and 487
Conductor Hinton
Engine 485 Turney
Engine 487 Donaldson
Depart Chama 3:55 PM with 13 loads 5 empties (my guess would be they left depot area at this time but did not pass east switch ahead of No. 216)
Arrive Cumbres 5:45 PM with 13 loads 5 empties, set out, turn
Extra 485-487 west depart Cumbres 6:05 PM with caboose
Arrive Chama 7:10 PM with caboose
SALIDA
No narrow gauge trains
GUNNISON
No activity
MONTROSE
No narrow gauge trains
Montrose switch engine standard gauge 1213 foreman C W Purciel engineer Price
DURANGO
Silverton branch and Farmington branch no trains
Durango switch engine 315 foreman Rowe engineer House
Jimmy