Re: Aztec Depot

Doug:

Employee Time Table of 1923 shows train 472 leaving Carbon Jct. (about 2,5 miles from Durango) at 9:27 AM and being in Aztec at 11:10 AM. Maybe by the time line was standard gauge. ETT of 1925 shows train 435 leaving Carbon Jct. at 6:10 AM and arriving Aztec at 7:58 AM. Average speed was 14:48 mp/h. In 1925 line was narrow gauge. Both trains were mixed.

Starting 1944 there are no trains number. They perhaps were ran as Extra. Schedule does not mention any arrival and departure time. IMHO... running time surely was depending on switching maneuvers.

It was not possible to consider keeping the line active after abandonment of Alamosa/Durango operations. This because of highway construction.

Guy