Re: Alamosa May 11 1949

Jimmy Blouch Wrote:
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> Wednesday May 11 1949

> Durango Farmington branch with engine 473
> Conductor Bruce
> Engineer Buchanan
>
> Depart Durango 9:45 AM consist not shown
> Aztec 35 minutes fill cistern, set out
> Naylor 25 minutes set and station switching
> Arrive Farmington 2:15 PM, 3 hours 15 minutes eat,
> unload sheep, station switching yard plugged
> Depart Farmington 5:30 PM with 3 loads 35 empties
> 1 gas Aztec
> 1 gas Chama
> 1 fuel oil Chama
> 2 empty dumps
> 1 empty gon
> 9 empty flats
> 10 air dumps
> 12 empty box
> Caboose
> Naylor 15 minutes pick up
> Aztec 45 minutes set out, pick up, station
> switching
> Carbon Jct 30 minutes set out connection for extra
> east
> Arrive Durango 11:00 PM with 1 load 18 empties
>

The D&RGW only had 6 total air dumps (OR & OS + 0140/ 0141/ 0142/ 0143) so I am wondering if the 10 air dumps listed could be correct? Or was this drop bottom gons instead? Remember that in an earlier post for 5/6/1949 there was a work train loading and unloading rock out of Aztec on the Farmington Branch. The air dumps lasted until 1951 so this could be part of the answer to my question of what equipment was being used but the quantity of 10 doesn’t work for air dumps.

Is there any indication of what types of tanks (car #) were used on the gas and fuel oil going to Chama? I am assuming this was Conoco product moving from the Conoco refinery in Farmington to the Conoco distributor in Chama that was along the middle of the yard (river side)?

Rod



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/08/2017 09:12PM by rod.