Re: 479 on the Shavano

DakotaRed Wrote:
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> Very nice William -- thank you! I have a real
> fondness for the Shavano.
>
> Just for fun, from my notes:
>
>
> Shavano's First Run: April 9th 1937
>
> Train 315 -- Salida to Gunnison
>
> Motive Power:
> * Locomotive: 472
> * Helper locomotive: 479
>
> Consist:
> * RPO 122 (later to San Juan, then work car X122,
> then Sundown & Southern, finally Sumpter Valley)
> * Baggage 152 (sold to Mexico 1942)
> * Baggage 169
> * Baggage 168 (to CRRM?)
> * Coach 272 (also on the last run of the Shavano)
> * Coach 326 (to Knott’s Berry Farm)
> * Parlor Car ‘Gunnison’ (sold to Mexico)
> * Business Car B-7 (to Durango & Silverton)
>
> Schedule:
> * Depart Salida @ 6:00 AM
> * Arrive Marshall Pass @ 7:33 AM Helper 479 cut
> off
> * Depart Marshall Pass @ 7:38 AM
> * Arrive Gunnison @ 9:45 AM
> * Helper engine 479: depart Marshall Pass @ 8:40
> AM for Gunnison, arrive Gunnison @ 10:55 AM
>
>
> Train 316 -- Salida to Gunnison
>
> Motive power and consist same as Train 315
>
> Schedule:
> * Depart Gunnison @ 6:10 PM
> * Arrive Marshall Pass @ Helper 479 cut off
> * Arrive Salida @ 9:45 PM
> * Helper engine 479: depart Marshall Pass @ 8:35
> PM, arrive Salida @ 10:35 PM


I never knew the eastbound schedule, I guess that explains the lack of photographs of westbound trips of the Shavano. Except in summer, it was done in the dark.