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Alamosa March 3, 1941

March 03, 2007 10:34AM
D&RGW Alamosa Train Sheet
March 3, 1941
Chili Line
6:00 AM section foreman No Aqua says wind blowing hard and drifting. Can't see how much new snow, drifts 2 to 3 feet deep. Could not hear very well.
Rotary OY with engine 481
Called Alamosa 10:10 AM
Depart Alamosa 10:30 AM
Arrive Antonito 11:45 AM
Depart Antonito 12:40 PM
Return Antonito 9:35 PM
Depart Antonito 9:50 PM
Arrive Alamosa 11:10 PM
Tie up 11:25 PM
Conductor's report:
Extra 481 rotary Servilleta Turn
Alamosa:
10:10 AM 10:20 Prep time
10:20 AM 10:30 Get engine and train
Antonito:
11:15 AM 12:40 PM take coal and water and put out wings on rotary OY
Servilleta:
6:20 PM 6:35 PM clear and meet No. 426 and let No. 425 pass.
Antonito:
9:35 PM 9:50 PM take up rotary wings and get orders
Alamosa:
11:10 PM 11:25PM put away
Additional information on train sheet:
Eagan Rotary Servilleta 6:25 PM found 3 to 4 feet snow MP 285 to (?), 8 feet in cuts MP 297to MP 309. Not much snow west of Tres Piedras P&F could not clear it.
(Eagan is person, with rotary, reporting this info to dispatcher from Servilleta)
Subject Author Posted

Alamosa March 3, 1941

Jimmy Blouch March 03, 2007 10:34AM

Re: Alamosa March 3, 1941

Jerry Day March 03, 2007 11:03AM



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