D&RGW Cumbres Train Register
January 29, 1933 (Sunday)
1:50 PM Train 115 (Pollard), engines 477 (Hopper 2) – 486 (Owens 26), arrives, 4 cars. Departs at 1:55 PM (3 hrs. 15 min. late).
4:05 PM Train 116 (McHolland), engines 472 (Hopper) - 483 (Owens), arrives, 5 cars. Departs at 4:08 PM (28 min. late).
Additional information from Jimmy Blouch per dispatcher train sheet.
Train 115 with 477
486 added at Alamosa account snow conditions
Called Alamosa 9:40 AM, departed 9:55 AM
Antonito: arrived 10:59 AM, departed 11:03 AM
Sublette: 12:30 PM
Cumbres: arrived 1:50 PM, departed 1:55 PM
Arrived Chama 2:35 PM
Train 116 with 472
Engineer Fitzer
Conductor McHolland
Called Durango 9:40 AM
Chama: arrived Chama 12:40 PM, departed Chama 3:15 PM (Notation on train sheet indicates "116 Chama get engine ready") Meaning engine 483
Cumbres: arrived 4:05 PM, departed 4:08 PM
Arrive Alamosa 7:30 Pm
(Engineers Hopper and Owens on continuous duty, on duty at Chama 2:35 PM)
Chile Line
Extra east with 471
Engineer Thompson
Conductor E Morgan
Called Santa Fe 7:30 AM
Conductor report
Extra 471 east called 7:30 AM engine out 7:30 AM
Santa Fe: departed 7:50 AM (Delay Santa Fe 20 minutes go to new depot and pick up train)
Espanola: 25 minutes switch
Chamita: 10 minutes switch
Embudo: 25 minutes fill water car and set out (20 minutes account got stalled on hill had to back down and reduce one tank car)
Barranca: 25 minutes switch, 15 minutes eat
Taos Jct: 5 minutes water, 20 minutes water car, 25 minutes switch
Tres Piedras: 20 minutes local, MP 309.5 3 hours 20 minutes stuck in snow, 7 hours 40 minutes wait for plow flanger to tow train in. (E J Hurley)
Work extra 475-483 called Alamosa 10:00 PM
Conductor report
Antonito: 30 minutes turn pick up flanger take coal water
Tres Piedras: 10 minutes turn
No Agua: 30 minutes pick up train
Antonito: 40 minutes call operator and get orders, set out 4 cars
Romeo: 20 minutes set out 1 pick up 3 cars
La Jara: 45 minutes for No. 115
Alamosa: 15 minutes put away tie up
(E Morgan)
Notation on train sheet "8:15 PM Tres Piedras reports 471 stuck in snow near No Agua but crews at hotel for supper and eat supper before reporting, hotel about 1 mile from Tres Piedras".
Another notation indicates crews tied up 11:30 PM account 16 hour law. Carman watch engine.
Work extra towed 471 train to Alamosa arriving 8:55 AM (Jan 30)
