D&RGW Cumbres Train Register
February 8, 1933 (Wednesday)
No trains. Heavy snow and wind conditions.
Additional information from Jimmy Blouch, from the Alamosa Division dispatcher train sheets.
Alamosa- Chama
There were 3 trains called to go west from Alamosa to Chama. None made it to Chama.
Rotary OY with 482-489
Rotary OY pilot Coughlin
Rotary OY engineer Caldwell
482 engineer Good
489 engineer Rowe
Conductor Hurley
Called Alamosa 9:15 AM, depart 9:40 AM.
Arrived Antonito 10:43 AM, depart 11:00 AM
Big Horn 2:20 PM. Turned account high wind
Arrived Antonito 4:55 PM, departed 5:10 PM
Arrived Alamosa 6:40 PM, tied up 6:50 PM
Conductor delay report
Extra 482-489 rotary
Called 9:15 AM, engines out 9:30 AM, left Alamosa 9:40 AM.
Alamosa: 15 minutes get engines ready, 10 minutes place engines on train and make brake test
Antonito: 20 minutes coal and water, 30 minutes work on rotary (extend wings)
Big Horn: 25 minutes eat, 55 minutes clean switches and turn train account storming bad
Antonito: 15 minutes water and move (retract) wings on rotary
Alamosa: 10 minutes put away
Extra west with 471-487
Depart Alamosa
Turn Antonito account wind up
Arrive Alamosa 5:40 PM
No. 115 with 475
Engineer Hopper, Conductor McHolland
Departed Alamosa 2:00 PM
Turned at Antonito account sudden renewal of storm
Held at Antonito for No. 426.
Departed Antonito 9:40 PM
Arrived Alamosa 10:55 PM
Santa Fe Branch
No. 425 with 169-472
Conductor Conway
Engineer 169 Walsh
Engine 472, with Ray as engineer, ran light from Alamosa to Antonito to be used as helper to Barranca.
Departed Antonito 3:30 PM with 3 cars
Arrived Santa Fe 10:30 PM
Conductor Conway reported to dispatcher "quite bit of snow and blowing between Tres Piedras and Antonito lots of snow between Tres Piedras and Servilleta".
Conductor delay report – Train 425
Antonito: 10 minutes Engine 169 take coal and water
Tres Piedras: 10 minutes cool and repair hot box on engine tank
Taos Jct.: 10 minutes cooling and packing box on engine 169
Barranca: 5 minutes cutting off helper engine 472 and putting on wye, 5 minutes test air
Embudo: 5 minutes unloading mail and putting in house
Espanola: 10 minutes unloading mail and express put in house
No. 426 with 476
Conductor Willis
Engineer Clarke
Departed Santa Fe 2:50 PM with 4 cars
Arrived Antonito 9:35 PM
Notation on train sheet "9:45 PM Antonito 2/8 between Taos Jct. and Antonito clear and calm left good flange in the cuts Willis 426".
Barranca: 426 delayed 1 hour 15 minutes for No. 425
Pagosa Springs Branch
Weather notation on train sheet for Pagosa Springs: "Foggy calm 45 below 15 inches old snow"
No. 482 with 345
Engineer Schonefeld, Conductor Edmisten
Departed Pagosa Springs 12:50 PM with 1 car
Arrived Pagosa Jct. 4:00 PM
Delayed MP 397.5, 25 minutes account ice on track
No. 481 with 345
Same crew
Departed Pagosa Jct. 5:00 PM with 1 car
Arrived Pagosa Springs 7:20 PM
