D&RGW Cumbres Train Register
February 23, 1933 (Thursday)
11:20 PM Extra east rotary OM (Ray 32, Thompson 17), engines 487 (Shumaker 53) - 486 (Dodds 52), arrives, caboose 04990 (Dorian). Departs at 11:50 PM.
Additional information from Jimmy Blouch, from the Alamosa Division dispatcher train sheets.
Work extra 482 west/east, wrecking outfit of 2/22.
Engineer Kellogg
Conductor E Morgan (caboose 0517)
Bennett (?) phone (9:50 AM 2/23) will have engine 477 on about 12:30 PM or 1:00 PM. Engine on at 12:30 PM, then had dig out junk from under engine.
Departed derailment site 3:00 PM.
Departed Lava 3:45 PM.
Arrived Antonito 5:50 PM.
Departed Antonito 6:15 PM.
Arrived Alamosa 8:15 PM.
No. 115 - 116 with 475
Alamosa-Antonito-Alamosa
Engineer Hopper, Conductor Pollard
Departed Alamosa 1:15 PM.
Arrived Antonito 2:25 PM.
Departed Antonito 8:05 PM. (waited for 426)
Arrived Alamosa 9:20 PM.
No. 116 - 115 with 472
Durango-Chama-Durango
Engineer to Chama House, engineer to Durango Fitzer
Conductor Bendure
Rotary OM with 487-486
Rotary OM pilot Ray
Rotary OM engineman Thompson
487 engineer Shumaker
486 engineer Dodds
Conductor Dorian
Departed Chama 9:50 PM.
Santa Fe Branch
Rotary OY with 488
Rotary OY pilot Owens (26)
Rotary OY engineman Kearin (33)
488 engineer Coughlin (25)
Conductor Hurley, caboose 0503
Departed Alamosa 11:50 AM.
Arrived Antonito 1:20 PM.
Departed Antonito 1:40 PM.
Arrived Tres Piedras 6:25 PM.
Departed Tres Piedras 6:55 PM.
Arrived Antonito 9:35 PM.
Departed Antonito 9:50 PM.
Arrived Alamosa 11:35 PM.
Conductor delay report:
Extra 488 rotary
Alamosa: 15 minutes get engine ready, 10 minutes place engine on train and test air.
Antonito: 20 minutes coal and water and put wings out on rotary.
Palmilla: 25 minutes eat, 10 minutes clean siding.
MP 297: 35 minutes slow up and clean fire on rotary OY.
Volcano: 15 minutes clean siding.
Tres Piedras: 10 minutes meet trains, 20 minutes turn.
Antonito: 15 minutes shove wings in on rotary.
Alamosa: 10 minutes put away.
No. 425 with 169
Engineer Walsh, Conductor Walsh
Departed Antonito 2:30 PM with 2 cars (6 hrs. late).
Arrived Tres Piedras 6:30 PM.
Departed Tres Piedras 6:32 PM (8 hrs. 38 min. late).
Arrived Santa Fe 11:40 PM (9 hrs. 10 min. late).
Conductor delay report:
Antonito to Tres Piedras: 2 hours 40 minutes rotary ahead.
Taos Jct.: 5 minutes express, mail in house.
Embudo: 10 minutes express, mail in house.
Espanola: 15 minutes express, mail in house and load express.
No. 426 with 175
Engineer Clarke, Conductor Willis
Departed Santa Fe 1:00 PM with 2 cars (1 hr. 5 min. late).
Arrived Tres Piedras 5:15 PM (44 min. late).
Depart Tres Piedras 6:35 PM (2 hrs. 4 min. late).
Arrived Antonito 7:55 PM (2 hrs. late).
Conductor delay report:
Tres Piedras: 1 hour 20 minutes for extra 488 rotary, 425 and extra 471 west.
Extra 471 west
Engineer Boyd (35), Conductor Bruce
Departed Alamosa 1:40 PM.
Arrived Antonito 3:40 PM.
Depart Antonito 4:15 PM with 17 loads.
Arrived Tres Piedras 6:35 PM.
Depart Tres Piedras 6:50 PM.
Arrived Santa Fe 2:30 AM.
Delay report information not available.
(Tres Piedras could be a busy place. Although, in this case, most of it happened after sunset which was at 5:45.)
Pagosa Springs Branch
No. 482 and 481 with 345
Engineer Klehm, Conductor Edmisten
Departed Pagosa Springs 11:35 AM with 1 car.
Arrived Pagosa Jct. 2:15 PM.
Departed Pagosa Jct. 2:50 PM. (Did not wait for No. 115 which was stub.)
Arrived Pagosa Springs 5:00 PM.
