Once again, no trains over Cumbres on this date.
No. 115 and No. 116 stub service
No. 115 with 482
Depart Alamosa 7:10 AM
(Appears inital plan was for through trip, left Alamosa with 9 cars)
Arrive Antonito 8:20 AM 3 cars for No. 425
Return, annulled Antonito to Chama
No. 116 with 482
Depart Antonito 10:35 PM with 6 cars
Arrive Alamosa 11:35 PM
No. 116 with 475
Depart Durango 11:40 AM with 4 cars
Arrive Chama 4:45 PM
Conductor Morgan reported: "No. 116 found 6 foot drifts Monero to Chama still blowing and drifting, if keeps up need flanger or helper on 116 tomorrow."
Depart Chama 5:40 PM with 4 cars
Arrive Durango 10:30 PM
Engine 470 run light Alamosa to Antonito for use as helper on No. 425 & No. 426
Depart Alamosa 6:50 AM
Arrive Antonito 7:45 AM
Santa Fe Branch
No. 425 with 476 helper 470
Conductor Pheney
Engineer Clarke
Engineer 470 Larimer
Depart Antonito 10:15 AM with 7 loads 0 empties
(Notation reads: Took flanger with out instructions)
Arrive Taos Jct 1:01 PM reports: cuts all full, blowing hard, 426 should make it OK
Arrive Barranca 2:00 PM helper off
Depart Barranca 2:05 PM
Arrive Santa Fe 6:10 PM with 4 loads
Helper turned at Barranca, engineer reports flanger off track 2 times, arrived Taos Jct 2:30 PM
No. 426 with 473
Conductor Willis
Engineer Baskett
Depart Santa Fe 10:05 AM with 3 loads 4 empties
Arrive Taos Jct 3:30 PM helper added
Depart Taos Jct 3:39 PM
Stuck in snow MP 285 unable to get out all crews tied up 10:15 PM to 1:00 PM Feb 10
Juan Lopez watched engines MP 285 10:15 PM and rode engine to Antontio
Extra with engine 477 called Alamosa 11:30 PM to get 426 out of snow at MP 285
Depart Alamosa 11:55 PM
Arrive Antonito 1:05 AM
Conductor's report:
Extra 477 west
Called Alamosa 11:30 PM
Depart Antonito 1:20 AM stuck in snow MP 283 1:30 AM Eng 487 arrived 5:20 AM and pulled us out.
(Light engine 487 had been called out of Alamosa, departing at 3:50 AM to get extra 477 out of snow at MP 283)
Fixed flanger engine 477 at 6:00 AM arrived 426's train at 6:10 AM, broke 2 chains trying to pull engine 470 of ice, could not move engine, returned to Antonito at 7:10 AM and shovelled wye and eat. Back to 426 at 8:15 AM and pulled draw bar off front end engine 470, went to Antonito for steam hose and fittings. Returned to 426 last time at 9:45 AM and melted ice under engines till 1:00 PM when get engines loose. took until 2:15 PM to get train out and (to) Antonito 2:30 PM and tie up 3:15 PM. Tried to turn flanger and put away, snow was very hard in cuts had to face drifts to hold plow down.
(Hinton)
Montrose
Extra 454 Cimarron turn
Montrose 11:30 AM to 4:10 PM switching 4:10 PM 4:45 PM water, air and eat
Depart Montrose 4:45 PM
MP 336 7:20 PM to 8:50 PM for engine 361 to help to Cerro Summit 8:50 PM to 10:30 PM back train to Cedar Creek for water and set out dead engine 453
Cimarron 11:20 PM to 11:40 PM switching and water
Montrose 1:30 AM to 1:45 AM put train away
(Gribben)
Extra 361 east
Montrose 2:15 PM to 3:00 PM switching 3:00 PM to 3:20 PM inspection 3:20 PM 4:30 PM for extra 454
Depart Montrose 4:30 PM
Cedar Creek 5:20 PM to 5:30 PM water
MP 336 to Cimarron 7:20 PM to 11:20 PM bucking snow, digging engine out and going for water
Cimarron 11:20 PM to 12:15 AM switching, water and eat
Elk Creek 1:50 AM 2:00 AM water
Gunnison 2:50 AM to 3:05 AM tie up
(Purcill)
Reported to dispatcher:
9:30 PM Purcill at Cimarron cab and flanger stuck in snow MP 334. Gribben stuck 1 1/2 miles west of Cerro - out (of) water, get water and section men go back dig flanger out come to Cimarron, turn and go get Gribben out. Purcill Cimarron 11:25 PM, be out soon as coal engine, section men say snow bad in canyon.
No trains to Ridgway
Jimmy
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/09/2009 05:37PM by Jimmy Blouch.
