Jimmy Blouch Wrote:
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> 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
