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Alamosa February 27, 1939

February 27, 2009 09:50PM
No. 115 with engine 477 and helper 489

Depart Alamosa 7:10 AM with 6 cars
Antonito set out 2 cars for No. 425
Arrive Cumbres 10:42 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:45 AM
Arrive Chama 11:35 AM helper engine 489 off
Depart Chama 11:40 AM
Arrive Durango 4:35 PM

No. 116 with engine 475

Depart Durango 11:40 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Chama 4:25 PM helper engine 489 on, stays on to Alamosa
Depart Chama 4:30 PM
Arrive Cumbres 5:24 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:27PM
Antonito pick up 2 cars from No. 426
Arrive Alamosa 9:05 PM

Durango extra east with engine 486

Depart Durango 1:30 PM with 15 loads 8 empties
Meet No. 115 at Ignacio
Arrive Chama 10:05 PM

Chama extra east with engine 488 and helper 487

Depart Chama 11:40 PM with 11 loads
Arrive Cumbres 1:05 AM
Helper engine 487 depart Cumbres 1:15 AM light arrive Alamosa 5:35 AM
Engine 488 with train depart Cumbres 1:20 AM with 33 loads 1 empty
Arrive Alamosa 6:15 AM

Santa Fe Branch

No. 425 with engine 473
Conductor Willis
Engineer Holly

Depart Antonito 8:40 AM with 2 merchandise, RPO 62, coach 320
Arrive Santa Fe 4:30 PM with 3 loads

No. 426 with engine 471
Conductor Pheney
Engineer Clarke

Depart Santa Fe 9:40 AM with 1 merchandies, RPO 63, coach 306
Arrive Antonito 4:50 PM with 3 loads 1 empty
Conductor reported: some cuts half full of snow Taos Jct to Antonito, worst MP 285, need help in AM to get thru if continues blowing.

Salida

No. 315 with engine 499
Depart Salida 7:00 AM with 5 cars
(Can't quite make out all the details but No. 315 stuck in snow on east side and found up to 5 feet of snow from ------ to Marshall Pass)
Arrive Marshall Pass 10:50 AM
Depart Marshall Pass 10:54 AM
Arrive Gunnison 1:00 PM

Salida extra west P&F snow work with engines 479 and 495

Called Salida 12:25 PM
30 minutes Salida for No. 2
Depart Salida 12:55 PM
Arrive Marshall Pass 3:25 PM
Depart Marshall Pass 3:40 PM
Arrive Sargent 5:35 PM
1 hour 25 minutes Sargent protect (No.) 316
Depart Sargent 7:00 PM
40 minutes wait for (No.) 316

No. 316 Depart Gunnison 6:30 PM
Sargent times not shown
At Chester couples with extra 479-495
Arrive Marshall Pass 8:46 PM Extra 479-495 off Depart Marshall Pass 9:10 PM arrive Salida 11:05 PM
Depart Marshall Pass 8:48 PM
Arrive Salida 10:10 PM

Salida extra west with engines 496 and 492

Depart Salida 2:10 PM 6 loads 6 empties
15 minutes Mears Jct pick up 12
Arrive Marshall Pass 4:35 PM Engine 492 off depart 4:40 PM arrive Gunnison 7:30 PM
Engine 496 with train depart Marshall Pass 4:55 PM with train
15 minutes Buxton pick up 35 empty coal
20 minutes Sargent pick up 32 empty coal 15 minutes eat
15 minutes Crookton pick up 6 empty SDs
15 minutes Doyle pick up 4
15 minutes Parlin set out 4 empty box 6 stock cars
Arrive Gunnison 9:45 PM with 10 loads 81 empties

Montrose

Extra west-east with engine 315

Depart Montrose 1:15 PM
1 merchandise Ouray
5 RGS box empty Ridgway
Arrive Ouray 4:00 PM 1 hour water, switching, and turn
Depart Ouray 5:00 PM with 3 loads 4 empties
Arrive Montrose 7:20 PM with same

Gunnison

Extra west-east with engines 223 and 278
Depart Gunnison 10:25 AM with 1 load 17 empties and flanger
1 hour 10 minutes Castleton set out flanger and work Coopers 35 minutes eat and pick up
Arrive Baldwin 1:10 PM 1 hour 35 minutes pick ice and mine work
Depart Baldwin 3:45 PM
Arrive Gunnison 5:50 PM with 23 loads

Crested Butte Branch

Extra west-east with engines 474 and 360 and flanger

Depart Gunnison 11:40 AM with 50 empties
Arrive Crested Butte 1:50 PM
Engine 360 Depart Crested Butte 4:40 PM light arrive Gunnison 6:00 PM
Engine 474 with train depart Crested Butte 5:25 PM
Arrive Gunnison 7:05 PM with 48 loads

Jimmy



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/28/2009 04:38PM by Jimmy Blouch.
Subject Author Posted

Alamosa February 27, 1939

Jimmy Blouch February 27, 2009 09:50PM

Re: Alamosa February 27, 1939

Jim McKee February 28, 2009 10:24AM



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