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Alamosa March 1, 1939

March 01, 2009 07:05PM
No. 115 with engine 477

Depart Alamosa 7:10 AM with 7 cars
Antonito set out 2 cars for No. 425
Arrive Cumbres 10:40 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:43 AM
Arrive Chama11:30 AM
Depart Chama 11:35 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 482 added account snow stays on to Alamosa
Depart Chama 4:30 PM
Antonito pick up 2 cars from No. 425
Arrive Alamosa 9:05 PM

No other trains over cumbres

Santa Fe Branch

Engine 476 Depart Alamosa light 7:00 AM for No. 425
Arrive Antonito 8:05 AM

No. 425 with engine 476
Conductor Willis
Engineer Holly

Depart Antonito 8:45 AM with 6 loads, 2 ore for Santa Fe, 2 cement for Espanola, RPO 62, coach 320
Arrive Santa Fe 4:30 PM with 4 loads

No. 426 with engine 471
Conductor Pheney
Engineer Clarke

Depart Santa Fe 9:55 AM with 3 loads
1 merchandise
RPO 61
Coach 306
1 DP
5 Box
Arrive Antonito 5:30 PM with 3 loads 7 empties

Engine 47l run light to Alamosa for shops
Arrive Alamosa 6:50 PM

Salida

Extra west with engine 495 and helper 493

Depart Salida 12:45 AM with 34 empties (coal)
Arrive Marshall Pass 3:25 AM
Engine 493 depart Marshall Pass 3:50 AM light arrive Gunnison 6:30 AM
Engine 495 with train depart Marshall Pass 3:55 AM arrive Gunnions 7:00 AM with 37 empties

Extra west with engine 496 and helper 492

Depart Salida 9:10 PM with 34 empties, 1 flat for Almont and 33 coal for Gunnison
Arrive Marshall Pass 11:55 PM meet extra east, 498-493-495
Engine 492 depart Marshall Pass 12:35 AM light arrive Sargent 1:45 AM
Engine 496 with train depart Marshall Pass 12:40 AM Set out train Buxton
Arrive Sargent 1:50 AM with caboose

Sargent extra east with 496-492-495

Depart Sargent 2:40 AM with 18 loads
Arrive Marshal Pass 4:20 AM
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 4:30 AM ight arrive Sargent 5:45 AM
Engine 492 depart Marshall Pass 4:40 AM light arrive Gunnison 7:15 PM
Engine 496 depart Marshall Pass 4:45 AM with caboose pick up train at Buxton arrive Gunnison 7:55 AM

Gunnison extra east with engines 495 and 493

Depart Gunnison 3:55 PM with 48 loads
Arrive Sargent 5:55 PM with 49 loads
Engine 498 (at Sargent) now becomes the road engine and engine 495 a helper.
Engines 498-493- 495 double to Marshall Pass.
Depart Sargent 1st turn 6:40 PM with 19 loads - 2nd turn depart Sargent 10:50 PM with 18 loads
(On first turn one of the loads is caboose, 18 loads left at Marshall Pass)
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 12:45 AM arrive Sargent 1:55 AM (now becomes "assigned" Sargent helper)
Engine 493 depart Marshall Pass1:05 AM arrive Salida 3:05 AM
Engine 498 with train departs Marshall Pass 1:55 AM with 36 loads
Notation: "4:25 AM Marinet (conductor) advises from Grays had 7 cars derailed, be necessary...tool cars, taking 5 cars head end only to Salida,caused by broken air line then split west switch, derailed 7, one crossways and 1 partly turned over."
Arrived Salida 6:35 AM

Montrose

Extra west-east with engine 315

Depart Montrose 2:05 PM with 2 loads 5 empties
1 merchandise Ouray
1 powder Telluride
2 RGS box
3 D&RGW box
Arrive Ouray 5:00 PM with 1 load 1 hour 15 minutes water, switching and turn
Depart Ouray 6:15 PM with 2 loads
Arrive Ridgway 7:00 PM 40 minutes switching and eat, 30 minutes RGS connection, 20 minutes switching
Depart Ridgway 8:35 PM with 14 loads, includes 12 loads ore received from RGS
Arrive Montrose 10:35 PM

Jimmy



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/01/2009 08:22PM by Jimmy Blouch.
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