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Alamosa March 10, 1939

March 10, 2009 04:02PM
No. 115 with engine 470

Depart Alamosa 7:10 AM with 7 cars
Antonito set out 2 cars for No. 425
Arrive Cumbres 10:37 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:40 AM
Arrive Chama 11:30 AM
Depart Chama 11:35 AM
Rock on track, weighs about 15 ton 5 poles west of MP 384, removed 4:00 PM, section foreman Pagosa (Jct) track OK
Arrive Durango 5:00 PM

No. 116 with engine 475

Depart Durango 11:40 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Chama 4:25 PM engine 483 added, stays on to Alamosa
Depart Chama 4:30 PM
Arrive Cumbres 5:25 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:30 PM
Antonito pick up 2 cars from No. 426
Arrive Alamosa 9:05 PM

Alamosa break in run engine 456
Engineer Holly
(Post of February 4, 1939 reflected engine 456 moved dead in train from Mears Jct to Alamosa)
Depart Alamosa 11:25 AM light
Arrive Antonito 2:00 PM
Depart Antonito 2:05 PM
Lava: raining and blowing at Lava, did not go to Big Horn, looked too bad (Holly 456)
Arrive Antonito 4:15 PM
Depart Antonito 4:25 PM
Arrive Alamosa 6:05 PM

Chama Cumbres turn with engines 489-483-487

Depart Chama 4:55 AM with 17 loads 4 empties
Arrive Cumbres 6:25 AM
Engine 483 depart Cumbres 6:40 AM light arrive Chama 7:45 AM
Engine 487 depart Cumbres 6:45 AM light arrive Chama 7:50 AM
Engine 489 depart Cumbres 6:50 AM with train of 14 empties arrive Chama 8:00 AM

Durango extra east with engine 482

Depart Durango 11:50 AM with 13 loads 10 empties (include 2 cars cattle, Kansas City, via Pueblo MOP)
Meet No. 115 at La Boca
Arrive Chama 11:35 PM with 17 loads 3 empties

Chama extra east with engines 464 and 487

Called for 11:55 PM

Chama 15 minutes prep, 15 minutes coal and water engine 464, 20 minutes pick up flanger, 2 cattle and caboose, 10 minutes air and test flanger
Depart Chama 12:55 AM with 3 loads
Arrive Cumbres 1:55 AM 20 minutes water and clean snow ---- ,
Depart Cumbres 2:15 AM
stopped 5 times Coxo to Osier clean snow out head light, found up to 5 feet snow in cuts, wet and heavy, bad flange Coxo to Cumbres
MP 311 - 3:40 AM - 4:45 AM derailed head pair wheels RG 5802, cattle KC, thinks caused by rocks, 1 hour 10 minutes rebrass and repack L4 on 5802, brass turned over
Arrived Alamosa 9:10 AM

Santa Fe Branch

No. 425 with engine 473
Conductor Willis
Engineer Allbee

Depart Antonito 8:30 AM with 1 ore Santa Fe, 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 3 loads 1 empty
Arrive Antonito 5:30 PM

Engine 471 run light to Alamosa for shops, arrive Alamosa 6:50 PM

Salida

No. 315 and No. 316 with engine 472

Depart Salida 7:00 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Gunnison 10:45 AM
Depart Gunnison 6:30 PM with 5 cars
Arrive Salida 10:05 PM

Salida extra west with engines 496 and 499

Depart Salida 12:50 AM with 76 empties (coal)
Arrive Marshall Pass 4:45 AM with 37 empties
Engine 499 depart Marshall Pass 4:45 AM light arrive Gunnison 7:35 AM
Engine 496 depart Marshall Pass 5:00 AM with 37 empties arrive Gunnison 7:40 AM

Gunnison extra east with engines 492 and 498

Depart Gunnison 12:20 PM with 54 loads (13 valley loads)
Parlin load 2 cars cattle take brake beam down on engine 498
Crookton load 6 cars cattle
Arrive Sargent 4:20 PM 30 minutes double in and set out, 20 minutes coal and water, 15 minutes wait for bills.
Helper engine 490 added
Depart Sargent 5:55 PM 21 loads
Arrive Marshall Pass 7:20 PM
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 7:30 PM light arrive Sargent 8:40 PM
Engine 492 with train, pick up, air and let No. 316 by
Enginge 492 depart Marshall Pass 9:00 PM with 38 loads and engine 498 in tow account no brakes, arrive Salida 11:10 PM

Gunnison extra east with engines 496 and 499

Depart Gunnison with 47 loads (4 valley coal)
Arrive Sargent 10:50 PM
Helper engine 490 added, made 2 trips to Marshall Pass with 17 loads each
On last turn depart Sargent 5:40 AM arrive Marshall Pass 6:50 AM
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 5:50 AM light arrive Sargent 7:05 AM
Engine 499 depart Marshall Pass 6:10 AM light arrive Salida 8:05 AM
Engine 496 depart Marshall Pass 6:50 AM with 34 loads arrive Salida 9:35 AM

Montrose extra east with engines 361 and 360

Depart Montrose 11:35 AM with 12 loads (11 B&B outfits for Sapinero)
12:45 PM to 3:45 PM doubling Cedar Creek to Cerro Summit
Arrive Cimarron 4:15 PM 45 minutes coal engines, 30 minutes switching
Depart Cimarron 5:30 PM
Arrive Gunnison 10:05 PM 2 loads 18 empties

Montrose extra west east (Ouray turn) with engine 315

Depart Montrose 1:30 PM
2 coal Ouray
1 merchandise Ouray
1 coal Ridgway
2 empty tanks
4 empty RGS box
Arrive Ouray 4:35 PM with 3 loads 35 minutes switching and turn
Depart Ouray 5:10 PM with 1 load
Arrive Montrose 7:25 PM with 5 loads

Jimmy
Subject Author Posted

Alamosa March 10, 1939

Jimmy Blouch March 10, 2009 04:02PM

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Keith March 10, 2009 07:26PM

Thanks again....

John West March 10, 2009 08:22PM

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