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Alamosa March 12, 1939

March 12, 2009 10:28AM
No. 115 with engine 470

Depart Alamosa 7:10 AM with 8 cars
Arrive Cumbres 10:40 AM set out 3 cars, 323, 319, 159, ski party
Depart Cumbres 10:50 AM
Arrive Chama 11:27 AM
Depart Chama 11:35 AM
Arrive Durango 4:35 PM

Notation:

"12:35 PM, operator Cumbres advises Leo Salazar, age 13 and Maxine Andre, age 16, each have right leg broken above knee, toboggan accident. Girls father at Cumbres Salazar is son of Clerk freight house Alamosa. Call Dr. Dunbar Chama to go to cumbres on caboose. Entire crew volunteer services. Ernestine Ludlum also slightly injured but no bones broken."

Chama - Volunteer extra with engine 482

Depart Chama 2:35 PM
Arrive Cumbres 3:20 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:30 PM
Arrive Chama 6:25 PM

"Entire crew, Holly, Thatcher, Duristad (?), Attaweg (?), and Swartz volunteered their services free for this trip to take doctor to Cumbres account 3 injured children."

No. 116 with engine 475

Depart Durango 11:40 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Chama 4:25 PM
Depart Chama 4:30 PM
Arrive Cumbres 5:25 PM pick up 3 cars, ski party
Depart Cumbres 5:35 PM
Arrive Alamosa 9:05 PM

Alamosa extra west with engine 487

Depart Alamosa 1:30 AM with 25 loads 26 empties
Depart Antonito 4:30 PM with 15 loads 15 empites
MP 301 account bad flange in cuts wst of MP backed up to Big Horn and reduced. "Connelly Sublette 7:25 AM says flange very bad in cuts Big Horn to Sublette, set out 6 Chama tanks Big Horn - 115 - 116 can clean them out with flanger."
Arrive Cumbres 9:25 AM
Depart Cumbres 9:40 AM
Arrive Chama 10:50 AM

Chama extra west with engine 488

Depart Chama 1:10 PM with 25 loads 18 empties
Meet No. 116 at Lumberton
Arrive Durango 10:20 PM

Chama extra east with engines 486 and 489

Depart Chama 2:40 AM with 10 loads 4 empties
Arrive Cumbres 4:15 AM
Engine 489 depart Cumbres 4:50 AM arrive Chama 5:55 AM
Engine 486 depart Cumbres 4:50 AM with train 27 loads 8 empties
Toltec 1 hour 50 minutes extra 487 west only siding account snow
Big Horn 10 minutes pick up car coal, 25 minutes No. 115
Arrive Alamosa 11:55 AM

Salida No. 315 and No. 316

Depart Salida 7:00 AM with 4 cars
Arrive Gunnison 10:45 AM
(Conductor reports "hill is clear, calm, very good shape."
Depart Gunnison 6:30 PM with 4 cars
Arrive Salida 10:05 PM


Salida light engine west 499, (engine 479 out of service)

Depart Salida 9:40 AM light for Villa Grove help extra east account snow.

Alamosa extra east with engine 492

Depart Alamosa 8:25 AM with 11 loads 19 empties
Double Round Hill with engine 499 as helper
Engine 499 returns light from Poncha Pass to Salida arriving 3:20 PM
Egnine 492 depart Poncha Pass 2:25 PM
Arrive Salida 3:35 PM with 34 loads

Branch lines - No trains - Sunday

Jimmy



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/12/2009 10:41AM by Jimmy Blouch.
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