Saturday January 19, 1935
ALAMOSA
Snowing across most of the system
Cumbres 2:55 PM snowing and blowing hard now, can’t see 100 feet ahead, 5:00 PM very strong SW wind, 10 above, can’t tell if snowing or not
Chama 4:10 PM brisk SW wind and snowing hard
Alamosa 4:10 PM blizzard commences to 5:10 PM
No. 115 with engine 475
Conductor Hines
Engineer Tozier (to Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:10 AM with 6 cars
Antonito set out 2 cars
Arrive Cumbres 10:42 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:44 AM
Arrive Chama 11:30 AM
Depart Chama 11:35 AM (engineer House)
Arrive Durango 4:35 PM
At Cumbres No. 115 advises found couple of feet lite snow filled in cuts, not blowing much between Sublette and Cumbres snow lite and ? easy plowing, hard Big Horn to Sublette, hardly any snow Los Pinos to Cumbres drifting
No. 116 with engine 472
Conductor Conway
Engineer Fitzer (to Chama)
Depart Durango 9:50 AM with 4 cars
Arrive Chama 2:40 PM
Depart Cham 2:45 PM, (engineer Tozier) pick up mail car 65 set out by No. 115 Jan 18)
Arrive Cumbres 4:15 PM
Depart Cumbres 4:23 PM
Antonito pick up 2 cars
Arrive Alamosa 7:45 PM
At Alamosa conductor reports very hard storm Chama to Lava
Chama extra 481 west, Dulce turn
Conductor Clarke
Engineer Oberrich
Depart Chama 1:30 PM with 2 loads 3 empties
Azotea 15 minutes for No. 116
Lumberton 10 minutes fill cistern, 20 minutes switch empties for mine, 1 hour work Miller Mine
Dulce 10 minutes get bills, 30 minutes get 6 loads
Lumberton 5 minutes turn on wye, 35 minutes pick up 12 loads
Arrive Chama 8:40 PM with 18 loads 1 empty
Santa Fe branch
No. 425 with engine 478
Conductor Pheney
Engineer Baskett
Depart Antonito 8:35 AM with 3 cars, includes 63 and 284
Arrive Santa Fe 4:30 PM with 2 cars
No. 426 with engine 473
Conductor Willis
Engineer Caldwell
Depart Santa Fe 9:25 AM with 3 loads 5 empties
1 mdse
1 empty coal
4 empty box
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306
Arrive Antonito 5:30 PM with 4 loads 6 empties
SALIDA
Train No. 315 with engine 479 (to Gunnison)
Conductor Perkins
Engineer Stewart (to Gunnison)
Depart Salida 7:15 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Marshall Pass 8:55 AM
Depart Marshall Pass 8:58 AM
Arrive Gunnison 10:55 AM
Depart Gunnison 11:05 AM, engine 319, engineer Knoll, with 4 cars
Arrive Montrose 2:45 PM
Train No. 316 with engine 344 (to Gunnison)
Conductor Sloan
Engineer Knoll (to Gunnison)
Depart Montrose 3:35 PM with 3 cars
Arrive Gunnison 7:10 PM, delayed Gunnison 40 minutes wait for bus, injured man to hospital and mail
Depart Gunnison 8:05 PM, engine 479, engineer Stewart, with 5 cars
Arrive Sargent 9:15 PM
Depart Sargent 9:20 PM
Arrive Salida 11:40 PM
Reports snowing Gunnison to Salida
Monarch branch with engine 488
Conductor Rhodes
Engineer Allen
Depart Salida 11:10 AM with flanger and caboose
Arrive Monarch 12:30 PM
Depart Monarch 2:00 PM
Arrive Salida 3:50 PM with 8 loads, flanger
Salida Extra 496 west, Valley Line
Conductor Sandberg
Engineer W Wilson
Depart Salida 9:55 AM with 3 loads 5 empties
Double Mears Jct Poncha Pass
Villa Grove load and pick cattle
Arrive Alamosa 4:45 PM with 6 loads 7 empties, 155 tons adjusted
GUNNISON
Crested Butte branch
Work extra with engines 474 and 361, rotary
Conductor Mahoney
Engine 474 Braswell
Engine 361 H Gates
Rotary Myers
Rotary Pilot Nordstrom
Depart Gunnison 9:00 AM
Cleaned track to Crested Butte and Buckley mine, got all the slides between Crested Butte and Peanut, and go within quarter mile of Peanut when rotary broke down.
Return to Gunnison 8:25 PM
Train No. 347 with engine 460
Conductor Dean
Engineer F M Rusk
Depart Gunnison 1:35 PM with 3 loads 22 empties
Almont 10 minutes unload freight
Jacks Cabin 10 minutes unload express and water
Arrive Crested Butte 4:05 PM, switch and flange (mines all idle)
Depart Crested Butte as extra 460 east
Arrive Gunnison 10:05 PM
MONTROSE
Ouray branch
Train No. 354 with engine 342
Conductor Miller
Engineer Rusk
Depart Ouray 11:15 AM with 2 cars
Arrive Montrose 1:30 PM
Train No. 353 with engine 342
Same crew
Depart Montrose 4:15 PM with 5 loads
1 load Durango
1 mdse Ridgway
1 mdse Ouray
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323
Arrive Ridgway 5:55 PM, unload mail and express, spot mdse
Depart Ridgway 6:10 PM
Arrive Ouray 7:00 PM with 3 loads
Pagosa Springs branch
10 inches heavy wet snow on level at Pagosa Springs, been snowing all day
Train No. 482 with engine 340
Conductor Edmiston
Engineer Voigt
Conductor asks for flanger and snow plow before can leave Pagosa Springs
Depart Pagosa Springs 9:35 AM with 2 cars
Arrive Pagosa Jct 12:50 PM
Durango Extra 318 east, light engine for Pagosa Jct
Engineer Dieckman
Depart Durango 10:10 AM
Arrive Pagosa Jct 1:25 PM
Pagosa Jct extra 340 west, light engine, to shops for repairs, broken back equalizer, and put plow on
Engineer Dieckman
Depart Pagosa Jct 2:15 PM
Arrive Durango 5:30 PM
Train No. 481 with engine 318
Conductor Edmiston
Engineer Voigt
Depart Pagosa Jct 2:05 PM with 3 cars
MP 461 ½ 1 hour 30 minutes shoveling snow and ice
Arrive Pagosa Springs 5:45 PM
Silverton branch
Trains No. 461 and 462 annulled account snow slides
Silverton work extra 459
Conductor Fry
Engineer Katschthaler
Depart Silverton 7:00 AM with cars, coach, 1 car rails, caboose
MP 485 ¾ 3 hours 30 minutes account snow slide and put in 5 rails, (from previous day had been broken out by snow slide)
MP 467 ½ 15 minutes repair telegraph line
MP 467 1 hour 30 minutes had engine 459 derailed
At Tacoma conductor called agent Durango, advised should reach Durango 3:30 PM, has 14 section men and foreman from Silverton with him.
Arrive Durango 5:10 PM with 2 cars
Farmington branch
Work extra 375 with derrick
Conductor Edmiston
Engineer Klahn
Work with B&B at bridge 485.58, tie up Farmington
Durango switch engine 302 with foreman Gabbe engineer Basher
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