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Alamosa October 26 1936

November 09, 2011 06:06PM
Monday October 26 1936

ALAMOSA

No. 115 with engine 475
Conductor Hines
Engineer Arnell (to Chama)

Depart Alamosa 7:15 AM with 7 cars
119
169
285
Silverton
125
63
306
Antonito set out cars 125, 63 and 306 for No. 425
Arrive Cumbres 10:50 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:55 AM
Arrive Chama 11:36 AM
Depart Chama 11:40 AM (engineer Fitzer)
Arrive Dulce 1:02 PM
Depart Dulce 1:03 PM
Arrive Durango 4:35 PM with 4 cars

No. 116 with engine 477
Conductor Pollard
Engineer House (to Chama)

Depart Durango 9:50 AM with 5 cars
66
129
167
287
Durango
Arrive Dulce 1:24 PM
Depart Dulce 1:26 PM
Arrive Chama 2:47 PM
Depart Chama 2:55 PM (engineer Arnell)
Arrive Cumbres 3:43 PM
Depart Cumbres 3:47 PM
Antonito pick up 3 cars from No. 426
159
62
319
Arrive Alamosa 7:20 PM with 8 cars

Chama Cumbres turn with engines 483, 484 and 494
Conductor Massey
Engine 483 Turney
Engine 484 KJellogg
Engine 494 Kearin
Depart Chama 4:15 AM with 23 loads
Arrive Cumbres 6:55 PM, meet extra 489 west
Engine 484 depart Cumbres 7:05 AM light for Chama
Engine 494 depart Cumbres 7:15 AM light for Chamaa
Extra 489 west crew tied up 7:40 AM, hours of service law
Extra 483 west take extra 489 west train to Chama
Depart Cumbres 7:50 AM with 3 loads 34 empties
Arrive Chama 9:40 AM with 3 loads 34 empties (extra 489 west crew deadhead to Chama)

Chama Cumbres turn with engines 494, 484 and 489
Conductor Massey
Engine 494 Turney
Engine 484 Johnson
Engine 489 Palmer

Depart Chama 12:05 PM with 24 loads
Arrive Cumbres 1:15 PM
Engine 494 depart Cumbres 1:30 PM with caboose for Chama
Engine 484 depart Cumbres 1:40 PM light for Chama
Engine 489 depart Cumbres 1:50 PM light for Chama

Chama extra 482 west
Conductor Murray
Engineer Dieckman

Depart Chama 11:15 AM with 2 loads 41 empties
24 double decks
8 dumps
8 coals
Also had a drover car
Azotea 25 minutes let No. 115 by
Lumberton 30 minutes meet No. 116, 10 minutes switching
Dulce 10 minutes ordrs
Pagosa Jct 45 minutes coal & water, eat, switching
Tiffany 25 minutes meet extra 486 east
Carbon Jct 10 minutes switching, set out
Arrive Durango 8:05 PM with 3 loads 10 empoties

Durango extra 486 east
Conductor S Edmisten
Engineer Connor

Depart Durango 2:15 PM with 10 loads 4 empties
Oxford 20 minutes meet No., 115
Ignacio 10 minutes switching
Tiffany 25 minutes load 4 cars sheep, 10 minutes meet extra 482 west
Pagosa Jct 25 minutes eat, coal & water
Arrive Chama 10:15 PM with 14 loads 4 empties

Alamosa extra 487 west
Conductor Warlum
Engineer Shumaker

Depart Alamosa 2:45 PM with 46 empties
Arrive Antonito 4:20 PM with 46 empties
Depart Antonito 4:40 PM with 39 empties
Lava 25 minutes meet No. 116
Sublette 20 minutes water and eat
Arrive Cumbres 9:10 PM with 39 empties
Depart Cumbres 9:35 PM with 39 empties
Arrive Chama 10:50 PM with 39 empties

Alamosa extra 472 west
Conductor Hurley
Engineer Stephens

Depart Alamosa 9:20 PM with 13 loads
La Jara 25 minutes meet extra 765 east
Arrive Antonito 11:20 AM with 13 loads, 40 minutes switching, 45 minutes instructions
Depart Antonito 12:45 AM with 12 loads 17 empties
Osier 55 minutes meet extra 489 east (Oct 27)
Arrive Cumbres 6:15 AM with 11 loads 17 empties
Depart Cumbres 6:45 AM with 11 loads 17 empties
Arrive Chama 8:10 AM with 11 loads 17 empties, 20 minutes held by extra east, 20 minutes put train away, 5 minutes spot meat car

Durango Farmington branch Train No. 435 and Train No. 436 with engine 459
Conductor Knight
Engineer Katschthaler

Depart Durango 10:00 AM with 21 empties
Carbon Jct 15 minutes pick up
Aztec 15 minutes switching and mdse
Refinery 10 minutes set out
Arrive Farmington 1:55 PM with 6 loads 33 empties, switching, eat, load 7 cars sheep, spot empties for bean loading

Durango extra 476, light engine to Farmington to help Train No. 436
Engineer Densmore

Depart Durango 1:20 PM
Arrive Farmington 4:00 PM
Train No. 436 with engine 459 and helper engine depart Farmington 4:35 PM
5 oil Salt Lake
1 gas Durango
1 gas Dolores
1 gas Mancos
1 gas Chama
2 gas Durango
7 cars sheep
Aztec pick up 12 cars sheep
Arrive Durango 8:55 PM with 28 loads 1 empty

Durango extra 488 east
Conductor Fry
Engineer Vinton

Depart Durango 10:15 PM with 23 loads, includes 19 cars stock
Pagosa Jct 40 minutes coal & water, eat
Arrive Chama 7:10 AM with 23 loads

Durango switch engine 271 foreman Pfeiffer engineer Basher (day)

Durango switch engine 271 foreman Rowe engineer Johnson (night)

Work extra 375 with ditcher
Conductor McLaughlin
Engineer Marsh

Worked between Cumbres and Osier with ditcher picking up rail, angle bars, scrap and tie plates, loaded 3 cars rail

Alamosa Antonito turn with engine 765
Conductor Roberts
Engineer Thampson

Santa Fe branch

Train No. 425 with engine 478
Conductor Willis
Engineer Walsh

Depart Antonito 8:47 AM with 6 loads
1 mdse Santa Fe
1 cement Espanola
1 gas Taos Jct
125
63
306
Arrive Santa Fe 5:125 PM with 5 loads 1 empty

Train No. 426 with engine 473
Conductor Pheney
Engineer Clarke
Swing brakeman W T Leck

Depart Santa Fe 9:35 AM with 4 loads 1 empty
125
62
319
Arrive Antonito 5:30 PM with 3 loads 6 empties

Engine 473 run light to Alamosa, for shops
Engineer Clarke

Depart Antonito 5:40 PM
Arrive Alamosa 6:45 PM

Alamosa extra 452 west, light engine to Embudo to help extra 464 east
Engineer Owensby

Depart Alamosa 11:05 AM
Arrive Antonito 12:40 PM
Depart Antonito 12:45 PM
Arrive Embudo 4:45 PM

Santa Fe extra 464 east
Conductor Moore
Engineer T Cummins

Depart Santa Fe 10:40 AM with caboose
Espanola load 23 cars sheep
Embudo add helper engine 452
Double Embudo to Barranca
Arrive Antonito 12:25 AM with 23 loads 3 empties
Engines stay coupled depart Antonito 12:30 AM with 23 loads 3 empties
Arrive Alamosa 1:35 AM with 23 loads 3 empties

Work extra 268
Conductor F Edmisten
Engineer Voigt

Loaded and dumped 81 loads rock and dirt in bridge 349.76

SALIDA

Gunnison extra 491 east
Conductor Rhodes
Engineer C Wilson

Depart Gunnison 11:55 PM (Oct 25) with 42 loads, includes 29 cars stock
Arrive Sargent 1:50 AM, set out, coal & water, add 1 helper engine (needed 2 helper engines, engine 499 not yet back from Marshall Pass, added at Buxton)
Engine 490 Hockett
Engine 499 Sidenstricker

Depart Sargent 3:05 PM with 30 loads
Buxton 1 hour 25 minutes meet helper engine 499 west, wait for helper engine 499, from Sargent
Arrive Marshall Pass 5:55 AM
Engine 499 depart Marshall Pass 6:30 AM light for Sargent
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 6:40 AM light for Sargent
Extra 491 east depart Marshall Pass 6:50 AM with 42 loads
Pocono 15 minutes meet No. 315
Mears Jct 15 minutes set out and inspection
Arrive Salida 9:35 AM with 38 loads

Train No. 315 and Train No. 316 with engine 471
Conductor Perkikns
Engineer Shewalter

Train No. 315 depart Salida 6:00 AM with 5 cars
54
151
168
325
401
Arrive Marshall Pass 7:37 AM
Depart Marshall Pass 7:40 AM
Arrive Gunnison 9:35 AM with 5 cars

Train No. 316 depart Gunnison 6:05 PM with 5 cars, 3 minutes blocked by engine extra east
54
151
168
325
401
Parlin 8 minutes saw by extra 497 west
Arrive Salida 9:40 PM with 5 cars

Salida extra 485, Monarch branch
Conductor Sloan
Engineer R Wilson

Depart Salida 7:50 AM with 28 empties
Detail not available
Arrive Salida 3:25 PM with 19 loads 1 empty

Sargent hill turn with engines 495, 499 and 490
Conductor Carlin
Engine 495 Bovee
Engine 499 Graham
Engine 490 Rogers

Depart Sargent 1:00 PM with 20 loads
Arrive Marshall Pass 2:40 PM with 19 loads (reason for difference not shown)
Engine 499 depart Marshall Pass 2:45 PM light for Sargent
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 2:55 PM light for Sargent
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 3:05 PM with caboose for Sargent

Salida extra 492 west with helper engines 481 and 496
Conductor McCall
Engine 492 Dailey
Engine 481 Harrell
Engine 496 Treskett

Depart Salida 11:45 AM with 48 empties
Mears Jct 15 minutes water
Keene 30 minutes pick up outfits
MP 232 ½ fix air hose RG 1631
Arrive Marshall Pass 3:05 PM with 9 loads 47 empties, set out outfit cars, extra gang # 9
Engine 481 depart Marshall Pass 3:50 PM light for Mears Jct, Valley line help extra 498 east
Engine 496 depart Marshall Pass 4:15 PM light for Mears Jct, Valley line help extra 498 east
Extra 492 west depart Marshall Pass 3:55 PM with 47 empties
Parlin 15 minutes meet No. 316, 10 minutes meet and saw by extra 497 east
Arrive Gunnison 8:10 PM with 49 empties

Alamosa extra 498 east, Valley line, Mears Jct turn, return to Alamosa clear up west loads

Conductor Kilgore
Engineer Gill

Depart Alamosa 1:10 PM with 3 loads 18 empties
Mosca 35 minutes switching
Hooper 20 minutes switching
Moffat 10 minutes switching
Arrive Mears Jct 5:50 PM, 55 minutes switch, turn engine, helper engines 481 and 496 added
Depart Mears Jct 6:45 PM
Arrive Poncha Jct Pass 7:10 PM (edit 12-3-11)
Engine 481 depart Poncha Pass 7:10 PM light for Salida
Engine 496 depart Poncha Pass 7:20 PM light for Salida
Extra 498 west depart Poncha Pass 7:30 PM
Villa Grove 30 minutes water and shovel down coal, 15 minutes switching
Lost 1 hour between Mineral Hot Springs and Moffat account soft track due to snow melting
Mosca 35 minutes switching
Arrive Alamosa 2:10 AM with 26 loads 1 empty

Sargent hill turn with engines 495, 499 and 490
Conductor Carlin
Engine 495 Rhodes
Engine 499 Cooper
Engine 490 Hockett


Depart Sargent 5:25 PM with 19 loads
Arrive Marshall Pass 6:40 PM
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 6:45 PM light for Sargent
Engine 499 depart Marshall Pass 6:55 PM light for Sargent
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 7:05 PM with caboose for Sargent

Gunnison extra 497 east
Conductor Gribben
Engineer Hyatt

Depart Gunnison 6:15 PM with 35 loads, includes 15 cars sheep from Cimarron
Parlin 40 minutes saw by extra 492 west
Elko 20 minutes hot box RG 3575, no packing
Arrive Sargent 9:20 PM, set out, coal& water, add 2 helper engines
Engine 499 Sidenstricker
Engine 496 490 Bovee (edit 12-3-11)
Depart Sargent 10:00 PM with 25 loads
Arrive Marshall Pass 11:40 PM
Engine 496 490 depart Marshall Pass 12:25 AM light for Sargent (edit 12-3-11)
Engine 499 depart Marshall Pass 12:35 AM light for Sargent
Extra 497 east depart Marshall Pass 1:120 AM with 44 loads
Arrive Salida 3:30 AM with 44 loads

Salida extra 491 west with helper engines 479 and 461
Conductor Hallock
Engine 491 Runyon
Engine 479 Crooks
Engine 461 W Wilson
Conductor Straitiff and engineer Veo deadhead to meet point with extra 492 east and take over extra 492 east

Depart Salida 10:30 PM with 6 loads 34 empties and deadhead caboose
Shirley 2 hours 25 minutes water and meet extra 497 east
Arrive Marshall Pass 4:10 AM with 6 loads 34 empties
Engine 479 depart Marshall Pass 4:45 AM light for Salida
Engine 461 depart Marshall Pass 4:55 AM light for Salida
Extra 491 west depart Marshall Pass 5:40 AM with 6 loads 34 empties
Shavano 1 hour 15 minutes meet extra 492 east (Oct 27), deadhead crew transfer to extra 492 east
Extra 491 west arrive Gunnison 8:15 AM (?)

GUNNISON

Crested Butte branch Train No. 347 and Train No. 348 with engine 474
Conductor Dean
Engineer Dunlap

Depart Gunnison 11:50 AM with 1 load 42 empties
Arrive Crested Butte 1:10 PM with 1 load 42 empties
Depart Crested Butte 3:40 PM with 45 loads
Arrive Gunnison 5:30 PM with 45 loads

Gunnison switch engine 460 foreman Winters engineer Cowan

Gunnison extra 361 west, Cimarron turn
Conductor McMillan
Engineer Gates

Depart Gunnison 10:35 AM with 7 loads 15 empties, includes 4 cars sheep for Cimarron
Arrive Cimarron 12:50 PM with 7 loads 15 empties, 1 hour load 15 cars sheep, 25 minutes unloading 4 cars sheep
Depart Cimarron 2:35 PM with 15 loads
Arrive Gunnison 5:00 PM with 15 loads

Gunnison extra 360 west, to Montrose
Conductor Purceil
Engineer Edwards

Depart Gunnison 8:10 PM with 2 loads 13 empties
Sapinero 40 minutes meet extra 319 east
Arrive Cimarron 11:20 PM with 2 loads 13 empties

MONTROSE-GUNNISON

Montrose extra 454, Ridgway turn
Conductor E P Mahoney
Engineer Braswell

Depart Montrose 1:45 AM with 12 empties
Arrive Ridgway 3:10 AM
Depart Ridgway 3:30 AM with caboose
Arrive Montrose 4:55 AM with caboose

Montrose extra 318, Ouray branch
Conductor Arnold
Engineer Rusk

Depart Montrose 12:45 PM with 10 loads 4 empties
4 coal Ouray
1 mdse Ouray
1 steel balls Ouray
1 mdse Ridgway
Cow Creek 10 minutes take water clean ash pans
Ridgway 30 minutes set out, pick up, spot load
Arrive Ouray 3:50 PM with 6 loads
Depart Ouray 5:35 PM with 2 loads 1 empty
Ridgway pick up and get bills
Arrive Montrose 8:35 PM with 20 loads 1 empty

Montrose extra 453, Ridgway turn, Ridgway turn get RGS stock
Conductor E P Mahoney
Engineer Braswell

Depart Montrose 2:05 PM with caboose
Arrive Ridgway 3:30 PM with caboose, get 10 cars sheep from RGS
Depart Ridgway 4:30 PM with 10 loads
Arrive Montrose 6:00 PM with 10 loads

Montrose extra 319 east with helper engine 453, to Gunnison
Conductor McMillan
Engine 319 Braswell
Engine 453 Price

Depart Montrose 7:00 PM with 10 loads
At Cerro Summit helper engine off, run light to Cimarron, arrive 8:20 PM
Extra 319 east arrive Cimarron 8:40 PM with 10 loads
Depart Cimarron 9:10 PM with 10 loads
Arrive Gunnison 11:59 PM with 10 loads

At Cimarron extra 360 west with helper engine depart 12:05 AM
At Cerro Summit helper engine 453 off, run light to Montrose
Extra 360 west depart Cerro Summit time not shown
Fairview 10 minutes pick up
Arrive Montrose 7:25 PM

Montrose switch engine 673 (standard gauge) conductor Collett engineer Doyle

Jimmy



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/03/2011 09:32AM by Jimmy Blouch.
Subject Author Posted

Alamosa October 26 1936

Jimmy Blouch November 09, 2011 06:06PM

Re: Alamosa October 26 1936

CharlieMcCandless November 09, 2011 07:43PM

Keep the freight moving

CharlieMcCandless November 09, 2011 08:23PM

Re: Alamosa October 26 1936

Jim McKee November 10, 2011 10:52AM

Re: Alamosa October 26 1936

Jimmy Blouch November 11, 2011 11:42AM

Drovers cars, WAG

hank December 02, 2011 11:43AM

Re: Alamosa October 26 1936, nits

hank December 02, 2011 11:34AM

Re: Alamosa October 26 1936, nits

Jimmy Blouch December 03, 2011 09:39AM



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