Monday January 18 1937
ALAMOSA
Cumbres snowing light throughout day, wind, some drifting, 5:00 PM snowing about 1” per hour
Chama morning clear, calm, by afternoon snowing light
Chama extra east with engines 464 and 487, plow and flanger, Lava turn
Conductor Hurley
Engine 464 Holly
Engine 487 Thompson
Depart Chama 3:35 AN
Arrive Cumbres 5:00 AM, 20 minutes flange siding
Depart Cumbres 5:20 AM
Arrive Lava 8:00 AM, 45 minutes wait for No. 115
Depart Lava 8:50 AM, ahead of No. 115
Arrive Cumbres 10:40 AM, 1 hour 55 minutes flange yard, No. 115 by
Depart Cumbres 12:40 PM
Arrive Chama 1:45 PM
Hurley reports: found lots snow Cresco to Osier, and cuts Sublette to Lava bad shape, cut 295 very bad
No. 115 with engine 475
Conductor Hines
Engineer Arnell (to Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:10 AM with 7 cars
119
151
287
Silverton
163
63
306
Antonito set out cars 163, 63 and 306 for No. 425
Arrive Cumbres 10:45 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:50 AM
Arrive Chama 11:37 AM
Depart Chama 11:46 AM (engineer Fitzer)
Arrive Dulce 12:56 PM
Depart Dulce 12:57 PM
Arrive Durango 4:35 PM with 4 cars
No. 116 with engine 470
Conductor Pollard
Engineer House (to Chama)
Depart Durango 9:50 AM with 5 cars
66
167
156
320
Durango
Arrive Dulce 1:22 PM
Depart Dulce 1:23 PM
Arrive Chama 2:40 PM
Depart Chama 2:50 PM (engineer Arnell)
Arrive Cumbres 3:45 PM
Depart Cumbres 3:48 PM
Antonito pick up 3 cars from No. 426
169
62
284
Arrive Alamosa 7:15 PM with 8 cars
Chama extra 483 east with helper engines 480 and 482, Big Horn turn
Conductor McLaughlin
Engine 483 Tozier
Engine 480 Kearin
Engine 482 Kellogg
Depart Chama 5:00 AM with 10 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cumbres 7:00 AM with 19 loads 1 empty, 55 minutes brass RG 1855 account turned over in box
Engine 480 depart Cumbres 7:15 AM light for Chama
Extra 483 east with helper 482 depart Cumbres 7:55 AM with 19 loads 1 empty
Toltec 20 minutes meet extra 464-487 west and No. 115
Arrive Big Horn 10:00 AM, 15 minutes set out and turn
Engine 482 depart Big Horn 10:10 AM light for Alamosa
Extra 483 west depart Big Horn 10:15 PM with caboose for Chama
Arrive Cumbres 12:25 PM, pass P&F train
Depart Cumbres 12:30 PM
Arrive Chama 1:40 PM with caboose
Durango extra east with engines 488 and 489
Conductor S Edmisten
Engine 488 Densmore
Engine 489 Vinton
Depart Durango 3:00 PM with 28 loads 2 empties, (includes 12 B&B outfits being moved to Alamosa, foreman Crick)
Falfa 15 minutes meet No. 115
Ignacio 1 hour mdse and switching
Pagosa Jct 1 hour 5 minutes eat, coal & water
Dulce 15 minutes switching
Lumberton 25 minutes mdse
Amargo 10 minutes switching
Monero 25 minutes mdse, water, switching
Arrive Chama 2:00 AM with 36 loads 2 empties
Alamosa work extra 1189
Conductor Cornell
Engineer Todd
Worked between Alamosa and La Jara, loaded 3 cars rail
Santa Fe branch
Train No. 425 with engine 478
Conductor Willis
Engineer Walsh
Depart Antonito 9:00 AM with 10 loads
1 flour Santa Fe
1 mdse Santa Fe
2 spuds Santa Fe
1 mdse Espanola
1 coal Espanola
1 water Taos Jct
163
63
306
Arrive Santa Fe 5:15 PM with 7 loads
Train No. 426 with engine 473
Conductor Pheney
Engineer Clarke
Depart Santa Fe 9:35 AM with 3 loads
1 mdse Espanola
62
284
Espanola pick up baggage car 169
Arrive Antonito 5:30 PM with 3 loads 2 empties
Work extra 452 with ditcher OX
Conductor F Edmisten
Engineer Rowe
Loaded and dumped 23 loads on fills between MP 365 and 367, tied up Chamita
SALIDA
Marshall Pass clear, calm, zero, 2” new snow, about 23” old snow
Sargent partly cloudy, calm, by evening snowing light
Salida extra 485 west, Monarch branch
Conductor Rhodes
Engineer Frantz
Depart Salida 5:10 AM with 14 empties, flanger
Garfield 2 hours 10 minutes flanging to Monarch, flanging Monarch yard and pull loads and empties out of snow
Extra 485 east depart Monarch 11:10 AM
Arrive Salida 1:30 PM with 12 loads, flanger
Salida 1st No. 315 with engines 498 and 499 and flanger, to Sargent
Conductor Straitiff
Engine 498 Rhodes
Engine 499 Bovee
Depart Salida 6:10 AM with flanger
Grays 5 minutes put out wings on flanger
Arrive Marshall Pass 7:45 AM, 5 minutes take in wings and put them out
Depart Marshall Pass 7:50 AM
Arrive Sargent 8:45 AM, 1 hour for 2nd No. 315, turn, coal & water, pick up train
(balance of run to follow)
2nd No. 315 with engine 472 and helper engine 492 (2nd No. 315 to Sargent)
Conductor Mahoney
Engine 472 Shewalter
Engine 492 Keller (edit 6-4-12)
Depart Salida 6:20 AM with 5 cars, 25 minutes for 1st No. 315 with flanger
128
60
129
302
Camp Bird
Arrive Marshall Pass 7:55 AM, 5 minutes behind 1st No. 315
Depart Marshall Pass 8:00 AM
Arrive Sargent 8:45 AM, helper engine 492 off
Depart Sargent 8:56 AM
Arrive Gunnison 10:05 AM with 5 cars
Gunnison extra 496 east with helper engine 495
Conductor McCall
Engine 496 Cullinan
Engine 495 Runyon
Depart Gunnison 5:00 AM with 48 loads
Parlin 10 minutes water
Arrive Sargent 7:20 AM with 48 loads, set out, eat, coal & water, meet 1st and 2nd No. 315, add Sargent helper engine 494, engineer Sidenstricker
Extra 496 east depart Sargent 9:00 AM with 17 loads
Arrive Marshall Pass 10:45 AM with 17 loads
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 11:40 AM light for Salida
Engine 494 depart Marshall Pass 11:50 AM light for Salida, engineer Sidenstricker sick, flu, go to Salida, get another engineer for Sargent helper
Extra 496 east depart Marshall Pass 12:00 PM with 19 loads
Arrive Salida 2:45 PM with 17 loads
At Sargent extra 498-499 make Sargent hill turn before returning to Salida, add helper engine 492, engineer Keller
As Sargent hill turn extra 498 east with helpers 499 and 492 depart Sargent 9:45 AM with 17 loads, flanger
Arrive Marshall Pass 11:10 AM with 17 loads, flanger, 55 minutes set out, turn engines and flanger
Engine 492 depart Marshall Pass 11:35 AM light for Sargent
Engine 499 depart Marshall Pass 11:45 AM light for Sargent
Engine 498 depart Marshall Pass 12:10 PM with flanger and caboose for Sargent
Extra 498 east with helpers 499 and 492 depart Sargent 2:50 PM with 17 loads flanger
Arrive Marshall Pass 4:25 PM
Engine 499 depart Marshall Pass 4:50 PM light for Salida
Engine 492 depart Marshall Pass 5:00 PM light for Salida
Extra 498 east depart Marshall Pass 5:20 PM with 34 loads
Keene 30 minutes meet extra 494 west
Arrive Salida 8:05 PM with 34 loads
Salida extra 494 west, light engine to Sargent, Sargent helper engine
Engineer Veo
Depart Salida 5:25 PM
Arrive Sargent 9:00 PM
Train No.316 with engine 472
Conductor Mahoney
Engineer Shewalter
Depart Gunnison 6:15 PM with 5 cars, 15 minutes turn equipment and load passengers
60
128
129
302
Camp Bird
Poncha Jct 10 minutes meet extra 495 west
Arrive Salida 10:00 PM with 5 cars
Salida extra 491 west, Monarch branch
Conductor Hallock
Engineer Crylie
Depart Salida 11:40 AM with 28 empties
Double Maysville to Monarch
Extra 491 east depart Monarch 6:05 PM
Arrive Salida 10:40 PM with 27 loads
Salida extra 495 west with helper engines 485 and 496, to Gunnison after Sargent hill turn
Conductor B M Young
Engine 495 W Wilson
Engine 485 Dailey
Engine 496 Hyatt
Depart Salida 8:45 PM with 6 loads 35 empties
Poncha Jct 35 minutes meet No. 316
Mears Jct 15 minutes water
Arrive Marshall Pass 11:35 PM with 6 loads 35 empties
Engine 485 depart Marshall Pass 12:01 AM light for Sargent
Engine 496 depart Marshall Pass 12:11 AM light for Sargent
Extra 495 west depart Marshall Pass 12:21 AM with 6 loads35 empties
Arrive Sargent 1:30 AM with caboose
(Balance of run on Jan 19 post)
Salida extra 499 west, Monarch branch
Conductor Rhodes
Engineer C Wilson
Depart Salida 10:45 PM with 28 empties
Double Maysville to Monarch
Extra 499 east depart Monarch 4:15 AM
Arrive Salida 6:45 AM (Jan 19) with 19 loads
GUNNISON
Gunnison partly cloudy, calm, 1” new snow, 5” old snow
Crested Butte cloudy, calm, blew hard during night, 22” on ground
Crested Butte branch Train No. 347 and Train No. 348 with engine 474 and helper engine 472
Conductor Purceil
Engine 474 Kroll
Engine 472 Myers
Depart Gunnison 11:35 AM with 60 empties, flanger
Arrive Crested Butte 1:15 PM with 60 empties, flanger, 4 hours mine work
Depart Crested Butte 5:15 PM with 51 loads 1 empty, flanger
Arrive Gunnison 7:05 PM with 52 loads 1 empty, flanger
Gunnison switch engine 460 foreman Dean engineer Price
MONTROSE
Partly cloudy, calm, no rain or snow
Ouray branch extra 316
Conductor Arnold
Engineer Rusk
Depart Montrose 11:30 AM with 6 loads
2 shingles (?) Ouray
2 coal Telluride
1 mdse Ridgway
1 mdse Ouray
Ridgway 15 minutes set out, take water
Arrive Ouray 2:15 PM with 3 loads, 30 minutes eat, 1 hour 15 minutes spot loads, switching, take water, turn
Depart Ouray 3:50 PM with 9 empties
Lotus 10 minutes spot empties, pick up load
Ridgway 10 minutes pick up loads, empties
Arrive Montrose 6:50 PM with 3 loads 8 empties
DURANGO
Durango partly cloudy, calm, 5:30 PM snowing light, brisk south wind, ½” new snow, 3” old snow
Farmington branch Train No. 435 and Train No. 436 with engine 476
Conductor Fry
Engineer Brice
Depart Durango 3:40 AM with 13 loads 3 empties
2 mdse
1 gas
4 lumber
5 cinders
3 empty tanks
Arrive Farmington 8:20 AM with 3 loads 15 empties
Depart Farmington 10:15 AM with 6 loads 6 empties
1 gas Ignacio
1 gas Durango
2 gas Montrose
1 gas Gunnison
6 empty box
Arrive Durango 1:50 PM with 7 loads 9 empties
Durango switch engine 271 foreman Pfeiffer engineer Basher
Jimmy
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/04/2012 01:18PM by Jimmy Blouch.
