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Alamosa September 29 1944

September 29, 2009 12:25PM
ALAMOSA

No. 115 with engine 478
Conductor Roberts
Engineer Coughlin (to Chama)

Depart Alamosa 7:29 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Cumbres 10:42 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:45 AM
Arrive Chama 11:30 AM
Depart Chama 11:35 AM (engineer Dieckman)
Arrive Durango 4:05 PM

No. 116 with engine 476
Conductor Hines
Engineer Katschthaler (to Chama)

Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM
Depart Chama 4:05 PM (engineer Coughlin)
Arrive Cumbres 5:00 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:02 PM
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM

Chama exttra east with engines 486 road, 482 helper and 489 helper
Conductor Duxstad
Engine 486 Hall
Engine 482 Werner
Engine 489 Shumaker

Depart Chama 23 loads 1 empty, includes 15 cars sheep, loaded by extra west a few hours earlier
Arrive Cumbres 3:30 AM
Engine 482 light and engine 489 light return to Chama
Engine 486 Depart Cumbres 3:45 AM with 23 loads 1 empty
Big Horn 5 minutes inspection
Antonito 10 minutes set out and spot 1 car sheep
Bountiful 40 minutes meet No. 115
Arrive Alamosa 9:10 AM

Chama Cumbres turn with engines 487, 482, and 489
Conductor Ashbrook
Engine 487 Holly
Engine 482 Werner
Engine 489 Shumaker

Depart Chama 7:00 AM
Arrive Cumbres 8:40 AM with 17 loads 1 empty
Engine 482 light, engine 489 light and engine 487 with caboose return to Chama

Durango extra east with engines 453 and 485
Conductor Murray
Engine 453 Johnson
Engine 485 Peterson

Depart Durango 6:00 AM with 37 loads 1 empty, includes 25 cars of stock from RGS, (derailed hours earlier)
MP 441 40 minutes doubling to Florida account pulled out draw bar
Florida 15 minutes switching bad order cars behind caboose (2 cars sheep)
Ignacio 10 minutes set out
Pagosa 15 minutes eat
Dulce 35 minutes meet No. 115
Monero 20 minutes coal & water
Arrive Chama 2:40 PM with 36 loads 1 empty

Chama extra east with engines 482 road, 487 helper and 489 helper
Conductor Ashbrook
Engine 482 Holly
Engine 487 Werner
Engine 489 Shumaker

Called Chama 2:00 PM, 2 hours 15 minutes, put up coal, transfer 2 cars sheep, make up train, helpers and air
Depart Chama 4:15 PM with 29 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cumbres 5:55 PM
Engine 487 light and engine 489 light return to Chama
Engine 482 depart Cumbres 6:10 PM with 46 loads 1 empty
Arrive Alamosa 10:35 PM

Durango extra east with engine 481
Conductor Bruce
Engineer Buchanan

Depart Durango 4:10 PM with 17 loads 1 empty
Carbon Jct 35 minutes load 3 cars cattle, Basin Barn
Florida 50 minutes load 4 cars cattle
Ignacio 30 minutes pick up and get bills for cattle from Florida
Tiffany 30 minutes pick up 1 car hogs and 3 cars cattle
Allison 5 minutes mdse
Arboles 30 minutes mdse and pick up
Pagosa 20 minutes eat, 1 hour 10 minutes bills and orders
Dulce 35 minutes mdse and pick up
Lumberton 35 minutes mdse and pick up, add helper engine 485, engineer Peterson (out of Chama Sep 30)
Monero 40 minutes mdse, coal & water, fill
Azotea saw by extra 453 west (out of Chama Sep 30)
Arrive Chama 7:10 AM with 42 loads 1 empty

Extra west with engine 488
Conductor Connelly
Engineer Hindelang

Depart Alamosa 1:35 PM with 2 loads 39 empties (same consist into Chama)
Antonito 10 minutes coal & water
Toltec 16 minutes meet No. 116, 20 minutes meet extra 482 east
Arrive Cumbres 9:10 PM depart 9:25 PM
Arrive Chama 10:35 PM

SALIDA

Monarch branch with engines 480 road and 497 helper
Conductor Rhodes
Engine 480 Hyatt
Engine 497 Lannon

Depart Salida 8:00 AM with 43 empties
Maysville Monarch double, with engine 497 help on 1st trip, return light to Salida at 12:40 PM
Engine 480 depart Maysville 3:45 PM, east bound, with 45 loads 1 empty
Arrive Salida 5:00 PM

Salida extra west with engines 499 road, 491 helper and 496 helper
Conductor Carlin
Engine 499 W Wilson
Engine 491 Dailey
Engine 496 C Wilson

Depart Salida 2:05 AM with 53 empties
Caboose
42 empty double decks
10 empty single decks
Keene set out 6 empty double decks
Lost 2 hours Mears Jct to Marshall Pass account slippery rail
Arrive Marshall Pass 6:45 AM
Engine 491 light and engine 496 light return to Salida
Engine 499 depart Marshall Pass 7:00 AM with 47 empties
Sargent 15 minutes hot box engine 499
Arrive Gunnison 10:40 AM with 47 empties

Sargent 2 hill turns

1st turn with engines 495 and 493
Conductor Trevartheu
Engine 495 Crooks
Engine 493 Veo

Depart Sargent 5:45 PM 11 loads 3 empties
Arrive Marshall Pass 6:55 PM
Engine 493 light and engine 495 with caboose return to Sargent

2nd turn with engines 492 and 495
Conductor Trevartheu
Engine 492 Veo
Engine 495 Crooks

Depart Sargent 12:05 APM with 12 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 1:29 AM
Engine 495 light and engine 492 with caboose return to Sargent

Salida extra west with engines 491 road, 494 helper and 484 helper
Conductor Young
Engine 491 Frantz
Engine 494 Siden
Engine 484 Dailey

Depart Salida 5:00 PM with 5 loads 39 empties
Mears Jct 20 minutes water and switching
Arrive Marshall Pass 7:30 PM with 5 loads 47 empties
Engine 494 light and engine 483 light return to Salida
Engine 491 depart Marshall Pass 8:05 AM with 5 loads 47 empties
Sargent 10 minutes water and switching
Doyle 20 minutes switching
Bonita 35 minutes back to Doyle for rest of train (this in connection with meeting extra 499 east)
Arrive Gunnison 11:59 PM with 5 loads 44 empties

GUNNISON

Crested Butte branch with engine 498
Conductor Anderson
Engineer Tyrer

Depart Gunnison 11:00 with 45 empties
Jacks Cabin set out 12 empty stock cars
Arrive Crested Butte 12:55 PM, 2 hours 45 minutes mine work and load 6 cars cattle, 30 minutes inspection
Depart Crested Butte 50 loads 1 empty
43 CF&I coal
1 company coal Gunnison
6 cars cattle
Jacks Cabin 35 minutes load 12 cars cattle
Arrive Gunnison 6:15 PM with 62 loads 1 empty

Baldwin branch with engine 268
Conductor Dean
Engineer Darter

Depart Gunnison 12:15 PM with 14 empties
Arrive Baldwin 1:45 PM 25 minutes mine work
Depart Baldwin 2:10 PM
Castleton pick up
Arrive Gunnison 3:35 PM with 13 loads 1 empty

Gunnison extra east with engines 499 road, 498 helper, added at Sargent 493
Conductor Carlin
Engine 499 Rogers (Rogers and fireman deadhead from Salida to Gunnison by bus)
Engine 498 W Wilson
Engine 493 Veo

Depart Gunnison 8:40 PM 73 loads 1 empty, includes 31 cars cattle
Doyle 10 minutes pick up
Bonita 30 minutes meet extra 491 west
Arrive Sargent 11:45 PM
Depart Sargent 12:25 AM with 31 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 1:35 AM
Engine 493 light return to Sargent, Wilson take engine 498 light back to Gunnison, arrive 4:50 AM
Engine 499 depart Marshall Pass 2:35 AM with 45 loads 1 empty
Arrive Salida 5:10 AM

Gunnison extra west with engine 360
Conductor Purciel
Engineer Braswell

Depart Gunnison 5:30 AM with 7 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cimarron 7:55 AM
Depart Cimarron 8:10 AM with 3 loads 1 empty
Arrive Montrose 10:25 AM

MONTROSE

Ouray branch with engine 456
Conductor Hynes
Engineer Price

Depart Montrose 3:15 PM with 2 loads 16 empties
2 coal Ouray
15 empty double decks Ridgway
Arrive Ridgway 4:45 PM 1 hours 45 minutes loading 10 cars stock and switching, 30 minutes wait for waybills
Received from RGS 18 cars of stock
Depart Ridgway 7:00 PM with 32 loads 1 empty
Arrive Montrose 8:45 PM, unload 3 cars cattle, prepare for east bound run to Cerro Summit
(30 cars stock arrived Montrose, 3 unloaded for transfer to standard gauge for Cutoff routing, remaining 27 go to Gunnison)
Add helper engine 463, engineer Stamm
Depart Montrose 11:15 PM with 15 loads 1 empty (15 of 27 stock)
Arrive Cerro Summit 12:35 AM, set out
Engine 456 with caboose depart Cerro Summit 12:40 AM, arrive Montrose 2:00 AM
Engine 463 depart Cerro Summit light for Cedar Creek to help extra 360 east

Extra east with engine 360
Conductor Purciel
Engineer Braswell

Depart Montrose 11:20 PM with 12 loads 1 empty (12 of 27 stock)
Arrive Cedar Creek 11:55 PM, 1 hour 35 minutes for extra 463 and 456
Engine 463 help to Cerro Summit
Arrive Cerro Summit 2:20 AM
Engine 463 depart Cerro Summit light and return to Montrose
Engine 360 depart Cerro Summit with 27 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cimarron 3:05AM
Engine 345 light, engineer Darter, depart Gunnison 12:10 AM (Sep 30)
Arrive Cimarron 2:30 AM
Engines 360 and 345, with 27 loads 1 empty arrive Gunnison 6:10 AM

Gunnison switch engine 317 with conductor Winters engineer H Gates

Durango switch engine 315 with conductor Rowe engineer House

Silverton branch and Farmington branch no activity

Jimmy
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