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Alamosa October 5 1944

October 05, 2009 12:26PM
ALAMOSA

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

Depart Alamosa 7:05 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Cumbres 10:28 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:30 AM
Arrive Chama 11:10 AM
Depart Chama 11:15 AM (engineer Brice)
Arrive Durango 4:05 PM

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

Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 6 cars
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM
Depart Chama 4:05 PM (engineer Coughlin)
Arrive Cumbres 5:15 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:18 PM
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM

Durango extra east with engines 453 and 485
Conductor Bruce
Engine 453 Johnson
Engine 485 Dieckman

Depart Durango 3:00 AM with 36 loads 2 empties (includes 19 cars cattle from RGS, Dolores)
Florida 30 minutes saw by extra west (extra 488 out of Chama Oct 4)
Pagosa 20 minutes mdse and eat
Dulce 10 minutes mdse and pick up
Monero 20 minutes coal & water and fill
Arrive Chama 11:00 AM with 39 loads 2 empties

Chama extra east with engines 486 road, 482 helper and 481 helper
Conductor Curtis
Engine 486 Owenby
Engine 482 Hindelang
Engine 481 Holly

Depart Chama 11:55 AM with 28 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cumbres 1:25 PM
Engine 482 light and engine 481 light return to Chama
Engine 486 depart Cumbres 1:40 PM with 47 loads 1 empty
MP 316 ½ 1 hour 45 minutes derailment, derailed RG 9655, company piling, 1 hour 45 minutes rerailing, broke 5 ties
Arrive Alamosa 7:50 PM

Chama Cumbres turn with engines 485, 482, and 481
Conductor Skirvin
Engine 485 Hall
Engine 482 Hindelang
Engine 481 Holly

Depart Chama 4:20 PM with 18 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cumbres 5:55 PM
Engine 485 with caboose, engine 481 light, and engine 482 light return to Chama

Chama extra west with engine 489
Conductor Bruce
Engineer Johnson

Depart Chama 9:40 PM with 7 loads 32 empties (28 empty double decks, 3 empty dumps)
Monero 10 minutes mdse and coal
Lumberton 5 minute mdse
Dulce 10 minutes mdse and set out
Pagosa 20 minutes eat, 20 minutes saw by extra east (extra 488)
Ignacio 5 minutes set out
Arrive Durango 6:10 Am with 6 loads 35 empties

Durango extra east with engines 488 road and 478 helper off Falfa, 453 helper on Lumberton
Conductor Murray
Engine 488 Connor
Engine 478 Peterson
Engine 453 Dieckman

Depart Durango 7:30 PM with 36 loads 1 empty, (include 23 cars sheep loaded Durango)
Falfa 5 minutes cut off helper 478, 478 return light to Durango
Florida 10 minutes set out
Pagosa 40 minutes eat, water and meet extra 489 west
Lumberton 10 minutes pick up helper (engine 453, out of Chama Oct 6)
Monero 20 minutes coal & water and pick up
Arrive Chama 6:15 AM with 38 loads 1 empty

SALIDA

Monarch branch with engines 480 road and 491 helper
Conductor Carlin
Engine 480 Dailey
Engine 491 Hockett

Depart Salida 9:05 AM with 43 empties
Maysville Monarch double with engine 491 helping on 1st trip, return light to Salida at 12:30 PM
Engine 480 depart Maysville 5:55 PM, east bound, with 45 loads 1 empty, engine 480 has broken spring hanger
Arrive Salida 7:20 PM

Salida extra west with engines 490 road, 499 helper and 484 helper (496 originally scheduled but “throttle disconnected on engine 496, exchanged for engine 484.”)
Conductor Straitiff
Engine 490 W Wilson
Engine 499 Frantz
Engine 484 Hyatt

Depart Salida 4:45 AM with 52 empties ( 35 single decks, 16 double decks, caboose)
Arrive Marshall Pass 7:15 AM
Engine 484 light and engine 499 light return to Salida
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 7:40 AM with 52 empties
Parlin 1 hour 40 minutes unload 8 cars cinders
Arrive Gunnison 12:15 PM with 60 empties

Gunnison extra east with engine 494 road to Sargent, 493 road Sargent to Salida, at Sargent added engine 494 helper, 492 helper, and 495 helper
Conductor Rhodes
Engine 494 Culliman (to Sargent)
Engine 493 Culliman (Sargent to Salida)
Engine 494 Veo (at Sargent)
Engine 492 Sidenstriker
Engine 495 Fitzsimons

Depart Gunnsion 5:55 AM with 48 loads 1 empty (42 cars stock, 6 cars coal, caboose)
Arrive Sargent 7:55 AM, 1 hour 5 minutes coal & water, trade engines and meet extra 490 west
Depart Sargent 9:00 AM with 42 loads (stock) 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 10:20 AM
Engine 491 light return to Sargent
Engine 492 light return to Sargent
Engine 495 light return to Sargent
Engine 493 depart Marshall Pass 10:50 AM with 45 loads 1 empty
Mears Jct 20 minutes inspection and repair train line RG 7454
Arrive Salida 1:30 PM

Salida extra west with engines 496 road, 499 helper and 484 helper
Conductor Young
Engine 496 Cooper
Engine 499 Rogers
Engine 484 Lannon

Depart Salida 1:40 PM with 1 load 31 empties
Mears Jct 15 minutes water and switching
Arrive Marshall Pass 4:35 PM with 1 load 58 empties
Engine 499 light and engine 484 light return to Salida
Engine 496 depart Marshall Pass 4:50 PM with 1 load 58 empties
Arrive Gunnison 7:55 PM

GUNNISON

Crested Butte branch with engine 498
Conductor Purciel
Engineer Tyrer

Depart Gunnison 2:00 PM with 40 empties
Arrive Crested Butte 3:45 PM, 1 hour 45 minutes mine work
Depart Crested Butte 5:40 PM with 45 loads 1 empty
Arrive Gunnison 7:10 PM

Gunnison extra west with engine 361
Conductor Dean
Engineer Stamm

Depart Gunnison 10:00 AM with 2 loads 38 empties
1 coal Montrose
1 company coal Sapinero
30 empty double decks
7 empty single decks
Sapinero 5 minutes set out
Cimarron 12:25 PM to 12:45 PM, double train in and set out and water
Engine 463 light, engineer Doyle, depart Montrose 10:15 AM for Cimarron, arrive 11:30 AM
Engines 361 and 463 double to Cerro Summit
Engine 361 depart Cerro Summit 3:50 PM with 19 empties
Arrive Montrose 4:45 PM
Engine 463 light depart Cerro Summit, return to Montrose 4:45 PM

Gunnison extra west with engine 345
Conductor Anderson
Engineer Braswell

Depart Gunnison 2:10 PM with 22 empties
Arrive Cimarron 4:25 PM, 2 hours 45 minutes load 17 cars sheep and 2 cars cattle
Depart Cimarron 7:10 PM with 19 loads 1 empty
Arrive Gunnsion 10:25 PM

Gunnison extra east with engines 490 road, added at Sargent 494 helper and 492 helper
Conductor Straitiff
Engine 490 W Wilson
Engine 494 Crooks
Engine 492 Veo

Depart Gunnison 11:10 PM with 41 loads 1 empty (19 stock, 22 CF&I coal, caboose)
Parlin 20 minutes hot box RG 5674
Arrive Sargent 1:25 AM, 20 minutes set out, coal & water and helpers
Depart Sargent 1:45 AM with 36 loads 2 empties
Arrive Marshall Pass 2:55 AM
Engine 494 light and engine 492 light return to Sargent
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 3:40 AM with 42 loads 2 empties
Mears Jct 55 minutes meet extra west ( extra 496 west)
Arrive Salida 6:55 AM

MONTROSE

Ouray branch with engine 456
Conductor Gribben
Engineer Price

Depart Montrose 6:30 PM with 4 loads 32 empties
2 coal Telluride
2 coal Ophir
31 empty double decks
Caboose
Arrive Ridgway 8:30 PM, 30 minutes switching, 20 minutes for waybills, for orders and deliver same
Received from RGS 30 cars sheep, loaded Lizard Head and Placerville
Depart Ridgway 9:40 PM with 30 loads 1 empty
Arrive Montrose 11:15 PM, prepare for east bound run to Cerro Summit
(Will post balance of this run for October 6, as other crews involved were called October 6)


Gunnison switch engine 317 with conductor Winters engineer H Gates, 1:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Durango switch engine 315 with conductor Rowe Engineer House, 8:15 AM - 7:05 PM, overtime account loading 23 cars sheep at Durango, these loads out of Durango on extra 488 east

Baldwin branch, Silverton branch, and Farmington branch no activity

Jimmy
Subject Author Posted

Alamosa October 5 1944

Jimmy Blouch October 05, 2009 12:26PM

Re: Alamosa October 5 1944

drgwk37 October 05, 2009 01:39PM

Re: 5 engines...not...

drgwk37 October 05, 2009 01:43PM

Re: Alamosa October 5 1944

Mark Valerius October 05, 2009 04:11PM



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