ALAMOSA
No. 115 with engine 476
Conductor Hurley
Engineer Baskett (to Chama )
Depart Alamosa 7:10 AM with 5 cars
MP 313 ¼ 30 minutes hit cow, engine truck derailed, no damage to engine, from conductor’s accident report: “Engineer Baskett claims cow started to get off track then turned back onto track and could not stop train in time to avoid striking - killing cow.”
Arrive Cumbres 10:50 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:53 AM
Arrive Chama 11:30 AM
Depart Chama 11:35 AM (engineer Katschthaler)
Arrive Durango 4:05 PM
No. 116 with engine 478
Conductor Roberts
Engineer Brice (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM
Depart Chama 4:05 PM (engineer Baskett)
Arrive Cumbres 5:00 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:03 PM
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM
Chama extra west light engine 453
Engineer Dieckman
Depart Chama 1:35 AM for Lumberton to help extra 488 east (see post for Oct 5 for return to Chama)
Chama extra east with engines 485 road, 482 helper, and 481 helper
Conductor Skirvin
Engine 485 Hindelang
Engine 482 Hall
Engine 481 Holly
Depart Chama 7:50 AM with 29 loads 1 empty (23 stock)
Arrive Cumbres 9:25 AM
Engine 482 light and engine 481 light return to Chama (ahead of No. 115)
Engine 485 depart Cumbres 10:50 AM with 46 loads 2 empties, after No. 115 arrived
Los Pinos 35 minutes meet extra 487 west
Arrive Alamosa 4:10 PM
Alamosa extra west with engine 487
Conductor Ashbrook
Engineer Owenby
Depart Alamosa 4:50 AM with 5 loads 39 empties
Antonito 30 minutes water-coal and set out
Los Pinos 15 minutes meet extra 485 east
Arrive Cumbres 12:20 PM with 2 loads 40 empties
Depart Cumbres 12:40 PM
Arrive Chama 1:55 PM
Chama extra west light engine 453
Engineer Dieckman
Depart Chama 7:40 AM
Meet No. 116 at Ignacio
Arrive Durango 1:35 PM
Alamosa extra west light engine 453, break in run, Big Horn turn
Engineer Coughlin
Depart Alamosa 11:10 AM
Arrive Antonito 12:50 PM
Depart Antonito 2:30 PM for Big Horn
Arrive Antonito 4:25 from Big Horn
Depart Antonito 4:40 PM
Arrive Alamosa 6:05 PM
Chama extra west with engine 481
Conductor Murray
Engineer Connor
Depart Chama 4:00 PM with 3 loads 28 empties (21 double decks, 5 refers, 1 dump, caboose)
Monero 15 minutes switching
Lumberton 5 minutes mdse
Dulce 10 minutes mdse and set out
Juanita 10 minutes switching
Pagosa 25 minutes, eat, water and pick up
Tiffany 10 minutes mdse and set out
Ignacio 20 minutes orders and set out
Arrive Durango 11:50 PM with 2 loads 9 empties
Durango extra east with engines 453 and 489
Conductor Knight
Engine 453 Peterson
Engine 489 Johnson
Depart Durango 11:00 PM with 35 loads 2 empties (includes 18 cars sheep from RGS)
Work most stations to Chama
Monero 20 minutes coal, mdse and pick up
Arrive Chama 10:10 AM with 35 loads 2 empties
Chama Cumbres turn with engines 488, 482 and 487
Conductor Asbrook
Engine 488 Hall
Engine 482 Holly
Engine 487 Owenby
Depart Chama 11:50 PM with 18 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cumbres 1:50 AM
Engine 488 with caboose, engine 482 light and engine 487 light return to Chama
SALIDA
Monarch branch with engines 484 road and 499 helper
Conductor Carlin
Engine 484 Culliman
Engine 499 Dailey
Depart Salida 7:35 AM with 43 empties
Maysville Monarch double with engine 499 helping on 1st trip, return to Salida at 11:40 AM
Engine 484 depart Monarch 2:05 PM, 2nd time
Arrive Salida 4:30 PM with 45 loads 1 empty
Salida extra west with engines 497 road, 491 helper and 493 helper
Conductor Rhodesw
Engine 497 Frantz
Engine 491 Hyatt
Engine 493 Hockett
Depart Salida 4:35 AM with 1 load 53 empties, same consist through to Gunnison
Mears Jct 10 minutes saw by extra 490 east, (Out of Gunnison Oct 5), 15 minutes water
Arrive Marshall Pass 7:50 AM
Engine 491 light and engine 493 light return to Salida
Engine 497 depart Marshall Pass 8:05 AM
Sargent 5 minutes water
Arrive Gunnison 11:00 AM
Gunnison extra east with engines 496 road, added at Sargent 495 helper and 494 helper
Conductor Young
Engine 496 Cooper
Engine 495 Sidenstriker
Engine 494 Fitzsimons
Depart Gunnison 9:55 AM with 38 loads 1 empty (includes 30 RGS stock)
Steele 25 minutes meet extra 497 west
Arrive Sargent 11:50 AM
Depart Sargent 12:05 PM with 32 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 1:20 PM
Engine 494 light and engine 495 light return to Sargent
Engine 496 depart Marshall Pass 1:30 PM with 32 loads 1 empty
Arrive Salida 3:45 PM
Sargent 2 hill turns
1st turn with engines 492, 494, and 495
Conductor Trevartheu
Engine 492 Crooks
Engine 494 Veo
Engine 495 Sidenstriker
Depart Sargent 3:15 PM with 19 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 4:35 PM
Engine 495 light, engine 494 light and engine 492 with caboose return to Sargent
2nd turn with engines 494 and 492
Conductor Trevartheu
Engine 494 Fitzsimons
Engine 492 Crooks
Depart Sargent 6:25 PM with 11 loads 3 empties
Arrive Marshall Pass 7:40 PM
Engine 492 light and engine 494 with caboose return to Sargent
MONTROSE
(Finish Montrose Ridgway Montrose Cerro Summit Montrose run stated Oct 5)
Engine 456 had arrived Montrose 11:15 PM (Oct 5) with 30 cars stock from RGS)
October 6
Montrose extra east with engines 456 road and 463 helper
Conductor Gribben
Engine 456 Price
Engine 463 T Doyle
Depart Montrose 12:20 AM with 26 loads 1 empty (26 of 30 stock)
Arrive Cerro Summit 1:55 AM, leave 26 loads
Engine 456 depart Cerro Summit 2:10 AM with caboose return light to Montrose at 3:15 AM
Engine 463 depart Cerro Summit light for Cedar Creek
Extra east with engine 361 road and helper 463, added at Cedar Creek
Conductor Dean
Engine 361 Stamm
Engine 463 T Doyle
Depart Montrose 1:30 Am with 4 loads 1 empty (4 of 30 stock)
Arrive Cedar Creek 2:10 AM, meet extra 456 west and extra west 463, Engine 463 add as helper to extra 361
Depart Cedar Creek 2:40 AM
Arrive Cerro Summit 3:25 AM
Engine 463 light return to Montrose
Engine 361 depart Cerro Summit 3:50 AM with 30 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cimarron 4:20 AM, 30 minutes coal, 1 hour 5 minutes wait for helper engine 345 from Gunnison
Engine 345 depart Gunnison 3:45 AM, light, with engineer Tyrer
Arrive Cimarron 5:55 AM
Engines 361 and 345 depart Cimarron 6:50 AM with 30 loads 1 empty
Arrive Gunnison 9:25 AM
(These 30 loads stock on extra 496 east, depart Gunnison 9:55 AM)
GUNNISON
Baldwin branch with engine 268
Conductor Anderson
Engineer Darter
Depart Gunnison 7:00 AM with 14 emties
Arrive Baldwin 9:15 AM, 30 minutes spot mines
Depart Baldwin 9:45 AM
Castleton 10 minutes pick up
Arrive Gunnsion 11:15 AM with 11 loads 1 empty
Gunnison extra west with engine 360
Conductor Purciel
Engineer Braswell
Depart Gunnison 7:00 AM with 7 empties
Hierro 1 hour 50 minutes meet extra 361-345 east
Arrive Cimarron 10:55 AM, 20 minutes switching
Depart Cimarron 11:15 AM with 2 loads 1 empty
Arrive Montrose 1:10 PM
Gunnison extra west with engine 361
Conductor Anderson
Engineer Tyrer
Depart Gunnsion 1:45 PM with 27 empties
Arrive Sapinero 3:00 PM, 2 hours 50 minutes load 26 cars sheep
Engine 345 depart Gunnison 3:20 PM light, with engineer Stamm, go to Sapinero for on extra 361 east
Engines 361 and 345 depart Sapinero 5:50 PM
Arrive Gunnison 7:40 PM with 30 loads 1 empty
(26 cars sheep on extra 498 east out of Gunnsion 8:30 PM)
Gunnison extra east with engines 498 road, added at Sargent engine 495 helper and engine 494 helper
Conductor Rhodes
Engine 498 Frantz
Engine 495 Veo
Engine 494 Sidenstriker
Depart Gunnison 8:30 PM with 41 loads 6 empties
26 sheep (from Sapinero)
3 cattle (from Gunnison
12 loads coal
5 empty single decks for Parlin
Parlin 40 minutes load and pick up 5 cars cattle
Arrive Sargent 11:10 PM
Depart Sargent 11:59 PM with 34 loads 1 empty (all loads stock)
Arrive Marshall Pass 1:30 AM
Engine 495 light and engine 494 light return to Sargent
Engine 498 depart Marshall Pass 2:10 AM with 45 loads 1 empty
Mears Jct 20 minutes set out and extra 484 west (Oct 7)
Arrive Salida 5:05 AM with 35 loads 1 empty
MONTROSE
Ouray branch with engine 456
Conductor Gribben
Engineer Price
Depart Montrose 12:30 PM with 1 load 29 empties
1 mdse Rico
8 empty box
20 empty single decks
Caboose
Arrive Ridgway 2:10 PM, load 18 cars cattle, receive from RGS 19 cars cattle
(18 cars cattle routed via cutoff, 19 routed via Salida)
Depart Ridgway 6:00 PM with 37 loads (stock) 1 empty
Arrive Montrose 7:45 PM, prepare for east bound run to Cerro Summit
Extra east with engines 456 road and engine 463 helper
Conductor Gribben
Engineer Price
Depart Montrose 9:40 PM with 15 loads 1 empty (15 of 19 stock)
Arrive Cerro Summit 11:00 PM, give 15 loads to extra 360 east
Engine 463 light and engine 456 with caboose return to Montrose
Extra east with engine 360
Conductor Purciel
Engineer Braswell
Depart Montrose 9:45 PM with 4 loads 1 empty (4 of 19 stock)
Cerro Summit take 15 loads from extra 456 east
Arrive Cimarron 11:35 PM
Depart Cimarron 12:35 AM
Arrive Gunnison 3:50 AM
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 - 4:15 PM
Durango switch engine 315 with conductor Murray engineer Houck 8:00 PM - 4:00 AM make up extra east, RGS connection arrive with stock
Crested Butte branch, Silverton branch and Farmington branch no activity
Jimmy
