Re: Alamosa October 20 1944

Depart Gunnison 10:50 AM with 39 loads 1 empty (includes 16 cars stock from extra 361 east)
Parlin 10 minutes set out car coal
Doyle 15 minutes Engine 495 broken spring hanger
Arrive Sargent 1:00 PM
Depart Sargent 1:25 PM with 25 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 2:40 PM
Engine 497 light and engine 490 light return to Sargent
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 3:10 PM with 36 loads 3 empties
Mears Jct 5 minutes set out 4 valley loads
Arrive Salida 5:20 PM

I love this - 15 minutes for a broken spring hanger. I'd love to know the details of this escapade. Typically a broken spring hanger is a fairly significant issue that is only correctable by replacement, which is not usually a real quick job on the road. Quick fixes usually involve some kind of blocking which partially disables the equalizing to an extent dependent upon which hanger broke. Any disabling of the equalizing detracts from tracking quality. Sometimes chain can be used if clearance allows and this usually allows the equalizing to work normally. Any way you look at it, 15 minutes is pretty impressive to fix the problem well enought to handle the train all the way to Salida.