Thursday November 9 1944
ALAMOSA
No. 115 with engine 473
Conductor Hines
Engineer Baskett (to Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:37AM with 5 cars
Delayed Alamosa 38 minutes transfer
Osier 35 minutes meet and passing extra east (extra 486 east)
Arrive Cumbres 11:15 AM
Depart Cumbres 11:18 AM
Arrive Chama 11:58 AM
Depart Chama 12:14 PM (engineer Katschthaler)
Arrive Durango 4:50 PM
No. 116 with engine 478
Conductor Hurly
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
Location of meet for No. 115 and No. 116 not shown. Perhaps Juanita, No. 116 departed Gato 1:52 PM and No. 115 arrived Gato 2:15 PM
Alamosa extra west with engines 483 road and 481 helper
Conductor Curtis
Engine 483 Owenby
Engine 481 Shumaker
Depart Alamosa 3:30 AM with 8 loads 84 empties
Arrive Antonito 4:45 AM, 20 minutes coal and water, 10 minutes cut in helper, 1 hour switching
Depart Antonito 6:15 AM with 8 loads 67 empties
Lava 10 minutes water
Sublette 25 minutes water and eat
Toltec, 55 minutes (for) No. 115, (and) had (scheduled) meet with extra 486 east, changed to Osier
Osier 10 minutes account derailment of extra 486 east, 20 minutes saw by extra 486 east
Arrive Cumbres 11:55 AM, 15 minutes cut out helper and reduce
Engine 481 depart Cumbres 12:10 PM light for Chama
Engine 483 depart Cumbres 12:30 PM with 8 loads 52 empties
Arrive Chama 1:45 PM, 20 minutes spot mdse and empty tanks, 25 minutes train away on two tracks
Chama extra east with engines 486 road, 453 helper, and 482 helper
Conductor Connelly
Engine 486 Nissen
Engine 453 Dodds
Engine 482 Turney
Depart Chama 6:35 AM with 28 loads 1 empty (28 cars cattle from Nov 8 extra 484 east)
Arrive Cumbres 8:40 AM
Engine 453 depart Cumbres 8:50 AM light for Chama
Engine 482 depart Cumbres 9:00 AM light for Chama
Engine 486 depart Cumbres 9:00 AM with 42 loads 1 empty
Osier 45 minutes account derailment, 10 minutes saw by No. 115, 15 minutes saw by extra 483 west
From accident report: “derailed RG 5735 cattle for Denver, no damage to car or contents, pulling in siding Osier, delay 45 minutes rerailing, and delayed No. 115 15 minutes”
Arrive Alamosa 2:50 PM
Chama extra west light engine 487
Engineer Cummins
Depart Chama 1:15 AM
Arrive Durango 6:35 AM
Extra west with engine 488
Conductor Knight
Engineer Dieckman
Depart Chama 4:30 AM with 26 empties (10 double decks, 15 single decks)
(depart after arrival of extra 484 east, Nov 8)
Lumberton 10 minutes pick up 15 empties (8 gons, 7 box)
Arrive Durango 10:25 AM
(Engineer Cummins on engine 487 and Conductor Knight and crew called for return to Durango prior to having 8 hours rest)
Chama extra west light engine 453
Engineer J Johnson
Depart Chama 2:05 PM
From accident report: “Extra 453 west, 4:00 PM, Nov 9, two poles east MP 379 near Navajo, struck section motor car. …….Section motor apparently without flag protection, arranging take foreman Jas Dett
out service pending investigation, soon as can arrange relief. C B Carpenter, Supt”
Arrive Durango 8:15 PM
Chama extra west with engine 482
Conductor Murray
Engineer Connor
Depart Chama 4:10 PM with 10 loads 32 empties
Monero 20 minutes mdse and coal
Amargo 25 minutes load 2 cars sheep
Lumberton 10 minutes mdse
Dulce 20 minutes mdse and switching
Gato 25 minutes lunch, water and orders
Arboles 15 minutes switching, set out 2 sheep loaded at Amargo
Tiffany 5 minutes mdse
Ignacio 30 minutes orders
Florida 20 minutes meet extra 487-488 east
Falfa 5 minutes set out
Arrive Durango 3:05 AM with 7 loads 33 empties
Durango extra east with engines 488 and 487
Conductor Knight
Engine 488 Cummins
Engine 487 Dieckman
Depart Durango 11:30 PM with 13 loads 1 empty
Carbon Jct 15 minutes pick up 27 cars sheep from Farmington
Florida 40 minutes meet extra 482 west and saw by
Monero 25 minutes coal & water
Arrive Chama 8:15 AM with 40 loads 1 empty
Chama Cumbres turn with engines 484, 485, and 481
Conductor Curtis
Engine 484 Dodds
Engine 485 Turney
Engine 481 Shumaker
Depart Chama 11:50 PM with 19 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cumbres 1:35 AM
Engine 485 depart Cumbres 1:40 AM light for Chama
Engine 481 depart Cumbres 1:45 AM light for Chama
Engine 484 depart Cumbres 1:50 AM with 16 empties, 15 empties set out by extra 483 west
Alamosa extra west with engine 486
Conductor Connelly
Engineer Donaldson
DH train crew and caboose, Ashbrook and brakeman protect stock
Depart Alamosa 11:40 PM with 2 loads 24 empties
Arrive Cumbres 7:45 AM with 3 loads 41 empties
Depart Cumbres 8:05 AM with same
Arrive Chama 9:15 AM
SALIDA
Monarch branch with engines 490 road and 496 helper
Conductor Straitiff
Engine 490 W Wilson
Engine 496 C Wilson
Depart Salida 8:00 AM with 43 empties
Engine 490 double Maysville Monarch with engine 496 helping on 1st trip, engine 496 light return to Salida 11:35 AM
Engine 490 depart Maysville 2:30 PM, east bound, with 34 loads 1 empty
Arrive Salida 3:30 PM
1st Sargent hill turn with engines 492, 491 and 495
Conductor Trevartheu
Engine 492 Fitzsimons
Engine 491 Crooks
Engine 495 Veo
Depart Sargent 11:10 AM with 16 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 12:30 PM
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 12:35 PM light for Sargent
Engine 491 depart Marshall Pass 12:40 PM light for Sargent
Engine 492 depart Marshall Pass 12:45 PM with caboose for Sargent
2nd Sargent hill turn with engines 492 and 491
Conductor Trevartheu
Engine 492 Fitzsimons
Engine 491 Crooks
Depart Sargent 2:30 PM with 10 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 3:25 PM
Engine 492 depart Marshall Pass with caboose for Sargent
Engine 491 depart Marshall Pass light for Sargent
GUNNISON
Baldwin branch with engines 278 and 268
Conductor Dean
Engine 278 Stamm
Engine 268 T Doyle
Depart Gunnison 8:00 AM with 28 empties
Wyle 5 minutes set out
Arrive Baldwin 9:55 AM
Depart Baldwin 10:30 AM
Castleton 20 minutes spot cars at rail pile on Cooper spur
Arrive Gunnison 12:01 PM with 12 loads 1 empty
Extra west with engine 361
Conductor Anderson
Engineer Braswell
Depart Gunnison 4:30 AM with 6 loads 13 empties
2 props Columbia
1 coal Montrose
2 hay Montrose
1 coal Ridgway
12 empty single decks for Sapinero
Sapinero 20 minutes spot cars to yards
Arrive Cimarron 7:20 AM with 6 loads 1 empty
Double to Cerro Summit, taking 3 loads 1 empty on each trip
Arrive Cimarron, from Cerro Summit, 2nd trip, 10:35 AM, 35 minutes eat, 15 minutes pick up
Depart Cimarron 11:25 AM with 2 empties
Arrive Sapinero 12:20 PM, 1 hour 20 minutes load 10 cars cattle
Arrive Gunnison 3:05 PM with 12 loads 1 empty (destination for cattle was Gunnison)
MONTROSE
Extra east with engine 456
Conductor Gribben
Engineer Russell
Depart Montrose 1:45 PM with 24 empties, 8 empty double decks, 15 empty coals, caboose
Double Cedar Creek to Cerro Summit, leave 23 empties, pick up 6 loads left by extra 361
Depart Cerro Summit and return to Montrose at 6:45 PM with 6 loads 1 empty
DURANGO
Farmington branch with engine 487
Conductor Lyons
Engineer Peterson
Depart Durango 10:00 AM with 2 loads 34 empties
Arrive Farmington 1:00 PM, station switch and load 27 cars sheep
Depart Farmington 5:35 PM with 30 loads 5 empties
27 sheep
1 gas Dolores
2 gas Durango
1 empty flat Durango
3 empty refers Cedar Hill
Cedar Hill 10 minutes set out
Carbon Jct 10 minutes set out (27 sheep, picked up by extra 487-488 east at 11:40 PM)
Arrive Durango 9:15 PM with 3 loads 3 empties
Gunnison switch engine 317 with conductor Winters engineer H Gates
Montrose switch engine 605 with conductor Collett engineer J Gates
Durango switch engine 315 with conductor Rowe engineer House
Crested Butte branch and Silverton branch no activity (Added 11-09-09)
Jimmy
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/09/2009 06:05PM by Jimmy Blouch.
