Saturday November 11 1944
ALAMOSA
No. 115 with engine 473
Conductor Hurley
Engineer Baskett (to Chama)
(Engineer Turney and fireman Davis deadhead to Chama for hill turn)
Depart Alamosa 7:10 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Cumbres 10:35 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:37 AM
Arrive Chama 11:20 AM
Depart Chama 11:25 AM (engineer Johnson)
Arrive Durango 4:05 PM
No. 116 with engine 478
Conductor Roberts
Engineer Brice (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 6 cars (car # 284 added, not in consist Nov 10)
(Passengers included Indians, no other information shown)
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM
Depart Chama 4:05 PM (engineer Baskett)
Arrive Cumbres 5:02 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:05 PM
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM
Chama extra east with engines 483 road, 488 helper and 487 helper
Conductro Ashbrook
Engine 483 Owenby
Engine 488 Shumaker
Engine 487 Donaldson
Depart Chama 7:00 AM with 29 loads 1 empty, (includes 27 stock from extra 482 east Nov 10, and 2 cars dressed turnkeys, this consist straight through to Alamosa)
Arrive Cumbres 8:40 AM
Engine 488 depart Cumbres 8:50 AM light for Chama
Engine 487 depart Cumbres 9:00 AM light for Chama
Engine 483 depart Cumbres 9:00 AM
Arrive Alamosa 1:00 PM
Location of meet with No. 115 not shown
Alamosa extra west with engine 484
Conductor Curtis
Engineer Holly
Depart Alamosa 2:10 AM with 2 loads 84 empties
Antonito 15 minutes coal & water, 30 minutes reduce 43 cars, 10 minutes orders
Lava 5 minutes water
Sublette 20 minutes water and eat
Arrive Cumbres 9:50 AM with 4 loads 39 empties
Depart Cumbres 10:05 AM
Arrive Chama 11:15 AM with 4 loads 39 empties
(Meet with extra 483 east not shown, perhaps Los Pinos)
Chama extra west with engine 481
Conductor Lyons
Engineer Houck
Depart Chama 1:15 PM with 5 loads 32 empties, 20 empty double decks, 10 empty single decks, 1empty box
Monero 10 minutes water cistern
Lumberton 20 minutes meet No. 116, set out
Dulce 10 minutes mdse
Juanita 10 minutes pick up
Gato 15 minutes set out, 20 minutes eat
Arboles 10 minutes set out
Arrive Durango 8:35 PM with 5 loads 23 empties
Chama Cumbres turn with engines 482, 488 and 487
Conductor Curtis
Engine 482 Shumaker
Engine 488 Donaldson
Engine 487 Holly
Depart Chama 9:10 PM with 17 loads 1 empty
6 ore Amarillo
2 ore Leadville
9 oil Alamosa
(consist usually not shown on Cumbres turns)
Arrive Cumbres 10:50 PM
Engine 482 depart Cumbres 11:00 PM with caboose for Chama
Engine 488 depart Cumbres 11:05 PM light for Chama
Engine 487 depart Cumbres 11:10 PM light for Chama
Durango extra east with engines 481 road, 453 helper off Falfa, engine 484 on Lumberton
Conductor Knight
Engine 481 Cummins
Engine 453 J Peterson
Engine 484 Dieckman, light engine depart Chama 6:15 AM (Nov 12) for Lumberton
Depart Durango 11:50 PM with 2 loads 6 empties
Arrive Carbon Jct 12:01 AM, 1 hour 35 minutes switching, pick up 34 cars sheep from Farmington,4 cars apples, and load 5 cars cattle (Basin Barn)
Falfa 5 minutes cut off helper, 453 return light to Durango
Florida 10 minutes set out
Gato 25 minutes eat
Dulce 25 minutes switching and pick up
Lumberton 25 minutes switching and pick up, add helper 484
Monero 15 minutes coal & water and pick up
Arrive Chama 10:25 AM with 51 loads 1 empty (39 cars stock)
Alamosa extra west with engine 486
Conductor Andriko
Engineer Nissen
Called 11:45 PM
Depart Alamosa 12:20 AM (Nov 12) with 3 loads 56 empties
Estrella 25 minutes spot cars for loading
Bountiful 15 minutes set out 1 coal
Antonito 55 minutes coal & water, set out and pick up
Sublette 20 minutes water and eat
Arrive Cumbres 7:55 AM with 3 loads 32 empties
Depart Cumbres 8:15 AM with 3 loads 32 empties
Arrive Chama 9:25 AM
SALIDA
Monarch branch with engines 480 road and 494 helper
Conductor Straitiff
Engine 480 Culliman
Engine 494 Frantz
Depart Salida 9:05 AM with 43 empties
Engine 480 double Maysville Monarch with engine 494 helping on 1st trip, engine 494 light return Salida at 12:50 PM
Engine 480 depart Maysville 4:20 PM, east bound, with 45 loads 1 empty
Arrive Salida 5:40 PM
Gunnison extra east with engine 497
Conductor Rhodes
Engineer Hyatt
Depart Gunnison 4:30 AM with 36 loads 1 empty, 8 stock from extra 361 east Nov 10, 28 cars coal
Arrive Sargent 6:35 AM, at Sargent trade road engines
Out of Sargent engine 495 road Hyatt
Out of Sargent engine 491 helper Crooks
Out of Sargent engine 497 helper Veo
Depart Sargent 7:25 AM with 22 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 8:55 AM
Engine 491 depart Marshall Pass 9:05 AM light for Sargent
Engine 497 depart Marshall Pass 9:20 AM light for Sargent
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 9:45 AM with 44 loads 1 empty
Arrive Salida 12:20 PM
Salida extra west with engines 496 road and 493 helper (Valley line)
Conductor Matthews
Engine 496 W Wilson
Engine 493 C Wilson
Depart Salida 11:05 AM with 1 load 36 empties
15 empty stock cars
10 empty box Moffat
8 empty coal
2 empty flats Durango
1 company material
Poncha Jct 10 minutes meet extra 495 east
Double Mears Jct to Poncha Pass
Engine 493 light return to Salida
Engine 496 depart Poncha Pass 1:50 PM
Villa Grove 45 minutes eat and load 3 cars cattle
MP 254 10 minutes shovel down coal, 25 minutes repack rebrass RG 1558
Arrive Moffat 4:50 PM, 3 hours 10 minutes load 24 cars cattle, 1 hour wait for billing
Hooper 30 minutes switching and pick up
Arrive Mosca 10:45 PM, while staring train, with 45 loads 11 empties, pulled draw head casting out of rear of engine, necessary take engine 496 to Alamosa, get standard gauge engine 1007 and return to Mosca for train.
Depart Mosca 1:15 AM
Arrive Alamosa 2:10 AM
2 Sargent hill turns with engines 492, 491, and 497
Conductor Trevartheu
Engine 492 Fitzsimons
Engine 491 Crooks
Engine 497 Veo
Depart Sargent 1:55 PM with 18 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 3:15 PM
Engine 497 depart Marshall Pass 3:20 PM light for Sargent
Engine 491 depart Marshall Pass 3:25 PM light for Sargent
Engine 492 depart Marshall Pass 3:30 with caboose for Sargent
Depart Sargent 5:00 PM with 17 loads 3 empties
Arrive Marshall Pass 6:20 PM
Engine 497 depart Marshall Pass 6:25 PM light for Sargent
Engine 491 depart Marshall Pass 6:30 PM light for Sargent
Engine 492 depart Marshall Pass 6:35 PM light for Sargent
MONTROSE
Extra east with engine 463 (Cerro Summit turn)
Conductor Gribben
Engineer T Doyle
Depart Montrose 2:50 PM with 2 loads 21 empties
1 company scrap Alamosa
1 cinders MP 345
1 empty double deck Salida shop
1 empty box Salida shop
18 empty coals
Double Cedar Creek to Cerro Summit, on 1st trip unload 1 car cinders at MP 345
Depart Cerro Summit 6:40 PM with caboose
Arrive Montrose 7:40 PM
DURANGO
Silverton branch with engine 375 (train No. 461 west and train No. 462 east)
Conductor C Murray
Engineer Peterson
Depart Durango 9:15 AM 1 load 12 empties (consist not shown)
Arrive Silverton 1:10 PM, 20 minutes eat, 30 minutes switching
Depart Silverton 2:20 PM 5 loads 1 empty
2 concentrates Leadville
2 ore Colorado City
1 coach
Caboose
Arrive Durango 5:35 PM
Farmington branch with engine 485
Conductor Hurley
Engineer Connor
Depart Durango 9:55 AM with 4 loads 36 empties
Refinery 25 minutes switching
Arrive Farmington 1:20 PM, 40 minutes switching and turn, 5 hours 50 minutes load 34 cars sheep, 10 minutes switching
Depart Farmington 8:00 PM with 37 loads 1 empty
34 cars sheep
1 gas Durango
2 cars apples
Cedar Hill 5 minutes pick up 2 cars apples
Carbon Jct 15 minutes set out 34 cars sheep and 4 cars apples (picked up by extra 481 east)
Arrive Durango 11:45 PM with 1 load 1 empty
Gunnison switch engine 317 with conductor Winters engineer H Gates
Montrose switch engine standard gauge 605 with conductor Collett engineer J Gats
Durango switch engine 315 with conductor Rowe engineer House
Crested Butte branch and Baldwin branch no activity
66 cars stock narrow gauge 34 sheep and 32 cattle
Jimmy
