Thursday November 16 1944
ALAMOSA
Snowing light most of the day on Cumbres
No. 115 with engine 478
Conductor Roberts
Engineer Coughlin (to Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:40 AM with 6 cars (delay due to transfer)
Arrive Cumbres 10:47 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:50 AM
Arrive Chama 11:35 AM
Depart Chama 11:40 AM (engineer Brice)
Arrive Durango 4:25 PM
No. 116 with engine 473
Conductor Hines
Engineer Dieckman (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM
Depart Chama 4:05 PM (engineer Coughlin)
Arrive Cumbres 5:08 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:10 PM
Arrive Alamsoa 8:30 PM
Alamosa extra west light engine 476 (break in run, Big Horn turn)
Engineer Bledsoe
Depart Alamosa 10:20 AM
Arrive Antonito 1:10 PM
Depart Antonito 1:15 PM for Big Horn
Arrive Antonito 5:15 PM from Big Horn
Depart Antonito 5:20 PM
Arrive Alamosa 6:40 PM
Chama extra east with engines 486 road, 488 helper and 485 helper
Conductor Skirvin
Engine 486 Holly
Engine 488 Donaldson
Engine 485 Owenby
Depart Chama 10:40 AM with 31 loads 1 empty
Lobato 25 minutes meet No. 115
Arrive Cumbres 12:55 PM
Engine 488 depart Cumbres 1:00 PM light for Alamosa
Engine 485 depart Cumbres 1:20 PM light for Chama
Engine 486 depart Cumbres 1:10 PM with 49 loads 1 empty
Arrive Alamosa 5:25 PM
Chama Cumbres turn with engines 484, 482, and 481
Conductor Ashbrook
Engine 484 Nissen
Engine 482 Turney
Engine 481 Owenby
2 hours 50 minutes load 13 cars sheep for west bound move to Tiffany
Depart Chama 7:20 PM with 18 loads 3 empties
Arrive Cumbres 9:20 PM
Engine 482 depart Cumbres 9:30 PM light for Chama
Engine 481 depart Cumbres 9:35 PM light for Chama
Engine 484 depart Cumbres 9:40 PM with 16 empties for Chama
Chama extra west with engine 480
Conductor Bruce
Engineer Peterson
Depart Chama 8:15 PM with 23 loads 21 empties, includes 13 car sheep for Tiffany, 20 empty stock cars
Monero 10 minute mdse
Lumberton 5 minutes mdse
Dulce 5 minutes set out
Gato 25 minutes eat and orders
Carracas 1 hour 25 minutes meet extra 487 east and saw by
Tiffany 20 minutes set out
Igancio 15 minutes set out
Arrive Durango 5:55 AM with 9 loads 9 empties
Durango extra east with engines 487 road, 453 helper, 453 off Falfa, 485 helper on Lumberton
Conductor Knight
Engine 487 Houch
Engine 453 J Johnson
Engine 485 Connor, depart Chama light for Lumberton
Depart Durango 8:30 PM with 40 loads 1 empty, includes 10 cars cattle from RGS, 14 cars cattle loaded Durango
Falfa 5 minutes cut out helper, 453 return light to Durango
Florida 10 minutes set out
Carracas 10 minutes meet extra 480 west
Gato 45 minutes eat and water
Dulce 20 minutes pick up
Lumberton 5 minutes helper 485 on
Monero 20 minutes coal & water
Arrive Chama 6:45 AM with 44 loads 1 empty
Alamosa extra west with engine 486
Conductor Curtis
Engineer Dodds
Depart Alamosa 11:55 PM with 2 loads 30 empties
Antonito 45 minutes coal & water and switching
Lava 5 minutes water
Sublette 35 minutes water and eat
Osier 5 minutes water
Arrive Cumbres 6:45 AM with 2 loads 40 empties
Depart Cumbres 7:15 AM with 2 loads 40 empties
Arrive Chama 8:30 AM
SALIDA
No new snow reported on Marshall Pass
Monarch branch with engines 490 road, and 496 helper
Conductor Rhodes
Engine 490 Frantz
Engine 496 Culliman
Depart Salida 9:00 AM with 45 empties
Engine 490 double Maysville to Monarch with engine 496 helping on 1st trip, engine 496 light return to Salida at 1:20 PM, Snowing, engines slipping Maysville to Monarch
Engine 490 depart Maysville 5:30 PM, east bound, with 45 loads 1 empty
Arrive Salida 6:35 PM
2 Sargent Hill turns with engines 491, 495, and 492
Conductor Trevartheu
Engine 491 Crooks
Engine 495 Veo
Engine 492 Fitzsimons
1st turn Depart Sargent 11:20 AM with 19 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 12:40 PM
Engine 492 depart Marshall Pass 12:50 PM light for Sargent
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 12:55 PM light for Sargent
Engine 491 depart Marshall Pass 1:00 PM with caboose for Sargent
2 nd turn depart Sargent 2:40 PM with 20 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 4:00 PM
Engine 492 depart Marshall Pass 4:00 PM light for Sargent
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 4:10 PM light for Sargent
Engine 491 depart Marshall Pass 4:25 PM with caboose for Sargent
Salida extra west with engines 498 road, 497 helper and 493 helper
Depart Salida 10:00 PM with 55 empties
Arrive Marshall Pass 1:00 AM
Engine 497 depart Marshall Pass 1:11 AM light for Salida
Engine 493 depart Marshall Pass 1:16 AM light for Salida
Engine 498 depart Marshall Pass 1:20 AM with 55 empties
Buxton 10 minutes pick up 10 empty single decks
Crookton 10 minutes pick up 1 car cattle for Montrose
Bonita 10 minutes set out 22 empties
Parlin 10 minutes set out 4 box
Arrive Gunnison 4:50 AM
GUNNISON
Baldwin branch with engine 278
Conductor Purciel
Engineer T Doyle
Depart Gunnison 8:05 Am with 15 empties
Castleton 10 minutes set out
Arrive Baldwin 10:00 AM, 30 minutes mine work
Depart Baldwin 10:30 AM
Castleton 20 minutes pick up and switching
Arrive Gunnison 12:15 PM with 14 loads 1 empty
MONTROSE
Extra east with engines 456 road, and 463 helper
Conductor Gribben
Engine 456 Price
Engine 463 Braswell
Depart Montrose 9:25 AM with 23 empties, 22 double decks
Cerro Summit set out empties and helper engine 463 cut off, follow extra 456 to Cimarron, arrived 11:45 AM
Engine 456 depart Cerro Summit 11:10 AM
Arrive Cimarron 11:40 AM with caboose, 2 hours 40 minutes switching and load 31 cars sheep, 15 for Dominguez and 16 for Cisco Utah, and 1 camp outfit. (This is an example of sheep being moved to winter quarters.) 10 minutes meet extra 361 east
Extra east with engine 361
Conductor Anderson
Engineer Stamm
Depart Montrose 12:20 PM with 9 empties, 1 double deck, 7 coals, caboose
Cerro Summit pick up empties, arrive Cimarron 3:15 PM with 31 empties, 2 hours 20 minutes continue loading 31 cars sheep
Extra west with engines 456 road and engine 463 depart Cimarron 3:35 PM with 16 loads 1 empty
Cerro Summit set out loads, engine 456 with caboose and engine 463 return to Cimmarron
Depart Cimarron 5:30 PM with 16 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cerro Summit 6:20 PM
Extra 361 depart Cimarron 5:35 PM with 2 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cerro Summit 6:25 PM, give 2 loads to extra 456 west, return to Cimarron at 7:05 PM
Extra 456 depart Cerro Summit 6:35 PM with 34 loads 1 empty
Arrive Montrose 7:45
Engine 463 depart Cerro Summit behind extra 456, arrive Montrose 7:50 PM
Engine 361 arrive Cimarron 7:05 PM, 30 minutes coal, 15 minutes pick up
Depart Cimarron 7:50 PM with 3 loads 23 empties
Sapinero 20 minutes pick up, 20 minutes fix leaky train line
Arrive Gunnison 12:40 AM with 7 loads 23 empties
Gunnison switch engine 340 with conductor Winters engineer H Gates
Montrose switch engine standard gauge 605 with conductor Mahoney engineer J Gates
Durango switch engine 315 with conductor Rowe engineer House
Crested Butte branch, Silverton branch and Farmington branch no activity
Jimmy
