Saturday November 18 1944
ALAMOSA
No. 115 with engine 478
Conductor Hines
Engineer Coughlin (to Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:25 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Cumbres 10:30 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:33 AM
Arrive Chama 11:15 AM
Depart Chama 11:20 AM (engineer Brice)
Arrive Durango 4:05 PM
No. 116 with engine 473
Conductor Hurley
Engineer Katschthaler (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM
Depart Chama 4:05 PM (engineer Coughling) (Engineer Holly and fireman Parker deadhead to Alamosa)
Arrive Cumbres 5:10 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:13 PM
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM
48 cars stock at Chama ready to move east, arrived 10:50 AM with extra 487 east, too much tonnage for 4 engine train to Cumbres, split between extra east and Cumbres turn, extra east wait at Cumbres for Cumbres turn before departing Cumbres
Chama extra east with engines 485 road, 486 helper and 484 helper
Conductor Curtis
Engine 485 Nissen
Engine 486 Dodds
Engine 484 Owenby
Depart Chama 11:35 AM with 32 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cumbres 1:05 PM, 25 minutes wait for connection, 10 minutes pick up connection and fill
Chama Cumbres turn with engines 483 and 480
Conductor Skirvin
Engine 483 Donaldson
Engine 480 Holly
Depart Chama 12:10 PM with 19 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cumbres 1:30 PM
Engine 486 (from extra east) depart Cumbres 1:30 PM light for Chama
Engine 484 (from extra east) depart Cumbres 1:35 PM light for Chama
Engine 483 (from turn) depart Cumbres 1:40 PM with caboose for Chama
Engine 480 (from turn) depart Cumbres 1:45 PM light for Chama
Engine 485 depart Cumbres 1:45 PM with 69 loads 1 empty
Arrive Alamosa 6:05 PM
Chama Cumbres turn with engines 486, 483m, and 480
Conductor Skirvin
Engine 486 Dondaldson
Engine 483 Dodds
Engine 480 Turney
Depart Chama 5:05 PM with 17 loads 2 empties
Arrive Cumbres 6:30 PM
Engine 483 depart Cumbres 6:40 PM light for Chama
Engine 480 depart Cumbres 6:45 PM light for Chama
Engine 486 depart Cumbres 6:50 PM with caboose for Chama
Durango extra east with engines 482 road, 478 helper, 478 off Falfa, 483 helper on Gato
Conductor Knight
Engine 482 Dieckman
Engine 478 Cummins
Engine 483 Peterson, depart Chama light 11:20 PM for Gato
Depart Durango 8:00 PM with 12 loads 3 empties
Arrive Carbon Jct 8:20 PM, 20 minutes pick up 19 cars sheep from Farmington branch
Arrive Falfa 9:35 PM, 5 minutes cut off helper, engine 478 light return to Durango
Arrive Ignacio 10:25 PM, 30 minutes mdse, pick 2 cars sheep
Arrive Tiffany 11:45 PM, 10 minutes mdse
Arrive Allison 12:05 AM, 10 minutes mdse
Arrive Arboles 12:40 AM, 10 minutes mdse
Arrive Gato 1:40 AM, 40 minutes eat, switching, add helper engine 483
Arrive Dulce 3:40 AM, 25 minutes mdse and switching
Arrive Lumberton 4:20 AM 30 minutes mdse and pick up
Arrive Monero 5:30 AM, 20 minutes coal & water
Arrive Chama 7:05 AM with 45 loads 1 empty
Chama extra west with engine 487
Conductor Bruce
Engineer J Johnson
Depart Chama 8:30 PM with 1 load 24 empties
Arrive Lumberton 9:50 PM, 30 minutes pick up and set out
Arrive Gato 11:30 PM, 15 minutes eat
Arrive Arboles 12:30 AM, 25 minutes meet extra 482 east
Arrive Tiffany 1:40 AM 10 minutes set out
Arrive Durango 4:00 AM with 2 loads 30 empties
SALIDA
Monarch branch with engines 497 road and 492 helper
Conductor Rhodes
Engine 497 Frantz
Engine 492 W Wilson
Depart Salida 7:35 AM with 43 empties
Engine 497 double Maysville Monarch with engine 492 helping on 1st trip, 492 return light to Salida at 11:05 AM
Engine 497 depart Maysville 2:55 PM, east bound, with 45 loads 1 empty
Arrive Salida 4:00 PM
Gunnison extra east with engines 494 road, 498 helper, added Sargent 495 helper
Conductor Young
Engine 494 Dailey
Engine 498 Culliman
Engine 945 Veo
Depart Gunnison with 75 loads 1 empty, includes 42 cars stock
Arrive Doyle 8:05 AM pick up 14 cars hay
Arrive Sargent 9:40 AM with 89 loads 1 empty, 25 minutes double in and set out, 25 minutes coal & water and lunch
(enough tonnage that hill turn preceded extra east rather than 4 engine stock train)
Sargent hill turn with engines 490 and 491
Conductor Trevartheu
Engine 490 Fitzsimons
Engine 491 Crooks
Depart Sargent 10:00 AM with 16 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 11:20 AM
Extra 494 east, with 498 and 495, depart Sargent 10:30 AM with 34 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 11:50 AM
Engine 491 (from turn) depart Marshall Pass 11:55 AM light for Sargent
Engine 490 (from turn) depart Marshall Pass 12:01 PM with caboose for Sargent
Engine 495 (from extra 494 east) depart Marshall Pass 12:05 PM
Engine 498 (from extra 494 east) depart Marshall Pass 12:20 PM for Mears Jct (help on Valley line)
Engine 494 depart Marshall Pass 12:30 PM with 44 loads 1 empty
Arrive Salida 2:45 PM
Salida extra west with engine 493 (run to Marshall Pass pick up Valley loads, take to Poncha Pass return Salida)
Conductor Carlin
Engineer Hyatt
Depart Salida 8:05 AM with caboose
Arrive Marshall Pass 9:30 AM, 3 hours wait for hill crew and extra 494 east, 40 minutes make up train, 35 minutes inspection
Depart Marshall Pass 1:45 PM with 41 loads 1 empty
Arrive Mears Jct 3:00 PM, 45 minutes set out 19 cars, inspection and turn
Depart Mears Jct 3:45 PM, double to Poncha Pass,
Arrive Poncha Pass 5:15 PM (2nd trip)
Engine 498 depart Poncha Pass light for Salida
Engine 493 depart Poncha Pass 5:30 PM
Arrive Mears Jct 5:45 PM, 5 minutes pick up and turn
Depart Mears Jct 5:50 PM
Arrive Salida 6:40 PM with 25 loads 1 empty
Salida extra west with engine 496 (Valley line)
Conductor Perschbacker
Engineer C Wilson
Depart Salida 2:10 PM with 1 load 9 empties
Poncha Jct 5 minutes extra 494 east
Mears Jct pick up, and double to Poncha Pass
Depart Poncha Pass 5:30 PM
Villa Grove 15 minutes water and coal down
Hot Mineral Springs 10 minutes set out
Moffat 55 minutes set out and load 9 cars cattle
Hooper 30 minutes pick up and set out
Mosca 15 minutes pick up
Arrive Alamosa 11:15 PM with 47 loads 4 empties
Sargent hill turn with engines 490, 491, and 495
Conductor Trevartheu
Engine 490 Fitzsimons
Engine 491 Crooks
Engine 495 Veo
Depart Sargent 2:30 PM with 30 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 3:50 PM
Engine 491 depart Marshall Pass 4:10 PM light for Sargent
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 4:15 PM light for Sargent
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 4:20 PM with caboose for Sargent
GUNNISON
Extra west with engine 361
Conductor Anderson
Engineer Stamm
Depart Gunnison 8:50 AM with 23 empties
Arrive Cimarron 11:05 AM, 1 hour 5 minutes load sheep
Montrose extra east light engine 456
Engineer Braswell
Depart Montrsoe 9:35 AM
Arrive Cimarron 11:00 AM
Engines 361 and 456 depart Cimarron 12:10 PM with 14 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cerro Summit 1:25 PM, Engine 361 with caboose return to Cimarron, engine 456 light return to Cimarron
At Cimarron engine 361 1 hour 25 minutes load sheep
Gunnison extra west light engine 360 (to Cimarron to help extra 361 west)
Depart Gunnsion 1:35 PM
Arrive Cimarron 3:25 PM
Engines 360 road, 456 helper, and 361 helper depart Cimarron 3:45 PM with 19 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cerro Summit 4:35 PM
Engine 456 depart Cerro Summit light return to Montrose at 5:45 PM
Engine 360 depart Cerro Summit light for Montrose, arrive 6:00 PM
Engine 360 depart Cerro Summit 4:50 PM with train, arrive Montrose 6:00 PM
31 cars sheep and 2 outfits loaded at Cimarron, destination Cisco, Utah (for winter quarters)
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MONTROSE
Ouray branch with engine 316
Conductor Gribben
Engineer Price
Depart Montrose 8:25 AM with 12 empties (11 box for Ridgway)
Arrive Ridgway 10:10 AM, 20 minutes switching
Arrive Ouray 11:25 AM, 45 minutes switching, 30 minutes eating
Depart Ouray 12:40 PM with 2 loads 1 empty
Arrive Ridgway 1:25 PM, 15 minutes switching
Arrive Montrose 3:20 PM with 5 loads 1 empty
(Load contents not shown)
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DURANGO
Silverton branch with engine 453 (Train No. 461 west and train No. 462 east)
Conductor Henry
Engineer Cummins
Depart Durango 9:15 AM with 4 loads 1 empty (load contents not shown)
Arrive Silverton 12:40 PM, 20 minutes eat, 1 hour switching
Depart Silverton 2:00 PM
Arrive Durango 4:55 PM with 7 loads 1 empty (load contents not shown)
Farmington branch with engine 482
Conductor Murray
Engineer Connor
Depart Durango 8:00 AM with 16 empties
Refinery 5 minutes set out
Arrive Farmington 11:00 AM, 3 hours 35 minutes load 19 cars sheep
Depart Farmington 2:35 PM with 20 loads 1 empty, 19 sheep, 1 gas Mancos
Refinery 10 minutes switching
Aztec 10 minutes switching
Carbon Jct 5 minutes set out 19 cars sheep (picked up by extra 482 east later)
Arrive Durango 6:00 PM 1 load 1 empty
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 and Baldwin branch no activity
I plan to post again in the near future
Jimmy
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/18/2009 10:51PM by Jimmy Blouch.
