Friday December 8, 1944
ALAMOSA
No new snow Cumbres,
6” 28" on ground (edit 12-10-09)
No. 115 with engine 476
Conductor Hurley
Engineer Coughlin (to Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:15 AM with 5 cars (15 minutes delay for mail and express)
Arrive Cumbres 10:20 AM
Depart Cumbre 10:22 AM
Arrive Chama 11:10 AM
Depart Chama 11:15 AM (engineer Brice)
Arrive Durango 4:05 PM
No. 116 with engine 473
Conductor Moore
Engineer Katschthaler (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM
Depart Chama 4:05 PM
Arrive Cumbres 5:00 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:03 PM (engineer Coughlin)
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM
2 Chama Cumbres turns with engines 481, 482, and 486
Conductor Curtis
Engine 481 Hurley
Engine 482 Holly
Engine 486 Dodds
1st trip Depart Chama 1:50 AM with 18 loads 2 empties
Arrive Cumbres 3:30 AM
Engine 481 depart Cumbres 3:40 AM with caboose for Chama
Engine 482 depart Cumbres 3:45 AM light for Chama
Engine 486 depart Cumbres 3:50 AM light for Chama
2nd trip depart Chama 6:40 AM with 18 loads 8 empties
Arrive Cumbres 8:20 AM
Engine 481 depart Cumbres 8:40 AM with caboose for Chama
Engine 482 depart Cumbres 8:45 AM light for Cumbres
Engine 486 depart Cumbres 8:50 AM light for Cumbres
Durango extra east with engines 488 road and 485 helper
Conductor Knight
Engine 488 Cummins
Engine 485 Peterson
Loose tire found on engine 485, not used, engineer Peterson tied up
Engine 488 depart Durango 2:10 PM with 9 loads 1 empty
Carbon Jct 1 hour 55 minutes load 3 cars cattle and 1 car sheep Basin Barn, meet extra 375 west, No. 115, and get east loads (includes 4 cars cattle from Farmington branch, extra 375)
Ignacio 10 minutes set out
Tiffany 5 minutes mdse
Allison 10 minutes mdse and pick up
Arboles 10 minutes pick up
Gato 25 minutes eat
Juanita 10 minutes pick up
Dulce 10 minutes set out
Lumberton 15 minutes mdse
Monero 30 minutes mdse, coal and pick up
Arrive Chama 12:30 AM with 21 loads 2 empties
SALIDA
No new snow Marshall Pass,
28” 6" on ground (edit 12-10-09)
Monarch branch with engines 480 road and 494 helper
Conductor Rhodes
Engine 480 W Wilson
Engine 494 Dailey
Depart Salida 9:00 AM with 44 empties
Engine 480 double Maysville Monarch with engine 494 helping on 1st trip, engine 494 return light Salida 12:40 PM
Engine 480 depart Maysville 3:30 PM, east bound, with 44 loads 1 empty
Arrive Salida 4:35 PM
2 Sargent hill turns with engines 490 and 491
Conductor Trevartheu
Engine 490 Crooks
Engine 491 Fitzsimons
1st trip depart Sargent 11:10 AM with 11 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 12:30 PM
Engine 491 depart Marshall Pass 12:35 PM light for Sargent
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 12:40 PM with caboose for Sargent
Salida extra west with engines 495 road, 493 helper and 499 helper (Marshall Pass turn)
Conductor Carlin
Engine 495 Hyatt
Engine 493 Culliman
Engine 499 C Wilson
Depart Salida 12:01 PM with 58 empties
Arrive Marshall Pass 3:05 PM, wait for 2nd hill turn
2nd hill turn depart Sargent 2:15 PM with 12 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 3:35 PM
Engine 491 (from hill turn) depart Marshall Pass 3:45 PM light for Sargent
Engine 490 (from hill turn) depart Marshall Pass 3:50 PM with 58 empties for Sargent, set out 40 empties Buxton
Engine 493 (from extra west) depart Marshall Pass 4:05 PM light for Salida
Engine 499 (from extra west) depart Marshall Pass 4:10 PN light for Salida
Engine 495 (road engine from extra west) depart Marshall Pass 4:45 PM with 45 loads 1 empty
Arrive Salida 7:20 PM
Salida extra west with engines 492 road, 494 helper and 499 helper
Conductor Straitiff
Engine 492 Dailey
Engine 494 W Wilson
Engine 499 Culliman
Depart Salida 10:20 PM with 57 empties
Arrive Marshall Pass 12:50 AM
Engine 494 depart Marshall Pass 12:55 AM light for Gunnison
Engine 499 depart Marshall Pass 1:10 AM light for Salida
Engine 492 depart Marshall Pass 1:15 AM
Buxton 20 minutes pick up 40 empties
Sargent 20 minutes water and pick up
Depart Sargent 3:05 AM with 114 empties
Arrive Gunnison 4:40 AM with 114 empties
GUNNISON
Crested Butte branch with engine 498
Conductor Purciel
Engineer Braswell
Depart Gunnison 9:40 AM with 48 empties
Arrive Crested Butte 11:30 AM
Depart Crested Butte 3:40 PM with 44 loads 1 empty
Arrive Gunnison 5:25 PM
(Begin edit 12-09-09, addition)
MONTROSE
Ouray branch with engine 316
Conductor Gribben
Engineer Price
Depart Montrose 12:50 PM with 8 loads 9 empties
2 coal Ouray
2 coal Telluride
2 loads Durango
2 mdse Rico
8 empty box Ridgway
Arrive Ridgway 3:45 PM, 10 minutes switching
Depart Ridgway 3:55 PM
Arrive Ouray 4:40 PM 2 loads 4 empties, 40 minutes switching
Depart Ouray 5:30 PM 2 loads 6 empties
Arrive Montrose 8:10 PM with 11 loads 6 empties
(End edit 12-09-09, addition)
DURANGO
Farmington branch with engine 375
Conductor Murray
Engineer Connor
Depart Durango 3:30 AM with 9 loads 10 empties
Carbon Jct 15 minutes switching
Bondad 15 minutes file cistern
Aztec 20 minutes switching
Refinery 20 minutes switching
Arrive Farmington 7:55 AM, 30 minutes eat, 50 minutes switching, 1 hour 30 minutes wait for gas loading
Depart Farmington 10:45 AM with 17 loads 6 empties,
2 cars cattle
1 seed
2 oil
1 gas Ignacio
2 gas Durango
1 gas Telluride
1 gas Dolores
4 empty box
Refinery 20 minutes switching
Aztec 5 minutes pick up 2 cars cattle
Cedar Hill 15 minutes switching
Carbon Jct 10 minutes set out
Arrive Durango 3:40 PM with 5 loads 6 empties
Gunnison switch engine 340 with foreman Winters engineer H Gates
Durango switch engine 315 with foreman Rowe engineer House
No other narrow gauge activity this date.
Posting for this date later than intended
Jimmy
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/10/2009 09:31AM by Jimmy Blouch.
