Saturday December 9, 1944
ALAMOSA
No new snow Cumbres, 28” on ground
No. 115 with engine 473
Conductor Hines
Engineer Baskett (to Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:37 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Cumbres 10:53 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:57 AM
Arrive Chama 11:30 AM
Depart Chama 11:35 AM (engineer Katschthaler)
(Arrive and depart times Chama blurred, difficult to read, appear to read as posted)
Arrive Durango 4:20 PM
No. 116 with engine 476
Conductor Hurley
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 5:02 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:04 PM
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM
Chama extra east with engines 486 road, 481 helper and 482 helper
Conductor Curtis
Engine 486 Holly
Engine 481 Hurley
Engine 482 Dodds
Depart Chama 1:55 AM with 20 loads 1 empty (includes 8 cars stock)
Arrive Cumbres 3:25 AM
Engine 482 depart Cumbres 4:00 AM light for Chama
Engine 481 depart Cumbres 4:05 AM light for Alamosa
Engine 486 depart Cumbres 4:10 AM with 56 loads 1 empty
Lava 35 minutes switching
Antonito 15 minutes orders
Bountiful 15 minutes No. 115
Arrive Alamosa 9:05 AM with 56 loads 6 empties
Durango extra east with engines 485 road, 453 helper, 453 off Falfa, engine 482 helper on Lumberton
Conductor Henry
Engine 485 Dieckman
Engine 453 Johnson
Engine 482 Cummins (on Lumberton, ran light from Chama to Lumberton)
Depart Durango 6:26 PM with 29 loads 1 empty
Falfa 5 minutes cut helper engine 453, engine 453 light return to Durango
Gato 25 minutes eat, set out to reduce
Dulce 40 minutes switching and pick up
Lumberton 35 minutes wait for helper engine, 5 minutes turn engine 482 cut on train
Monero 35 minutes switching, coal & water and pick up
Arrive Chama 5:15 AM
SALIDA
2” new snow Marshall Pass, 8” on ground
Salida
Monarch branch with engines 480 road and 495 helper
Conductor Rhodes
Engine 480 Hyatt
Engine 495 C Wilson
Depart Salida 11:00 AM with 43 empties
Engine 480 double Maysville Monarch with engine 495 helping 1st trip, Engine 495 light return Salida 2:30 PM
Engine 480 depart Maysville 6:05 PM, east bound, with 38 loads 1 empty
Arrive Salida 7:15 PM
Salida extra west with engines 496 road and 493 helper (Valley line)
Conductor Carlin
Engine 496 Culliman
Engine 493 Frantz
Depart Salida 12:01 PM with 7 loads 21 empties
Caboose
1 company ties Alamosa
20 empty box Moffat
3 company cinders Villa Grove
3 supply cars
Double Mears Jct Poncha Pass
Engine 493 depart Poncha Pass light for Salida
Engine 496 arrive Villa Grove 4:20 PM, 50 minutes unload cinders
West of MP 257 30 minutes unload cinders
West of MP 259 40 minutes unload cinders
Moffat 10 minutes set out
Hopper 30 minutes pick up 5 cars cattle
Mosca 25 minutes pick up 4 cars cattle
Arrive Alamosa 11:30 PM with 41 loads 2 empties
Gunnison extra east with engines 492 road and engine 494 helper
Conductor Staitiff
Engine 492 Dailey
Engine 494 W Wilson
Depart Gunnison 2:35 PM with 67 loads 1 empty
6 cars cattle
61 cars coal
Arrive Sargent 4:40 PM, 20 minutes set out, coal & water, 15 minutes lunch
Depart Sargent 5:30 PM with 15 loads 1 empty
Marshall Pass times not shown, wait for hill turn
Sargent hill turn with engines 490 and 491
Conductor Trevartheu
Engine 490 Crooks
Engine 491 Fitzsimons
Depart Sargent 4:55 PM with 12 loads 1 empty
Marshall Pass times not shown
Engine 491 (from hill turn) depart Marshall Pass light for Sargent
Engine 490 (from hill turn) depart Marshall Pass with caboose for Sargent
Engine 494 (from extra east) depart Marshall Pass light for Sargent
Engine 492 arrive Salida 9:40 PM with 28 loads 1 empty
Sargent hill turn with engines 490, 491 and 494
Conductor Trevartheu
Engine 490 Crooks
Engine 491 Fitzsimons
Engine 494 W Wilson
Depart Sargent 8:45 PM with 18 loads 1 empty
Marshall Pass times not shown
Engine 494 depart Marshall Pass light for Salida
Engine 491 depart Marshall Pass light for Sargent
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass with caboose for Sargent
Engine 491 front driving wheel derailed, broken spring hanger, (location not shown) engine 490 had to tow engine 491 back to Marshall Pass and turn and tow it to Sargent, engine 491 could not go forward
Arrive Sargent 1:30 AM
MONTROSE
Extra east with engine 456
Conductor Gribben
Engineer Price
Depart Montrose 10:05 AM with 20 empties
Arrive Cedar Creek 10:50 AM
Depart Cedar Creek 10:55 AM
La Jane pick up 2 cars spuds
Arrive Montrose 11:55 AM with 2 loads 1 empty
Not shown where 20 empties were left
DURANGO
Silverton branch with engine 375 (train No. 461 west bound, train No. 462 east bound)
Conductor Murray
Engineer Peterson
Depart Durango 9:15 AM with 9 loads 1 empty
3 explosives
2 steel balls
2 cars coal
2 mdse
Coach 212
Caboose
Rockwood 10 minutes set out 2 cars explosives
Arrive Silverton 1:50 PM, 20 minutes eat, 50 minutes switching
Depart Silverton 3:00 PM with 8 loads 1 empty
6 concentrates
1 mdse Durango
Coach 212
Caboose
Arrive Durango 6:25 PM
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
Jimmy
