Tuesday December 19, 1944
ALAMOSA
No. 115 with engine 476
Conductor Moore
Engineer Baskett (to Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:35 AM with 6 cars
Antonito set out baggage 167
Arrive Cumbres 11:05 AM
Depart Cumbres 11:07 AM
Arrive Chama 11:46 AM
Depart Chama 11:51 AM(engineer Katschthaler)
Arrive Gato 1:46 PM, meet No. 116
Depart Gato 1:51 PM
Arrive Durango 4:25 PM
No. 116 with engine 478
Conductor Hines
Engineer Brice (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Gato 1:45 PM, meet No. 115
Depart Gato 1:50 PM
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM
Depart Chama 4:05 PM (engineer Baskett)
Arrive Cumbres 5:00 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:03 PM
Antonito pick up baggage 167
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM
Alamosa extra west with engines 483 road and 482 helper
Conductor Curtis
Engine 483 Nissen
Engine 482 Owenby
Depart Alamosa 1:10 AM with 10 loads 65 empties
La Jara 30 minutes switching
Antonito 10 minutes coal & water, 25 minutes switching, 10 minutes cut helper in train, 40 minutes wait for extra 487 east (Dec 18)
Arrive Lava 5:55 AM, 10 minutes water
Sublette 25 minutes water and eat
Arrive Cumbres 9:20 AM with 9 loads 65 empties
Engine 482 depart Cumbres 9:30 AM light for Chama
Engine 483 depart Cumbres 10:05 AM with 9 loads 50 empties
Arrive Chama 11:10 AM
Chama extra west light engine 481
Engineer Johnson
Depart Chama 12:05 PM
Arrive Duragno 5:50 PM
Extra west with engine 485
Conductor Knight
Engineer Dieckman
Depart Chama 1:35 PM with 9 loads 51 empties
Biggs Spur 55 minutes meet No. 116
Monero 35 minutes mdse and switching
Lumberton 10 minutes mdse and set out
Dulce 10 minutes mdse
Gato 30 minutes lunch and set out
Arboles 15 minutes switching
Arrive Durango 11:45 PM with 9 loads 38 empties
2 Chama Cumbres turns with engines 486, 482, and 483
Conductor Curtis
Engine 486 Hurley
Engine 482 Owenby
Engine 483 Nissen
Depart Chama 11:50 PM with 16 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cumbres 1:40 AM
Engine 482 depart Cumbres 1:45 AM light for Chama
Engine 483 depart Cumbres 1:50 AM light for Chama
Engine 486 depart Cumbres 1;55 AM with 16 empties for Chama (pick up empties from extra 483 west)
Depart Chama 5:05 AM (Dec 20) with 20 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cumbres 6:50 AM
Engine 486 depart Cumbres 7:00 AM with caboose for Chama
Engine 482 depart Cumbres 7:05 AM light for Chama
Engine 483 depart Cumbres 7:10 AM light for Chama
SALIDA
Gunnison extra east with engines 490 road, 494 helper and 495 helper (495 added at Sargent)
Conductor Carlin
Engine 490 Hyatt
Engine 494 Dailey
Engine 495 Crooks
Depart Gunnison 10:35 AM with 43 loads 1 empty
Parlin 10 minutes set out
Arrive Sargent 12:15 PM, 15 minutes set out, 20 minutes coal & water
Depart Sargent 12:50 PM with 18 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 2:05 PM
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 2:15 PM light for Sargent
Engine 494 depart Marshall Pass 2:20 PM light for Salida
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 3:05 PM with 40 loads 4 empties
Mears Jct 10 minutes set out and inspection
Arrive Salida 6:05 PM with 33 loads 4 empties
2 Sargent hill turns with engines 491 and 495
Conductor Young
Engine 491 Frantz
Engine 495 Crooks
Depart Sargent 4:10 PM with 11 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 5:15 PM
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 5:20 PM light for Sargent
Engine 491 depart Marshall Pass 5:25 PM with caboose for Sargent
Depart Sargent 7:10 PM with 11 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 8:25 PM
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 8:30 PM light for Sargent
Engine 491 depart Marshall Pass 8:35 PM with caboose for Sargent
GUNNISON
Baldwin branch with engine 278
Conductor Anderson
Engineer Braswell
Depart Gunnison 8:25 AM with 1 load 13 empties
Arrive Baldwin 10:15 AM, 30 minutes mines
Depart Baldwin 10:45 AM
Castleton 5 minutes pick up
Wylie 5 minutes pick up
Arrive Gunnison 12:15 PM with 17 loads 1 empty
Depart Gunnison 1:40 PM with 15 empties
Wylie 5 minutes set out
Teachout 5 minutes set out
Castleton 10 minutes set out and turn
Arrive Gunnsion 4:15 PM with 1 load 1 empty
DURANGO
Silverton branch with engine 453 (train No. 461 west bound, train No. 462 east bound)
Conductor Bruce
Engineer Peterson
Depart Durango 9:15 AM with 4 loads 7 empties
Hermosa 10 minutes pick up
Arrive Silverton 12:50 PM, 1 hour 30 minutes eat and switching
Depart Silverton 2:20 PM with 5 loads 11 empties
2 concentrates Leadville
2 ore Colorado City
Coach
3 empty box
7 empty gons
Caboose
Arrive Durango 5:50 PM
Gunnison switch engine 340 with foreman Winters engineer H Gates
Montrose switch engine 456 with conductor Gribben engineer Price
Durango switch engine 315 with foreman Rowe engineer House
Baldwin branch and Farmington branch no activity
Jimmy