Thursday December 21, 1944
ALAMOSA
Cumbres no new snow, 20” on ground
No. 115 with engine 476
Conductor Hines
Engineer Baskett (to Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:53 AM with 6 cars
Antonito set out baggage 167
Arrive Cumbres 11:15 AM
Depart Cumbres 11:17 AM
Arrive Chama 11:55 AM
Depart Chama 12:00 PM (engineer Katschthaler)
Arrive Gato 1:55 PM meet No. 116
Depart Gato 2:03 PM
Arrive Durango 4:35 PM
No. 116 with engine 478
Conductor Hurley
Engineer Brice (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Gato 1:47 PM meet No. 115
Depart Gato 1:55 PM
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM
Depart Chama 4:05 PM (engineer Baskett)
Arrive Cumbres 5:00 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:02 PM
Antontio pick up baggage 167
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM
Chama extra east with engines 486 road, 482 helper and 483 helper
Conductor Curtis
Engine 486 Owenby
Engine 482 Hurley
Engine 483 Nissen
Depart Chama 1:40 AM with 19 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cumbres 3:30 AM
Engine 482 depart Cumbres 3:35 AM light for Chama
Engine 483 depart Cumbres 3:40 AM light for Chama
Engine 486 depart Cumbres 4:10 AM with 55 loads 1 empty
Antonito 15 minutes switching, 25 minutes eat, 40 minutes meet No. 115
La Jara 10 minutes set out 1 empty box and spot
Estrella 10 minutes pick up 2 loads
Arrive Alamosa 10:55 AM with 58 loads 4 empties
Alamosa extra west with engine 487
Conductor Roberts
Engineer Holly
Depart Alamosa 3:00 AM with 8 loads 53 empties
Henry 10 minutes set out
Estrella 10 minutes set out
La Jara 40 minutes pick up and station switching
Antonito 30 minutes coal & water, station switching and meet extra 486 east
Arrive Big Horn 9:40 AM, 15 minutes let No. 115 by
Sublette 20 minutes water and eat
Arrive Cumbres 12:55 PM
Depart Cumbres 1:20 PM with 3 loads 42 empties
Arrive Chama 2:20 PM with 3 loads 42 empties
Chama extra west with engine 482
Conductor Bruce
Engineer Connor
Depart Chama 4:30 PM with 4 loads 47 empties
Monero 35 minutes mdse and switching
Lumberton 30 minutes mdse and fire space cars
Dulce 10 minutes mdse
Gato 35 minutes eat and pick up
Arboles 30 minutes mdse and set out
Allison 5 minutes mdse
Tiffany 20 minutes mdse and set out
Ignacio 10 minutes set out
Arrive Durango 2:45 AM with 3 loads 15 empties
2 Chama Cumbres turns with engines 481, 483 and 487
Conductor Roberts
Engine 481 Hurley
Engine 483 Nissen
Engine 487 Holly
Called 11:10 PM
Depart Chama 12:30 AM (Dec 22) with 16 loads 2 empties
Arrive Cumbres 2:10 AM
Engine 481 depart Cumbres 2:20 AM with caboose for Chama
Engine 483 depart Cumbres 2:25 AM light for Chama
Engine 487 depart Cumbres 2:30 AM light for Chama
Depart Chama 5:35 AM with 16 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cumbres 7:00 AM
Engine 481 depart Cumbres 7:15 AM with caboose for Chama
Engine 483 depart Cumbres 7:20 AM light for Chama
Engine 487 depart Cumbres 7:25 AM light for Chama
SALIDA
Marshall Pass 3” new snow, 5” on ground
Monarch branch with engine 494
Conductor Rhodes
Engineer W Wilson
Depart Salida 10:50 AM with 29 empties
Double Maysville Monarch
Depart Maysville 5:10 PM with 45 loads 1 empty
Arrive Salida 6:15 PM
Alamosa extra east with engine 496 (valley line)
Conductor Straitiff
Engineer Culliman
Depart Alamosa 8:30 AM with 2 loads 9 empties
Hooper 10 minutes set out
Moffat 20 minutes set out, pick up 6
Villa Grove 15 minutes pick up 2, 15 minutes water and lunch
Mears Jct 10 minutes set out
Arrive Salida 2:05 PM with 8 loads 1 empty
Gunnison extra east with engines 499 road, 493 helper and 491 helper, 491 added Sargent
Conductor Carlin
Engine 499 Hyatt
Engine 493 Bovee
Engine 491 Frantz
Depart Gunnison 1:05 PM with 68 loads 1 empty
18 coal Valley
42 coal CF&I
2 coal Salida
2 coal Denver
4 coal Armarillo
Arrive Sargent 3:15 PM, 30 minutes set out 49 loads, 20 minutes coal and water
Depart Sargent 4:10 PM with 19 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 5:30 PM
Engine 491 (Sargent helper) depart Marshall Pass 5:50 PM light for Sargent
Engine 493 (from extra east) depart Marshall Pass 6:10 PM light for Sargent
Engine 499 depart Marshall Pass 6:30 PM with 39 loads 1 empty
Mears Jct 15 minutes set out 17 valley loads
Arrive Salida 9:25 PM
2 Sargent hill turns with engines 495, 493 and 491
Conductor Plewes
Engine 495 Crooks
Engine 493 Bovee
Engine 491 Frantz
1st turn depart Sargent 8:00 PM with 19 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 9:35 PM
Engine 493 depart Marshall Pass 9:40 PM light for Sargent
Engine 491 depart Marshall Pass 9:45 PM light for Sargent
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 9:50 PM with 6 empties for Sargent (5 empties from extra 499 west Dec 20)
2nd turn depart Sargent 11:45 PM with 17 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 1:05 AM
Salida extra west with engines 496 road, 490 helper and 494 helper (Marshall Pass turn)
Conductor Straitiff
Engine 496 C Wilson
Engine 494 Culliman
Engine 494 W Wilson
Depart Salida 10:15 PM with 53 empties (52 empty coals, caboose)
Arrive Marshall Pass 12:40 AM, 45 minutes blocked by connection
(now have 6 engines at Marshall Pass)
Engine 495 (from Sargent turn) depart Marshall Pass 1:25 AM with 53 empties for Sargent, set out 42 at Buxton
Engine 493 (from earlier extra east and Sargent turn) depart Marshall Pass 1:30 AM light for Salida
Engine 494 (from Marshall Pass turn) depart Marshall Pass 1:40 AM light for Salida
Engine 490 (from Marshall Pass turn) depart Marshall Pass 1:45 AM light for Salida
Engine 491 (from Sargent turn) depart Marshall Pass 2:00 AM light for Sargent
Engine 496 (road engine Marshall Pass turn) depart Marshall Pass 2:20 AM with 38 loads 1 empty, arrive Salida 4:45 AM
GUNNSION
Baldwin branch with engine 278
Conductor Purciel
Engineer Braswell
Depart Gunnison 7:55 AM with 14 empties
Castleton 10 minutes spot coal for section men
Arrive Baldwin 9:40 AM, 35 minutes double in and mine work
Depart Baldwin 10:15 AM
Arrive Gunnison 11:55 AM with 16 loads 1 empty
Gunnison switch engine 340 with foreman Winters engineer H Gates
Montrose switch engine 456 with conductor Gribben engineer Price
Durango switch engine with foreman Rowe engineer House
Crested Butte branch, Silverton branch and Farmington branch no activity
Jimmy
