Friday December 22, 1944
ALAMOSA
Cumbres no new snow, 20” on ground
No. 115 with engine 478
Conductor Moore
Engineer Coughlin (to Chama)
Depart Alamosa 8:13 AM with 6 cars (Standard gauge No. 115 arrive 6:35 AM, additional delay would be for transfer)
Antonito set out baggage 167
Cumbres times not shown
Arrive Chama 12:20 PM
Depart Chama 12:25 PM (engineer Brice)
Arrive Dulce 1:38 PM
Depart Dulce 1:40 PM
Arrive Gato 2:22 PM
Depart Gato 2:27 PM
Arrive Durango 5:05 PM
No. 116 with engine 476
Conductor Hines
Engineer Katschthaler (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Gato 1:47 PM
Depart Gato 1:52 PM
Arrive Dulce 2:45 PM
Depart Dulce 2:47 PM
Arrive Chama 4:05 PM
Depart Chama 4:10 PM (engineer Coughlin)
Arrive Cumbres 5:10 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:20 PM
Antonito pick up baggage 167
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM
Durango work extra with engine 375
Conductor Knight
Engineer Peterson
Depart Durango 6:00 AM
Arboles 8 hours 10 minutes unloading 13 cars rock at MP 399, 1 hour 5 minutes meet extra 482 east
Arrive Gato 1:15 PM and depart Gato 2:37 PM west bound, meet No. 116 and No. 115 there
Return Durango 7:35 PM
Durango extra east with engines 482 and 485
Conductor Bruce
Engine 492 Dieckman
Engine 485 Johnson
Depart Durango 12:15 PM with 38 loads 1 empty
Carbon Jct 45 minutes load 5 cars cattle, Basin Barn
Ignacio 35 minutes pick up and No. 115
Allison 5 minutes mdse
Arboles 25 minutes mdse and pick up
Gato 50 minutes mdse, eat and pick up
Dulce 25 minutes mdse
Monero 25 minutes coal & water and pick up
Arrive Durango 12:05 AM with 36 loads 14 empties
SALIDA
Marshall Pass no new snow, 5” on ground
Monarch branch with engines 480 road and 494 helper
Conductor Rhodes
Engine 480 Hyatt
Engine 494 C Wilson
Depart Salida 9:05 AM with 43 empties
Engine 480 double Maysville Monarch, engine 494 help on 1st trip, return light to Salida at 12:35 PM
Depart Maysville 3:30 PM, east bound, with 31 loads 1 empty
Poncha Jct 43 minutes meet extra 490 west
Arrive Salida 5:20 PM
Sargent hill turn with engines 495 and 491
Conductor Plewes
Engine 495 Crooks
Engine 491 Frantz
Depart Sargent 12:10 PM with 12 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 1:30 PM
Engine 491 depart Marshall Pass 1:35 PM light for Sargent
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 1:40 PM with caboose for Sargent
Salida extra west with engines 490 road, 493 helper and 499 helper
Conductor Carlin
Engine 490 Culliman
Engine 493 W Wilson
Engine 499 Bovee
Depart Salida 4:15 PM with 45 empties (44 empty coal)
Mears Jct 10 minutes pick up 2 loads 7 empties
Arrive Marshall Pass 6:50 PM
Engine 493 depart Marshall Pass 6:55 PM for Gunnison
Engine 499 depart Marshall Pass 7:25 PM light for Salida
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 7:10 PM with 2 loads 52 empties
Buxton pick up 42 empties
Sargent pick up 15 empties, depart Sargent with 2 loads 107 empties
Doyle 15 minutes pick 2 loads set out 4 empties
Arrive Gunnsion 11:30 PM with 4 loads 103 empties
GUNNISON
Crested Butte branch with engine 498
Conductor Purciel
Engineer Braswell
Depart Gunnsion 11:05 AM with 2 loads 51 empties
MP 302 25 minutes unloading cinders
Arrive Crested Butte 1:30 PM, 2 hours 25 minutes mines and air
Depart Crested Butte 3:55 PM with 38 loads 1 empty
Arrive Gunnison 5:35 PM
MONTROSE
Ouray branch with engine 316
Conductor Gribben
Engineer Price
Depart Montrose 12:50 PM with 15 loads 1 empty
4 lumber Ouray
3 salt Durango
1 coal Telluride
1 mdse Rico
6 pipe Ridgway
Ridgway 20 minutes switching
Arrive Ouray 5:05 PM with 4 loads 1 empty, 30 minutes switching
Depart Ouray 5:35 PM with 1 empty
Arrive Montrose 8:00 PM with 2 empties (picked up empty between Ridgway and Montrose)
Gunnison switch engine 340 with foreman Winters engineer H Gates
Durango switch engine 315 with foreman Rowe engineer House
Baldwin branch, Silverton branch, and Farmington branch no activity
Jimmy
