Saturday December 30, 1944
ALAMOSA
Cumbres 15” new snow, 100” on ground,
No. 115 with engine 483
Conductor Hines
Engineer Coughlin (to Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:00 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Cumbres 10:25 AM
Depart Cumbbres 10:30 AM
Arrive Chama 11:10 AM, engine 483 off
Depart Chama 11:15 AM, engine 476 with engineer Brice
Arrive Durango 4:05 PM
No. 116 with engine 478
Conductor Hurley
Engineer Katschthaler (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM, engine 478 off
Depart Chama 4:05 PM, engine 483 with engineer Coughlin
Arrive Cumbres 5:00 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:02 PM
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM
Alamosa extra west with engines 482 and 481, plow and flanger
Conductor Curtis
Engine 482 A S Johnson
Engine 481 Stephens
Depart Alamosa 12:55 AM
Antontio 10 minutes coal & water
Arrive Cumbres 5:05 AM
Depart Cumbres 5:10 AM
Arrive Chama 6:10 AM
Chama extra east with engines 482 and 481, plow and flanger, Big Horn turn
Conductor Roberts
Engine 482 Nissen
Engine 481 Donaldson
Called 6:30 AM, 2 hours 10 minutes switch train, wait for extra east
Depart Chama 8:40 AM
Arrive Cumbres 9:20 AM, 55 minutes flange yard, meet No. 115
Depart Cumbres 10:25 AM
Arrive Big Horn 12:05 PM, turn and wait for extra 487 east
Depart Big Horn 12:35 PM, west bound
Toltec flange passing track
Osier flange passing track
Los Pinos flange passing track
Arrive Cumbres 2:50 PM, flange east leg of wye
Depart Cumbres 3:05 PM
Cresco flange passing track
Lobato flange passing track, meet No. 116
Arrive Chama 4:45 PM
Chama extra 487 east with helper engines 473 and 489
Conductor Curtis
Engine 487 A S Johnson
Engine 473 Holly
Engine 489 Stephens
Depart Chama 8:45 AM with 16 loads 1 empty (5 minutes behind P&F train)
Arrive Cumbres 10:15 AM, meet No. 115
Engine 473 depart Cumbres 10:35 AM light for Alamosa (behind P&F train)
Engine 489 depart Cumbres 10:40 AM light for Chama
Extra 487 east depart Cumbres 10:40 AM with 16 loads 1 empty
Arrive Alamosa 2:20 PM
(this was a “hot” train as needed to move 3 cars stock from Aztec of Dec 29)
Chama extra 485 west, Gato turn
Conductor Bruce
Engineer Dieckman
Called 8:00 PM, 2 hours switching, thaw water car and air
Depart Chama 10:00 PM with 14 loads 4 empties
12 outfits Gato
1 mdse
1 cinders Juanita
Monero 40 minutes flange side track, switching, fill cistern and mdse
Lumberton 10 minutes fill cistern and mdse
Dulce 5 minutes mdse
Gato 35 minutes set out, turn and eat
Depart Gato 2:15 AM east bound
Dulce 15 minutes pick up
Monero 20 minutes pick up
Arrive Chama 5:45 AM with 15 loads 2 empties
SALIDA
Marshall Pass 5 inches new snow, 24 inches on ground
Monarch branch
Dispatcher’s memorandum: “Monarch machinery broke down won’t need service for 4 or 5 days”
2 Sargent hill turns with engines 492 and 495
Conductor Plewes
Engine 492 Frantz
Engine 495 Crooks
1st turn depart Sargent 11:05 AM with 9 loads 1 empty, flanger
Arrive Marshall Pass 12:15 PM
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 12:20 PM light for Sargent
Engine 492 depart Marshall Pass 12:25 PM with flanger and caboose for Sargent
2nd turn depart Sargent 2:15 PM with 10 loads 1 empty, flanger
Arrive Marshall Pass 3:25 PM
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 3:30 PM light for Sargent
Engine 492 depart Marshall Pass 4:05 PM with flanger and caboose for Sargent (probably flanged tracks at Marshall Pass)
Salida extra 496 west (valley line)
Conductor Wright
Engineer Hyatt
Depart Salida 1:30 PM with 2 loads 1 empty
Double Mears Jct to Poncha Pass
Depart Poncha Pass 3:20 PM
Villa Grove 5 minutes water
Moffat 10 minutes switching, 20 minutes eat lunch
Hooper 15 minutes switching
Mosca 10 minutes switching
Arrive Alamosa 7:55 PM with 16 loads 2 empties
Gunnison extra 499 east with helper engine 493, helper engine 492 added Sargent
Conductor Rhodes
Engineer A Rhodes
Engine 493 W Wilson
Engine 492 Crooks
Depart Gunnison 10:15 PM with 39 loads 1 empty
Parlin 15 minutes pick up 6 cars cattle
Arrive Sargent 12:15 AM
Depart Sargent 1:10 AM with 30 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 2:40 AM
Engine 493 depart Marshall Pass light for Salida
Engine 492 depart Marshall Pass 2:45 AM light for Sargent
Extra 499 east depart Marshall Pass 3:40 AM with 49 loads 3 empties
Arrive Salida 6:25 AM
GUNNISON
Baldwin branch with engine 278
Conductor Purciel
Engineer Braswell
Depart Gunnison 8:30 AM with 14 empties
Castleton 15 minutes switching
Arrive Baldwin 10:20 AM, mine work
Depart Baldwin 12:15 PM
Arrive Gunnison 1:40 PM with 12 loads 1 empty
Crested Butte branch with engine 498
Conductor Purciel
Engineer Braswell
Depart Gunnison 2:35 PM with 42 empties
Arrive Crested Butte 4:20 PM, 1 hour 30 minutes mine work, inspection and flanging
Depart Crested Butte 5:30 PM with 31 loads 1 empty
Arrive Gunnison 7:30 PM
MONTROSE
Extra 456 east (Cedar Creek turn, pick up spuds LaJane)
Conductor Gribben
Engineer Price
Depart Montrose 11:00 AM with 3 empties
Arrive Cedar Creek 11:45 AM, turn and depart 11:50 AM
LaJane 15 minutes switching (set out 2 empties and pick up 2 loads)
Arrive Montrose 12:45 PM with 2 loads 1 empty
DURANGO
Silverton branch with engine 375 (train No. 461 west bound, No. 462 east bound)
Conductor Lyons
Engineer Connor
Depart Durango 9:25 AM with 6 loads 4 empties (coach 212, caboose, rest not shown)
Hermosa 5 minutes water
Rockwood 10 minutes set out and reduce account heavy snow
Delayed Durango to Silverton 2 hours 20 minutes account having snow and rocks on track
Arrive Silverton 3:00 PM, 20 minutes eat, 1 hour station switching
Depart Silverton 4:20 PM
Arrive Durango 7:40 PM with 7 loads 4 empties (consist not shown)
Gunnison switch engine 340 with foreman Winters engineer H Gates
Durango switch engine 315 with foreman Rowe engineer House
Farmington branch no activity
Jimmy
