Tuesday January 2 1945
ALAMOSA
Cumbres no new snow, 95” on ground,
No. 115 with engine 483
Conductor Hines
Engineer Baskett (to Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:00 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Cumbres 10:22 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:25 AM
Arrive Chama 11:10 AM, engine 483 off
Depart Chama 11:15 AM engine 478 with engineer Katschthaler
Arrive Durango 4:05 PM
No. 116 with engine 473
Conductor Hurley
Engineer Johnson (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:25 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM
Depart Chama 4:05 PM (engineer Baskett)
Dispatcher’s memorandum: “No. 116 hit rock at MP 308 ½, broke brake beams 3 cars, RG 312 and parlor Durango and coach 325.”
Arrive Cumbres 5:22 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:25 PM
Arrive
Durango Alamosa 9:05 PM (edit 1-2-10)
Conductor’s report: “Durango 10 minutes selling tickets, Cresco 10 minutes spreader extra, MP 308 ½ 20 minutes hit rock with plow threw it up bank and it rolled back under train, broke brake beams on RG 312 and fulcrum broken off parlor car Durango.”
Alamosa work extra 482 west with spreader
Conductor Roberts
Engineer Nissen
Depart Alamosa 6:20 AM
Arrive Cumbres 10:00 AM
Depart Cumbres 2:00 PM
Arrive Chama 7:10 PM (tie up 7:40 PM)
10:00 AM - 7:40 PM 9 hours 40 minutes spreading snow Cumbres yard, straight track and Coxo
Chama Cumbres turn with engines 485 and 487
Conductor Curtis
Engine 485 Donaldson
Engine 487 Holly
Depart Chama 5:10 PM with 10 loads 1 empty
Meet with spreader extra not noted
Arrive Cumbres 6:50 PM
Engine 485 depart Cumbres 7:00 PM with caboose for Chama
Engine 487 depart Cumbres 7:05 PM light for Chama
Durango extra east with engines 486 and 481
Conductor Bruce
Engine 486 Peterson
Engine 481 Dieckman
Depart Durango 11:59 AM with 28 loads 1 empty
Florida 10 minutes pick up
LaBoca 30 minutes No. 115
Allison 10 minutes mdse and pick up
Gato 25 minutes mdse and eat
Dulce 55 minutes reduce and load 3 cars cattle
Monero 20 minutes coal and water
Arrive Chama 9:45 PM with 32 loads 1 empty
Chama extra 487 east with helper engine 485
Conductor Curtis
Engine 487 A S Johnson
Engine 485 Holly
Called 11:25 PM
Depart Chama 12:40 AM with 11 loads 2 empties (includes 3 cars cattle and dead engine 464, 464 apparently moved to Chama on Extra 486-481 east from Durango this date)
Arrive Cumbres 2:35 AM
Engine 485 depart Cumbres 2:45 AM light for Chama
Extra 487 east depart Cumbres 2:45 AM with 22 loads 2 empties
MP 321 40 minutes RG 3390 hot box R3, had to re-brass
Antonito 30 minutes switching
Bountiful 20 minutes No. 115 (Jan 3)
Henry 15 minutes switching, 15 minutes RG 3390 hot box R3, had to re-brass
Arrive Alamosa 9:10 AM
MONTROSE
Ouray branch with engine 456
Conductor Gribben
Engineer Price
Depart Montrose 11:55 AM with 8 loads 15 empties
2 coal Telluride
1 explosives Rico
2 loads Ridgway
14 empty box Ridgway
Arrive Ridgway 1:45 PM, 1 hour switching
Depart Ridgway 2:45 PM with 4 loads 7 empties
Arrive Montrose 4:20 PM
DURANGO
Silverton branch with engine 453 (train No. 461 west bound No. 462 east bound)
Conductor Lyons
Engineer Cummins
Depart Durango 9:15 AM with 2 loads 4 empties
Arrive Silveton 12:40 PM, 35 minutes switching, 20 minutes eat
Depart Silverton 1:35 PM with 5 loads 3 empties
4 concentrates Amarillo
Coach
2 empty coals
Caboose
Arrive Durango 4:35 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
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/02/2010 01:14PM by Jimmy Blouch.
