Wednesday January 3 1945
ALAMOSA
Cumbres no new snow, 90” on ground,
No. 115 with engine 473
Conductor Moore
Engineer Coughlin (to Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:00 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Cumbres 10:20 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:23 AM
Arrive Chama 11:10 AM
Depart Chama 11:15 AM (engineer Johnson)
Arrive Durango 4:05 PM
No. 116 with engine 478
Conductor Hines
Engineer Katschthaler (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 5 cars
Depart Gato 1:53 PM
Arrive Dulce 2:43 PM
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM
Depart Chama 4:05 PM (engineer Coughlin)
Arrive Cumbres 5:03 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:05 PM
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM
Chama extra 482 east with spreader
Conductor Roberts
Engineer Nissen
Depart Chama 8:35 AM with spreader and caboose
Arrive Cumbres 10:40 AM, meet with No. 115 not shown
Depart Cumbres 11:05 AM
Spread snow Chama to Antonito, passing tracks Lobato, Cumbres, Los Pinos, Osier, completed snow service 1 mile east Osier 2:45 PM
Arrive Alamosa 5:50 PM
Chama extra 481 west, light engine
Engineer Peterson
Depart Chama 10:15 AM
Arrive Durango 3:30 PM
Meet with No. 116 not shown, west of Gato
Chama extra 485 west
Conductor Bruce
Engineer Dieckman
Depart Chama 11:25 AM with 9 loads 34 empties
Monero 20 minutes mdse and switching
Lumberton 5 minutes mdse
Dulce 5 minutes switching
Depart Dulce 1:30 PM
Arrive Gato 2:25 PM, 45 minutes eat and set out
Arboles 10 minutes set out
Ignacio 5 minutes pick up
Arrive Durango 7:10 PM with 9 loads 19 empties
SALIDA
Marshall Pass no new snow, 34” on ground
Alamosa extra 497 east, light engine (plow engine for Salida)
Engineer C Wilson
Depart Alamosa 8:45 AM
Arrive Salida 3:40 PM
GUNNISON
Crested Butte branch with engine 498
Conductor Anderson
Engineer Braswell
Depart Gunnison 11:45 AM with 1 load 45 empties
(1 load probably car cinders, unloaded en route)
Arrive Crested Butte 1:35 PM with 46 empties, 2 hours 5 minutes mine work, 30 minutes inspection
Depart Crested Butte 4:10 PM with 54 loads 1 empty
Arrive Gunnison 5:40 PM
Dispatcher’s memorandum: “CF&I mine Crested Butte and Baldwin mine not doing much acct holidays and miners not showing up for work.”
MONTROSE
Ouray branch with engine 316
Conductor Gribben
Engineer Price
Depart Montrose 11:40 AM with 7 loads 2 empties
3 coal Ouray
4 coal Telluride
1 empty box Ridgway
Caboose
Ridgway 10 minutes switching
Arrive Ouray 2:45 PM,1 hour 10 minutes switching
Depart Ouray 3:55 PM with 2 loads 3 empties
Ridgway 10 minutes switching
Arrive Montrose 6:20 PM with 2 loads 5 empties
DURANGO
Farmington branch with engine 453
Conductor Lyons
Engineer V Cummins
Depart Durango 1:45 PM with 4 loads 3 empties
Arrive Farmington 4:30 PM, 1 hour 35 minutes switching, 25 minutes eat
Depart Farmington 6:30 PM with 10 loads 9 empties
2 beans Seattle
3 fuel oil Belden
1 empty tank Alamosa
1 gas Aztec
2 gas Durango
1 gas Dolores
1 load ?
1 empty?
3 empty refgrs Durango
3 empty box Durango
caboose
Aztec 10 minutes set out
Arrive Durango 10:20 PM with 9 loads 9 empties
Gunnison switch engine 340 with foreman Winters engineer H Gates
Durango switch engine 315 with foreman Rowe engineer House
Baldwin branch and Silverton branch no activity
Jimmy
