Friday January 5 1945
ALAMOSA
Cumbres no new snow, 80” on ground,
No. 115 with engine 473
Conductor Hines
Engineer Coughlin (to Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:35 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Cumbres 10:38 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:40 AM
Arrive Chama 11:22 AM
Depart Chama 11:30 AM (engineer J Johnson)
Meet with No. 116 not shown
Depart Gato 1:21 PM
Arrive Durango 4:05 PM
No. 116 with engine 476
Conductor Hurley
Engineer Katschthaler (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Gato 1:50 PM
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM, engine 476 off (edit 1-6-10)
Depart Chama 4:05 PM, engine 483 with engineer Coughlin (edit 1-6-10)
Arrive Cumbres 5:00 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:02 PM
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM
Durango extra east with engines 481 and 485
Conductor Bruce
Engine 481 Peterson
Engine 485 Dieckman
Depart Durango 11:59 AM with 35 loads 2 empties
Carbon Jct 45 minutes load 2 cars sheep, Basin Barn
Arrive Ignacio 2:50 PM, 10 minutes meet NO. 115
Tiffany 5 minutes mdse
Allison 5 minutes mdse
Arboles 25 minutes mdse and pick up
Gato 30 minutes eat and switching
Dule 15 minutes set out
Lumberton 10 minutes mdse
Monero 25 minutes coal & water, mdse
Arrive Chama 10:25 PM with 34 loads 2 empties
Chama extra 489 east with helper engines 486 and 488
Conductor Roberts
Engine 489 A S Johnson
Engine 486 Holly
Engine 488 Nissen
Called 11;00 PM
Depart Chama 1:00 AM (Jan 6) with 17 loads 3 empties
Arrive Cumbres 2:45 AM
Engine 486 depart Cumbres 2:55 AM light for Alamosa
Engine 488 depart Cumbres 3:05 AM light for Chama
Extra 489 east depart Cumbres 3:05 AM with 49 loads 3 empties
Antonito 20 minutes pick up
La Jara 40 minutes No. 115 (Jan 6)
Arrive Alamosa 8:25 AM
SALIDA
Marshall Pass no new snow, 34” on ground
Monarch branch with engines 480 road and 491 helper
Conductor Rhodes
Engi9ne 480 W Wilson
Engine491 Dailey
Depart Salida 8:40 AM with 3 loads 43 empties
Conductor’s report information not shown, appears cinders unloaded Poncha Jct area, engine 491 helped on lst trip to Monarch, return light to Salida 1:55 PM
Extra 480 arrive Salida 6:50 PM with 34 loads 8 empties
Gunnison 499 east with helper engine 490 (490 traded for 495 at Sargent)
Conductor Plewes
Engine 499 Hyatt
Engine 490 C Wilson (engine 490 off Sargent)
Engine 495 C Wilson (engine 495 on Sargent
Depart Gunnison 12:55 PM with 61 loads 1 empty
Parlin 50 minutes water and load 5 cars cattle
MP 263 15 minutes pack hot box RG 1778
Arrive Sargent 4:10 PM with 66 loads 1 empty
Extra 499 east with helper engine 495 depart Sargent 5:30 PM with 10 loads 9 empties
Arrive Marshall Pass 6:45 PM
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 7:00 PM light for Salida
Extra 499 east depart Marshall Pass 7:40 PM with 28 loads 9 empties
Mears Jct set out 12 loads 8 empties for valley line
Arrive Salida 10:15 PM with 16 loads 1 empty
Salida extra 497 west, light engine, Sargent turn, to help Sargent hill crew
Engineer C Wilson
Depart Salida 11:30 AM
Arrive Sargent 2:30 PM
2 Sargent hill turns with engines 490, 492 and 497
Conductor Trevarthen
Engine 490 Crooks
Engine 492 Frantz
Engine 497 C Wilson
1st turn depart Sargent 4:50 PM with 18 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 6:10 PM
Engine 497 depart Marshall Pass 6:50 PM light for Sargent
Engine 492 depart Marshall Pass 6:55 PM light for Sargent
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 7:00 PM with caboose for Sargent
2nd turn depart Sargent 9:15 PM with 18 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 10:30 PM
Engine 497 depart Marshall Pass 10:30 PM light for Salida
Engine 492 depart Marshall Pass 10:45 PM light for Sargent
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 10:50 PM with caboose for Sargent
GUNNISON
Crested Butte branch with engine 498
Conductor Anderson
Engineer Braswell
Depart Gunnison 11:20 AM with 21 empties
Arrive Crested Butte 12:50 PM
Depart Crested Butte 4:25 PM with 45 loads 1 empty
Arrive Gunnison 6:05 PM
MONTROSE
Ouray branch with engine 456
Conductor Gribben
Engineer Price
Depart Montrose 11:40 AM with 9 loads 8 empties
Arrive Ridgway 1:30 PM. 30 minutes switching, 1 hour for stock, 50 minutes loading 7 cars cattle, (for Denver, routed via Cut off)
Depart Ridgway 3:50 PM with 7 loads 4 empties
Arrive Montrose 5:20 PM
Gunnison switch engine with foreman Winters engineer H Gates
Durango switch engine with foreman Rowe engineer House
Baldwin branch, Silverton branch and Farmington branch no activity
Jimmy
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/06/2010 09:20AM by Jimmy Blouch.
