Monday January 8 1945
ALAMOSA
Cumbres no new snow, 70” on ground,
No. 115 with engine 476
Conductor Hines
Engineer Nissen (to Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:00 AM with 7 cars
Antonito set out 2 cars, for later pick up by No. 116
Arrive Cumbres 10:18 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:20 AM
Arrive Chama 11:10 AM
Depart Chama 11:15 AM (engineer Katschthaler)
Arrive Durango 4:05 PM
No. 116 with engine 473
Conductor Hurley
Engineer Brice (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM
Depart Chama 4:05 PM (engineer Nissen)
Arrive Cumbres 5:10 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:12 PM
Antonito pick up 2 cars, selectees, they travel east on standard gauge No. 115, which had 2 extra coaches for them
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM
3 Chama Cumbres turns
1st turn with engines 481 and 482
Conductor Curtis
Engine 481 Holly
Engine 482 A S Johnson
Depart Chama 2:30 AM with 10 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cumbres 4:10 AM
Engine 481 depart Cumbres 4:20 AM with caboose for Chama
Engine 482 depart Cumbres 4:25 AM light for Chama
2nd turn with engines 486 and 489
Conductor Curtis
Engine 486 Holly
Engine 489 A S Johnson
Depart Chama 6:40 AM with 12 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cumbres 8:20 AM
Engine 486 depart Cumbres 8:30 AM with caboose for Chama
Engine 489 depart Cumbreds 8:35 AM light for Chama
3rd turn with engines 481 and 482
Conductor Curtis
Engine 481 Holly
Engine 482 A S Johnson
Depart Chama 11:15 AM with 14 loads
Arrive Cumbres 12:45 PM
Engine 481 depart Cumbres 1:00 PM with caboose for Chama
Engine 482 depart Cumbres 1:05 PM light for Chama
Durango extra east with engines 488 and 485
Conductor Knight
Engine 488 Peterson
Engine 485 Johnson
Depart Durango 12:35 PM with 34 loads 1 empty
Ignacio 25 minutes meet Nol. 115
Arboles 10 minutes mdse
Gato 25 minutes eat and set out
Dulce 10 minutes set out
Lumberton 10 minutes mdse
Monero 25 minutes mdse, coal & water
Arrive Chama 9:25 PM with 32 loads 1 empty
Alamosa extra 487 west
Conductor Roberts
Engineer Hall
Depart Alamosa 9:20 PM
Antonito 1 hour 15 minutes coal & water, pick up
Sublette 20 minutes water and eat
Toltec 25 minutes meet extra 489 east
Arrive Cumbres 4:50 AM with 7 loads 28 empties, set out 2 loads
Depart Cumbres 5:15 AM with 5 loads 28 empties
Arrive Chama 6:25 AM
Chama extra 489 east with helper engine 486
Conductor Curtis
Engine 489 Holly
Engine 486 A S Johnson
Depart Chama 11:40 PM with 12 loads 2 empties
Arrive Cumbres 1:15 AM
Engine 486 depart Cumbres 1:35 AM light for Chama
Extra 489 east depart Cumbres 1:35 AM with 48 loads 2 empties
Arrive Alamosa 5:45 AM with same
SALIDA
Marshall Pass 1” new snow, 33” on ground
Monarch branch with engines 495 road and 492 helper
Conductor Rhodes
Engine 495 C Wilson
Engine 492 Hyatt
Depart Salida 10:10 AM with 43 empties
Engine 495 double Maysville Monarch, engine 492 help 1st trip, 492 return light to Salida 1:45 PM
Engine 495 depart Monarch 3:15 PM, second time, pick up Maysville
Arrive Salida 5:05 PM with 35 loads 1 empty
2 Sargent hill turns with engines 491 and 490
Conductor Trevarthen
Engine 491 Frantz
Engine490 Crooks
1st depart Sargent 11:00 AM with 12 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 12:15 PM
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 12:25 PM light for Sargent
Engine 491 depart Marshall Pass 12:30 PM with 13 empties for Sargent (12 empties taken to Marshall Pass from Mears Jct Jan 6 by extra 499 east)
2nd turn depart Sargent 2:20 PM with 12 loads 2 empties
Arrive Marshall Pass 3:35 PM
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 3:40 PM light for Sargent
Engine 491 depart Marshall Pass 3:45 PM with caboose for Sargent
Salida extra 497 west with helper engines 493 and 499
Conductor Carlin
Engine 497 W Wilson
Engine 493 Dailey
Engine 499 Culliman
Depart Salida 3:40 PM with 1 load 45 empties
Mears Jct 15 minutes pick up
Arrive Marshall Pass 6:20 PM with 3 loads 52 empties
Engine 493 depart Marshall Pass 6:25 PM light for Gunnison
Engine 499 depart Marshall Pass 6:45 PM light for Salida
Extra 497 west depart Marshall Pass 6:45 PM with 3 loads 52 empties
Sargent 10 minutes pick up
Arrive Gunnison 9:35 PM with 3 loads 62 empties
GUNNISON
Baldwin branch with engine278
Conductor Purciel
Engineer Braswell
Depart Gunnison 8:25 AM with 15 empties
Dollard 10 minutes set out
Castleton 10 minutes set out
Arrive Baldwin 10:15 AM, 20 minutes set out
Depart Baldwin 10:35 AM
Castleton 15 minutes pick up
Arrive Gunnison 12:00 PM with 12 loads 1 empty
Crested Butte branch with engine 498
Conductor Purciel
Engineer Braswell
Depart Gunnison 1:05 PM with 46 empties
Arrive Crested Butte 2:50 PM
Depart Crested Butte 4:10 PM with 41 loads 1 empty
From accident report: “4:30 PM, ½ mile west MP 311, between Jacks Cabin and Crested Butte, derailment, RG 9468, coal for Salida, broken axle, brought 12 loads to Gunnison, left 29 loads at derailment, will need tool cars. Take 3 hours after tool cars arrive.”
Arrive Gunnison 6:10 PM with 12 loads.
MONTROSE
Ouray branch with engine 316
Conductor Gribben
Engineer Price
Depart Montrose 12:05 PM with 6 loads 10 empties
1 coils Ouray
6 empty box Ouray
2 pipe Ridgway
2 coal Ridgway
1 pipe Rico
Ridgway 20 minutes switching
Arrive Ouray 3:30 PM with 1 load 7 empties, 40 minutes switching
Depart Ouray 4:10 PM with 2 loads 6 empties
Arrive Ridgway 4:55 PM, 45 minutes switching, 25 minutes RGS connection, 25 minutes air and waybills
Depart Ridgway 7:30 PM with 23 loads 11 empties (includes 6 beans for Portland and 4 ore from RGS)
Arrive Montrose 9:20 PM
Gunnison switch engine 340 with foreman Winters engineer H Gates
Durango switch engine 315 with foreman Rowe engineer House
Silverton branch and Farmington branch no activity
Jimmy
