Wednesday January 31 1945
ALAMOSA
Cumbres no new snow, 75” on ground
No. 115 with engine 476
Conductor Hurley
Engineer Nissen (to Chama)
Fireman Groshart deadhead to Chama, displaced fireman Firm
Depart Alamosa 7:00 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Cumbres 10:20 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:22 AM
Arrive Chama 11:10 AM
Depart Chama 11:15 AM (engineer Brice)
Arrive Durango 4:05 PM
No. 116 with engine 473
Conductor Moore
Engineer Johnson (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM engine 473 off
Depart Chama 4:05 PM engine 483 with engineer Nissen
Arrive Cumbres 5:00 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:02 PM
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM
Durango extra 485 east
Conductor Knight
Engineer Houck
Depart Durango 12:35 PM with 18 loads 1 empty
Arrive Ignacio 2:30 PM, 30 minutes No. 115
Tiffany 5 minutes mdse
Allison 10 minutes mdse
Arboles 45 minutes mdse and switching
Gato 40 minutes eat and switching
Juanita 5 minutes spot 2 cars cinders
Dulce 10 minutes set out and mdse
Monero 30 minutes coal & water
Arrive Chama 10:10 PM with 19 loads 1 empty
Alamosa extra 481 west, helper engine 489 added Big Horn, from Cumbres
Conductor Curtis
Engine 481 A S Johnson
Engine 489 Marsh (from Chama helper to Cumbres)
Depart Alamosa 11:00 PM 17 loads 21 empties
Estrella 10 minutes set out 1 empty refgr
La Jara 20 minutes switching
Antonito 25 minutes coal & water and switching
Lava 5 minutes water
Big Horn 10 minutes turn helper and put on train, 10 minutes extra 488 east
Sublette 20 minutes water and lunch
Los Pinos 10 minutes pick up 2 empty gons
Arrive Cumbres 6:50 AM with 15 loads 22 empties
Engine 489 depart Cumbres 6:55 AM for Chama
Extra 481west depart Cumbres 7:15 AM with 15 loads 22 empties
Arrive Chama 8:25 AM
Chama extra 488 east with helper engines 489 and 484
Conductor Roberts
Engine 488 Holly
Engine 489 Marsh
Engine 484 Hurley
Called Chama 10:40 PM
Depart Chama 12:05 AM (Feb 1) with 15 loads 4 empties
Arrive Cumbres 1:50 AM
Engine 489 depart Cumbres 2:05 AM light for Big Horn
Engine 484 depart Cumbres 2:10 AM light for Chama
Extra 488 east depart Cumbres 2:10 AM with 47 loads 4 empties
Antonito 10 minutes pick up
La Jara 20 minutes pick up
Estrella 5 minutes pick up
Arrive Alamosa 7:00 AM with 54 loads 7 empties
SALIDA
Marshall Pass no new snow, 32” on ground
Monarch branch with engines 480 road and 486 helper
Conductor Straitiff
Engine 480 Bovee
Engine 486 W Wilson
Depart Salida 9:00 AM with 3 loads 37 empties, flanger OL
MP 219 1 hour 5 minutes unload 3 cars cinders
Poncha Jct set out (3 dumps)
Arrive Monarch 12:20 PM, 40 minutes switching and flanging, engine 486 return light to Salida at 2:05 PM
Extra 480 double to Maysville and back to Monarch
Extra 480 east depart Maysville 5:40 PM, east bound
Poncha Jct 10 minutes pick up (3 dumps)
Arrive Salida 7:05 PM with 45 loads 4 empties, flanger OL
2 Sargent hill turns with engines 495 and 493
Conductor Trevarthen
Engine 495 Crooks
Engine 493 Frantz
1st turn depart Sargent 12:15 PM with 11 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 1:25 PM
Engine 493 depart Marshall Pass 1:45 PM light for Sargent
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 1:50 PM with caboose for Sargent
2nd turn depart Sargent 3:40 PM with 11 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 5:00 PM
Engine 493 depart Marshall Pass 5:25 PM light for Sargent
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 5:30 PM with caboose for Sargent
Salida extra 497 east with helper engines 491 and 496
Conductor Carlin
Engine 497 Cullinan
Engine 491 C Wilson
Engine 496 Dailey
Conductor Matthews and crew and extra caboose deadhead to Marshall Pass, to move CF&I loads to Salida
Depart Salida 3:25 PM with 53 empties
Mears Jct 10 minutes pick up 3 gons
Arrive Marshall Pass 6:40 PM
Engines 491 & 496 off, 496 prepare for east bound run
Extra 497 depart Marshall Pass 7:05 PM with 56 empties
Sargent 5 minutes water
Arrive Gunnison 10:05 PM
Engine 491 depart Marshall Pass 7:10 PM light for Gunnison, arrive Gunnison 10:15 PM
Conductor Matthews and crew on duty 7:10 PM for extra 496 east
Extra 496 depart Marshall Pass 8:30 PM with 38 loads 1 empty
Arrive Salida 10:50 PM
GUNNISON
Creste Butte branch with engine 498
Conductor Anderson
Engineer Braswell
Depart Gunnison 11:40 AM with 44 empties, flanger
Arrive Crested Butte 1:55 PM
Depart Crested Butte 3:55 PM with 44 loads 1 empty
Arrive Gunnison 5:50 PM
MONTROSE
Ouray branch with engine 316
Conductor Collett
Engineer Price
Depart Montrose 12:10 PM with 9 loads 8 empties
2 coal Ouray
5 coal RGS Placerville
2 coal Telluride
7 empty box Dallas
Dallas 10 minutes switching
Arrive Ridgway 2:50 PM with 9 loads 1 empty, 25 minutes switching and water
Depart Ridgway 3:25 PM with 4 loads 1 empty
Arrive Ouray 4:00 PM, 45 minutes station switching
Depart Ouray 4:45 PM with 2 loads 2 empties
Uncompahgre 10 minutes pick up
Arrive Montrose 7:05 PM with 2 loads 7 empties
Gunnison switch engine 340 with foreman Winters engineer H Gates
Durango switch engine 319 with foreman P V Murray engineer Connor
Baldwin branch, Silverton branch and Farmington branch no activity
Jimmy
