Saturday February 3 1945
ALAMOSA
Cumbres 3” new snow, 70” on ground, during day windy, light snow, drifting
No. 115 with engine 473
Conductor Hurley
Engineer Baskett (to Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:00 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Cumbres Not shown
Depart Cumbres Not shown
Arrive Chama 11:10 AM engine 473 off, broken spring hanger
Depart Chama 11:15 AM engine 483 with engineer J Johnson
Arrive Durango 4:05 PM
Conductor Hurley and engineer Baskett reported strong wind Los Pinos - Cresco, drifting Windy Point, need big engine on # 116
No. 116 with engine 476
Conductor Moore
Engineer Brice (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM Add helper engine 473 engineer A S Johnson
Depart Chama 4:10 PM (engineer Baskett)
Arrive Cumbres 5:00 PM, helper engine 473 off, 473 return light to Chama
Depart Cumbres 5:05 PM
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM
Chama extra 489 east with helper engines 484 and 481
Conductor Curtis
Engine 489 Marsh
Engine 484 Hurley
Engine 481 A S Johnson
Depart Chama 2:00 AM with 16 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cumbres 3:30 AM
Engine 484 depart Cumbres 3:40 AM light for Alamosa
Engine 481 depart Cumbres 3:45 AM light for Chama
Extra 489 east depart Cumbres 3:45 AM with 47 loads 5 empties
Antonito 5 minutes set out
Arrive La Jara 6:55 AM, 10 minutes set out, 25 minutes No. 115
Arrive Alamosa 8:10 AM with 45 loads 5 empties
Chama extra 487 west, Dulce turn
Conductor Knight
Engineer Dieckman
Depart Chama 6:05 PM with 2 loads 6 empties
1 water car
1 ??
5 empty dumps
Caboose
Willow Creek 10 minutes set out 1 load
Monero 25 minutes switching
Lumberton 10 minutes cistern water and switching
Arrive Dulce 8:20 PM, 20 minutes pick up, switching
Depart Dulce 8:40 PM with 15 loads 2 empties
Monero 20 minutes pick up
Arrive Chama 11:00 PM with 17 loads 2 empties
SALIDA
Marshall Pass 1” new snow, 33” on ground
Dispatcher’s memorandum:
10:00 AM Poncha Jct, operator says hard wet snow and heavy gusty wind
10:00 AM Marshall Pass, same - started 9:30 AM
10:00 AM Sargent, ditto
Monarch branch with engines 480 road and 486 helper
Conductor Young
Engine 480 C Wilson
Engine 486 Cullinan
Depart Salida 9:35 AM with 43 empties, flanger OL
Poncha Jct 15 minutes fill lubricator on engine 486
Garfield 1 hour 5 minutes flange to Monarch
Arrive Monarch 12:45 PM, 1 hour flange and turn, engine 486 return light to Salida at 3:00 PM
Extra 480 east depart Monarch 2:30 PM with 23 loads 1 empty, flanger OL
Arrive Salida 4:25 PM
2 Sargent hill turns with engines 495 and 493
Conductor Trevarthen
Engine 495 Crooks
Engine 493 Frantz
1st turn depart Sargent 1:25 PM with 10 loads 1 empty, flanger (number not shown)
Arrive Marshall Pass 2:40 PM
Engine 493 depart Marshall Pass 2:45 PM light for Sargent
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 2:50 PM with caboose and flanger for Sargent
2nd turn depart Sargent 4:35 PM with 11 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 5:55 PM
Engine 493 depart Marshall Pass 6:05 PM light for Sargent
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 6:10 PM with caboose for Sargent
Salida extra 496 west with helper engine 491, valley line
Conductor Straitiff
Engine 496 W Wilson
Engine 491 Dailey
Depart Salida 2:00 PM with 16 empties, (15 empty box)
Double Mears Jct Poncha Pass
Engine 491 return light to Salida at 5:50 PM
Extra 496 west depart Poncha Pass 4:30 PM
Villa Grove 35 minutes water, shovel down coal and set out
Mineral Hot Springs 5 minutes set out
Moffat 20 minutes set out and pick up
Hooper 30 minutes set out and pick up
Mosca 15 minutes pick up
Arrive Alamosa 9:55 PM with 27 loads 30(?) empties
MONTROSE
Extra 456 east, Cedar Creek turn, get spuds Lajune
Conductor Collett
Engineer Price
Depart Montrose 11:45 AM with 3 empties
Arrive Cedar Creek 12:10 PM, 10 minutes turn
Depart Cedar Creek 12:20 PM
Lajune 10 minutes switching
Fairview 10 minutes switching
Arrive Montrose 1:15 PM with 2 loads 3 empties
DURANGO
Durango had rained all night
Silverton 3” new snow, 16” old
Silverton branch with engine 453 (train No. 461 west bound, No., 462 east bound)
Conductor C G Murrary
Engineer Cummins
Depart Durango 9:15 AM with 6 loads 1 empty
Coach 212
1 mdse
3 coal Silverton
1 company coal Silverton
Caboose
Hermosa 5 minutes pick up section men
3 hours bucking snow slide MP 492 ½
Dispatcher’s memorandum reads: “3:15 PM Silverton - ‘No 461 at MP 492 snow shed -hit snow slide got half thru and broke snow plow. Has 5 men, could shovel thru this drift by 6:00 PM but expect more slides.’ Section men from Silverton unable patrol track (snow). No. 461 instructed return to Durango.”
Rockwood 10 minutes turning engine
Arrive Durango 7:20 PM with 1 load 1 empty
Another notation reads: “Slide down at slide shed MP 492 ½ about 20 feet deep 75 feet long, left slide over half cleared but could not finish account of bending corner of snow plow further use of plow would have derailed engine, will only take about 3 hours to go thru with the plow when it is repaired, don’t know what other slides …..down, 8 to 12” new snow, 24 to 30 on the level Elk Park.”
Gunnison switch engine 340 with foreman Winters engineer H Gates
Durango switch engine 319 with foreman Rowe engineer Connor
Baldwin branch, Crested Butte branch and Farmington branch no activity
Jimmy
