Friday February 16 1945
ALAMOSA
Cumbres 2” new snow, 55” on ground
No. 115 with engine 473
Conductor Hines
Engineer Coughlin (to Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:00 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Cumbres 10:23 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:25 AM
Arrive Chama 11:10 AM
Depart Chama 11:15 AM (engineer Brice)
Arrive Durango 4:05 PM
No. 116 with engine 478
Conductor Hurley
Engineer Peterson (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM
Depart Chama 4:05 PM (engineer Coughlint)
Arrive Cumbres 5:05 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:06 PM
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM
1st Chama Cumbres turn with engines 489 and 483
Conductor Roberts
Engine 489 Nissen
Engine 483 Holly
Depart Chama 1:30 AM with 13 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cumbre 3:00 AM
Engine 489 depart Cumbres 3:15 AM with caboose for Chama
Engine 483 depart Cumbres 3:20 AM light for Chama
2nd Chama Cumbres turn with engines 488 and 483
Conductor Roberts
Engine 488 Nissen
Engine 483 Holly
Depart Chama 5:40 AM with 12 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cumbres 7:40 AM
Engine 488 depart Cumbres 7:55 AM with caboose for Chama
Engine 483 depart Cumbres 8:00 AM light for Chama
Durango extra east with engines 481 and 487
Conductor Knight
Engine 481 Connor
Engine 487 Dieckman
Depart Durango 11:59 AM with 34 loads 1 empty
Carbon Jct 40 minutes load 3 cars cattle, Basin Barn
Arrive Ignacio 2:45 PM, 15 minutes No. 115
Allison 5 minutes mdse
Arboles 10 minutes mdse
Gato 30 minutes eat, mdse and set out
Dulce 30 minutes pick up and set out
Lumberton 25 minutes mdse
Monero 1 hours coal & water, mdse and pick up
Arrive Chama 11:30 PM with 36 loads 1 empty
Chama extra 483 east with helper engine 489
Conductor Roberts
Engine 483 Nissen
Engine 489 Holly
Called 11:50 PM
Depart Chama 1:00 AM (Feb 17) with 14 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cumbres 2:30 AM, engine 489 stay on to Big Horn, then light to Alamosa, arrive 6:55 AM
Depart Cumbres 2:50 AM with 39 loads 1 empty
Osier 5 minutes set out
Arrive Alamosa 7:00 AM
SALIDA
Marshall Pass 2” new snow, 50” on ground
2 Sargent hill turns with engines 499 and 495
Conductor Trevarthen
Engine 499 Frantz
Engine 495 Crooks
1st turn depart Sargent 12:20 PM with 11 loads 1 empty, flanger (number not shown)
Arrive Marshall Pass 1:45 PM
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 2:05 PM light for Sargent
Engine 499 depart Marshall Pass 2:10 PM with caboose and flanger for Sargent
2nd turn depart Sargent 4:25 PM with 11 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 5:45 PM
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 5:55 PM light for Sargent
Engine 499 depart Marshall Pass 6:00 PM with caboose for Sargent
Salida extra 497 west with helper engines 491 and 493
Conductor Straitiff
Engine 497 W Wilson
Engine 491 Veo
Engine 493 C Wilson
Depart Salida 2:50 PM with 5 loads 83 empties
5 cars cinders
57 empty coal Gunnison
25 empty gons Monarch Branch
MP 219-229 45 minutes unload 5 cars cinders
Poncha Jct 30 minutes set out 5 empty dumps, and put 25 empty gons on Monarch branch
Mears Jct 15 minutes brake rigging down on RG 1518
MP 237 1 hour 30 minutes double to Marshall Pass and stuck in snow
Arrive Marshall Pass 9:20 AM with 58 empties
Engine 491 depart Marshall Pass 9:25 PM light for Gunnison
Engine 493 depart Marshall Pass 10:00 PM light for Salida
Extra 497 west depart Marshall Pass 9:50 PM with 58 empties
Sargent 25 minutes set out and pick up
Arrive Gunnison 12:35 AM with 60 empties
GUNNISON
Crested Butte branch with engine 498
Conductor Dean
Engineer Braswell
Depart Gunnison 11:00 AM with 2 loads 43 empties, flanger (number not shown)
MP 310 40 minutes flange to MP 314
Arrive Crested Butte 1:40 PM, 1 hours 55 minutes flange yards, work mines, 40 minutes inspection
Depart Crested Butte 4:05 PM with 46 loads 5 empties, 46 CF&I coal, 4 empty box cars
Arrive Gunnison 5:40 PM
MONTROSE
Extra 463 east, Cedar Creek turn, get spuds Lajune
Conductor Gribben
Engineer Price
Depart Montrose 10:10 AM with caboose
Arrive Cedar Creek 10:40 AM, 5 minutes turning
Depart Cedar Creek 10:45 AM
Lajune 10 minutes switching
Arrive Montrose 11:30 AM with 2 loads 1 empty
Gunnison switch engine 340 with foreman Winters engineer H Gates
Durango switch engine 315 with foreman Rowe engineer House
Baldwin branch, Silverton branch and Farmington branch no activity
Jimmy
