Wednesday February 28 1945
ALAMOSA
Cumbres 1” new snow, 64” on ground
(K28 out of service)
No. 115 with engine 482
Conductor Hines
Engineer Coughlin (to Chama)
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 476
Conductor Hurley
Engineer Katschenthaler (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM
Depart Chama 4:05 PM (engineer Coughlin)
Arrive Cumbres 5:00 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:03 PM
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM
Chama extra 488 east with helper engine 485
Conductor Curtis
Engine 488 Hurley
Engine 485 Johnson
Depart Chama 11:40 AM with 12 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cumbres 1:15 PM
Engine 485 depart Cumbres 1:30 PM light for Alamosa, wait at Sublette to help with pick up for Extra 488
Extra 488 east depart Cumbres 1:35 PM with 39 loads 1 empty
Sublette 10 minutes pick up and fill water car, 15 minutes pick up B&B outfit (B&B gang , foreman Dorsey, move to Alamosa)
Engine 485 light depart Sublette ahead of Extra 488 east
Extra 488 east depart Sublette 3:25 PM
Big Horn 10 minutes fill water cistern
Antonito 30 minutes switching
Romero 1 hour 5 minutes, pick up bad order gon, broke in two stopping at Romeo, 51 loads and 5 empties between engine and damaged car, RG 0250 old coach B&B outfit car, drove draw head in stopping, moved to Alamosa behind caboose
Arrive La Jara 7:55 PM, 10 minutes No. 116 by, 1 hour 10 minutes switching
Estrella 15 minutes switching
Arrive Alamosa 10:15 PM with 54 loads 8 empties
Durango extra east with engines 489 and 487
Conductor C G Murray
Engine 489 Johnson
Engine 487 Dieckman
Depart Durango 11:50 AM with 33 loads 2 empties
La Boca 35 minutes water and No. 115
Tiffany 10 minutes mdse
Allison 10 minutes mdse
Arboles 20 minutes mdse and pick up
Gato 25 minutes eat and water
Dulce 20 minutes switching
Monero 35 minutes coal & water, mdse and switching
Arrive Chama 9:45 PM with 37 loads 2 empties
SALIDA
Marshall Pass no new snow, 56” on ground
2 Sargent hill turns with engines 495 and 493
Conductor Trevarthen
Engine 495 Frantz
Engine 493 Rogers
1st turn depart Sargent 12:15 PM with 12 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 1:45 PM
Engine 493 depart Marshall Pass 1:55 PM light for Sargent
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 2:00 PM with caboose for Sargent
2nd turn depart Sargent 3:35 PM with 12 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 4:55 PM
Engine 493 depart Marshall Pass 5:00 PM light for Sargent
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 5:05 PM with caboose for Sargent
Salida extra 497 west with helper engines 491 and 496
Conductor Young
Engine 497 W Wilson
Engine 4912 Cullinan
Engine 496 Veo
Depart Salida 5:05 PM with 58 empties
Mears Jct 15 minutes water
Arrive Marshall Pass 8:30 PM with 58 empties
Engine 491 depart Marshall Pass 8:35 PM light for Gunnison
Engine 496 depart Marshall Pass 9:05 PM light for Salida
Extra 497 west depart Marshall Pass 9:05 PM with 58 empties
Sargent 15 minutes switching
Arrive Gunnison 11:45 PM with 56 empties
GUNNISON
Crested Butte branch with engine 498
Conductor Collett
Engineer Braswell
Depart Gunnison 11:35 AM with 46 empties
Arrive Crested Butte 1:25 PM
Depart Crested Butte 3:50 PM with 45 loads 1 empty
Arrive Gunnison 5:30 PM
DURANGO
Farmington branch with engine 452
Conductor Knight
Engineer Peterson
Depart Durango 1:45 PM with 5 loads 3 empties
Bondad 5 minutes set out
Aztec 20 minutes water cistern, switching
Refinery 15 minutes switching
Arrive Farmington 5:25 PM with 2 loads 5 empties, 20 minutes eat, 1 hour 15 minutes switching
Depart Farmington 7:05 PM with 10 loads 9 empties
2 machinery Lusk Wyoming
2 scrap Pueblo
2 gas Durango
1 gas Ignacio
1 gas Dolores
1 gas Mancos
1 gas Teulluride
3 empty single decks Aztec
5 empty box Durango
Caboose
Flora Vista 10 minutes pick up
Aztec 10 minutes set out and pick up
Arrive Durango 10:45 PM with 10 loads 8 empties
Gunnison switch engine 340 with foreman Winters engineer H Gates
Montrose switch engine 463 with conductor Mahoney engineer Price
Durango switch engine 315 with foeman Rowe engineer House
Baldwin branch and Silverton branch no activity
Jimmy
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/28/2010 08:16PM by Jimmy Blouch.
