Monday March 5 1945
ALAMOSA
Cumbres 7” new snow, 92” on ground, snowing during day, 7:40 PM blowing, blizzard, strong south west wind
Chama 2” new snow, 12” old snow
Antonito 8:25 PM reports heavy snow, 3" new snow on ground
No. 115 with engines 473 and 489
Conductor Roberts
Engine 473 Baskett (to Chama)
Engine 489 Marsh (to Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:00 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Cumbres 10:18 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:22 AM
Arrive Chama 11:10 AM, engines 473 and 489 off
Depart Chama 11:15 AM engine 476 engineer Connor
Arrive Durango 4:05 PM
“A J B on 115 Cumbres: Lite snow Big Horn to Osier, no wind and calm, Osier to Cumbres hit heavy drifts, Osier to Cumbres left fair flange.”
No. 116 with engine 478
Conductor Moore
Engineer Brice (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM, engine 478 off
Depart Chama 4:05 PM engine 473 engineer Baskett and engine 489 engineer Marsh
Arrive Cumbres 4:59 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:03 PM
Romeo 15 minutes head light out on engine 473, 473 cut out at Romeo and came into Alamosa coupled with extra 482 east. (engine 482 returned light to Alamosa from Antonito)
Arrive Alamosa 8:55 PM
Durango extra 487 east
Conductor Murray
Engineer Dieckman
Depart Durango 11:59 AM withy 14 loads 8 empties
Florida 5 minutes pick up
Tiffany 10 minutes No. 115
Arboles 10 minutes mdse
Gato 25 minutes eat and mdse
Dulce 10 minutes switching
Lumberton 10 minutes switching
Monero 25 minutes coal & water, pick up
Arrive Chama 8:15 PM with 16 loads 8 empties
Alamosa extra 483 west with helper engine 482
Conductor Ashbrook
Engine 483 A S Johnson
Engine 482 Holly
Depart Alamosa 4:45 PM with 14 loads 67 empties
Estrella 10 minutes set out
La Jara 25 minutes set out and spot cars
Arrive Antonito 6:45 PM, turned at Antonito account snow storm between Big Horn and Cumbres
Engine 482 depart Antonito 8:18 PM light, east bound, engine 473 on Romeo (off No. 116)
Extra 483 east Antonito 2 hours 15 minutes set out, turn, pick up
Depart Antonito 9:00 PM
La Jara 30 minutes pick up
Henry 10 minutes pick up
Arrive Alamosa 10:50 PM with 16 loads 4 empties
Marshall Pass, no operator, (3rd day) illness, sick at Salida
At 8:35 AM car man reported 5” new snow
At 6:00 PM ALK reports snowing heavy past 2 hours
2 Sargent hill turns with engines 495 and 493
Conductor Trevathen
Engine 495 Frantz
Engine 493 Rogers
1st turn depart Sargent 12:20 PM with 10 loads 1 empty, flanger (number not shown)
Engine 493 light arrive Sargent 2:50 PM
Engine 495 with caboose and flanger arrive Sargent 2:55 PM
2nd turn depart Sargent 3:25 PM with 12 loads 1 empty
Engine 493 light arrive Sargent 6:05 PM
Engine 495 with caboose arrive Sargent 6:10 PM
Salida extra 499 west, Marshall Pass turn, flange to Marshall Pass, take loads from Marshall Pass to Salida
Conductor Young
Engineer W Wilson
Depart Salida 4:00 PM with flanger and cab (looks like 2 flangers, number not shown)
Arrive Marshall Pass 6:00 PM, 40 minutes flange yard, 20 minutes turn engine and flangers
(following activity in connection with extra 497 west which followed extra 499 out of Salida)
1 hour wait on extra 497, 491, 496 west, 30 minutes turn engine 499, 45 minutes to derailment at MP 235 ½. 10:15 PM to 12:01 AM put derailed car to clear of main line, RG 1262
Gray’s 12:15 AM to 2:30 AM 1 hour 15 minutes wait for engines 491 - 496, 1 hour help extra 497 Gray’s to Marshall Pass
Arrive Marshall Pass 2:30 AM, 45 minutes turn engines 499 - 496, 20 minutes switching
Depart Marshall Pass 4:00 AM with 30 loads 1 empty
Arrive Salida 6:05 AM
Salida extra 497 east with helper engines 491 and 496
Conductor Carlin
Engine 497 C Wilson
Engine 491 Veo
Engine 496 Cullinan
Depart Salida 4:10 PM with 2 loads 40 empties
Mears Jct 15 minutes pick up 2 loads and 9 empty coals
West of MP 235 4 hours and 40 minutes derailment
(Dispatcher’s memorandum reads: “8:45 PM Carlin extra 497 reports from Gray’s has car RG 1262 with pair trucks pulled out from under car ¾ mile west of MP 235 between Gray’s and Pocono, 3rd car from head end. Backed balance of train into Gray’s. Engine 497 took 2 head cars to Marshall Pass. ALK with jacks and section men going back to derailment to attempt to get car into clear or turn it over.” (later) “ALK arrived at derailed car at MP 236 at 10:15 PM. Main track cleared at 12 midnight - jacked car to side of track, car is pretty bad shape, will probably junk car when weather is better. Carlin had to go back to Mears Jct for water. Weather Marshall Pass 3:05 AM 3/6/45 snowing and blowing bad.”)
MP 235 to Mears Jct 11:15 PM to 12:15 AM engine 496 go for water, Mears Jct 12:15 AM to 12:30 AM shovel down coal.
Extra 497 west arrive Marshall Pass 2:30 AM
Engine 491 depart light for Gunnison
Engine 496 depart light for Salida
Extra 497 west depart Marshall Pass 2:50 AM
Sargent 10 minutes set out
Arrive Gunnison 6:15 AM with 3 loads 45 empties
GUNNISON
Crested Butte branch with engine 498
Conductor Collett
Engineer Braswell
Depart Gunnison 11:40 AM with 41 empties
Arrive Crested Butte 1:25 PM
Depart Crested Butte 4:00 PM with 44 loads 1 empty
Arrive Gunnison 5:40 PM
Gunnison switch engine 340 with foreman Winters engineer H Gates
Durango switch engine 315 with foreman Rowe engineer House
Baldwin branch, Ouray branch, Silverton branch and Farmington branch no activity
Jimmy
