Tuesday March 6 1945
ALAMOSA
Cumbres 18” new snow, 110” on ground, “5:00 AM Cumbres, extreme blizzard all night, very strong south west wind, been doing this all night, at least 10 foot drifts across from depot, looks like -- to section house and same east of depot, can’t tell if snowing as air is completely filled with snow, temp 20”
7:30 AM, bad blizzard, strong south west wind, drifts 12 to 15 feet can’t see but 1 to 5 feet, 18 degrees, very bad storm. (later during AM quit snowing and cleared up)
Chama 4” new snow, 12” old snow, some wind, some drifting
No trains between Antonito and Chama
No. 115 with engine 473, stub to Antonito
Conductor Curtis
Engineer Marsh
Depart Alamosa 11:45 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Antonito 12:45 PM
Depart Antonito 7:25 PM
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM
No. 116 with engine 476, stub to Chama
Conductor Roberts
Engineer Katschenthaler
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM
Depart Chama 4:25 PM as No.115 engineer Brice (edit 3-6-10)
Arrive Durango 9:00 PM
Chama extra 481 west
Conductor Murray
Engineer Dieckman
Depart Chama 11:45 AM with caboose (light account 441 of 3/5{west bound freight} did not reach Chama account storm on Cumbres)
Monero 15 minutes switching
Lumberton 15 minutes pick up
Navajo 35 minutes No. 116
Gato 30 minutes lunch and switching
Arrive Durango 7:00 PM with 17 empties
Alamosa extra west with engines 489 and 483, rotary OY
Conductor Ashbrook
Engine 489 Hall
Engine 483 A S Johnson
Rotary OY engineer Turney, pilot Holly
(officials T J Cummins and one other)
Called 11:00 PM, depart Alamosa 11:40 PM (all other times are Mar 7)
Depart Alamosa 11:40 PM, rotary OY and outfits (Cumbres train register shows caboose 0503 and looks like 0506)
Arrive Antonito 1:20 AM 30 minutes coal and water
Arrive Sublette 4:00 AM 15 minutes watet
Arrive Osier 5:30 AM, 45 minutes water and eat
Arrive Cumbres 9:15 AM, 35 minutes clean out passing track and wye and take water
Arrive Chama 11:40 AM, 1 hour 20 minutes turn rotary, put rotary outfits away and switch out rotary and outfits and tie up
(T J Cummins reported: “heavy snow old Los Pinos straight track, found up - 8 feet deep, wet and heavy, Cumbres to MP 333 heavy, cleaned Cresco siding.”)
SALIDA
Marshall Pass (again no operator) 9:30 AM clear, strong wind, about 4” new snow
Sargent 1” new snow
1st Sargent turn with engines 495 and 493
Conductor Trevarthen
Engine 495 Frantz
Engine 493 Rogers
Depart Sargent 3:50 PM with 11 loads 1 empty and flanger (number not shown)
Engine 493 arrive Sargent 6:05 PM light
Engine 495 arrive Sargent 6:10 PM with caboose and flanger
Gunnison 497 east with helper engine 491
Conductor Carlin
Engine 497 C Wilson
Engine 491 Veo
Depart Gunnison 4:30 PM with 59 loads 1 empty
Arrive Sargent 6:30 PM, set out, coal & water, trade engine 497 for engine 495
2nd Sargent turn with engines 497 and 493
Conductor Trevarthen
Engine 497 Frantz
Engine 493 Rogers
Depart Sargent 7:20 PM with 12 loads 1 empty
Extra 495 east with helper engine 491
Conductor Carlin
Engine 495 C Wilson
Engine 491 Veo
Depart Sargent 7:25 PM with 12 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 8:40 PM
Engine 493 (from hill turn) arrive Sargent 9:50 PM light
Engine 497 (from hill turn) arrive Sargent 9:55 PM with caboose
Engine 491 (from extra east) depart Marshall Pass 9:00 PM
Extra 495 east depart Marshall Pass 9:40 PM
Mears Jct 10 minutes set out 3 valley loads
Arrive Salida 12:10 AM with 32 loads 1 empty
GUNNISON
Baldwin branch with engine 278
Conductor Collett
Engineer Braswell
Depart Gunnison 9:15 AM with 14 empties
Arrive Baldwin 11:15 AM, 40 minutes switch and set mines
Depart Baldwin 11:55 AM
Castleton 10 minutes switching
Arrive Gunnison 2:00 PM with 21 loads 1 empty
Depart Gunnison 3:05 PM with 14 empties
Arrive Baldwin 5:00 PM, 35 minutes switch mines
Depart Baldwin 5:35 PM with 6 loads 1 empty
Arrive Gunnison 7:20 PM
DURANGO
Silverton branch with engines 453 and 452 (train No. 461 west bound, No. 462 east bound)
Conductor Lyons
Engine453 Houck
Engine 452 Connor
Depart Durango 10:15 AM with 1 load 2 empties, flanger (number not shown)
(Notation reads: “MP 492 ½ found slide 90 feet long 25 feet deep, buck out all but 15 or 20 feet of slide, encountered considerable ice and freezing, raising plow, could not get through and returned to Durango.”)
MP 492 ½ 5 hours 20 minutes bucking snow on slide 25 feet deep and 90 feet long, 50 minutes shovel out small slide behind train.
Depart MP 491 ½ 7:30 PM (for Durango)
Rockwood 15 minutes turning engines
Arrive Durango 12:05 AM
Gunnison switch engine 340 with foreman Winters engineer H Gates
Montrose switch engine 456 with conductor Gribben engineer Price
Durango switch engine 315 with foreman Rowe engineer House
Crested Butte branch and Farmington branch no activity
LAVETA PASS
Extra 1000 east and west, flanger train
Conductor Morgan
Engineer Kearns
Depart Alamosa 10:55 AM with flanger (number not shown)
Sierra 45 minutes meet extra 3413-3414-1204
Fir 45 minutes flange siding and wye
Arrive LaVeta 3:00 PM
Depart LaVeta 3:40 PM, flanger and caboose
Arrive Alamosa 6:00 PM
Jimmy
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/06/2010 03:32PM by Jimmy Blouch.
