Sunday March 11 1945
ALAMOSA
Cumbres no new snow, 75” on ground
No. 115 with engine 476
Conductor Hines
Engineer Baskett (to Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:25 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Cumbres 10:25 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:27 AM
Arrive Chama 11:10 AM
Depart Chama 11:15 AM (engineer Katschenthaler)
Arrive Durango 4:05 PM
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
Arrive Cumbres 5:00 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:03 PM
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM
SALIDA
Alamosa extra 495 east, valley line
Conductor Young
Engineer Cullinan
Depart Alamosa 9:50 AM with 5 loads 18 empties
Hooper 15 minutes switching
Moffat 25 minutes switching, 15 minutes water
Villa Grove 30 minutes switching, 25 minutes shovel down coal, engine crew eat
MP 231 ½ double to Poncha Pass
Depart Poncha Pass 4:15 PM
Arrive Salida 6:00 PM with 24 loads 5 empties
GUNNISON
Gunnison extra 361 west with helper engine 360, Cerro Summit turn
Conductor Collett
Engine 361 Braswell
Engine 360 Smith
Depart Gunnison 8:55 AM with 13 loads 1 empty, flanger (number not shown)
5 coal Montrose
3 coal Telluride
2 coal Ouray
2 props Columbia
1 company material Montrose
Arrive Cimarron 11:55 AM, 15 minutes switching
Depart Cimarron 12:10 PM (number of loads not shown)
MP 334 35 minutes flange to Cerro Summit
Arrive Cerro Summit 1:45 PM, 10 minutes switching
Depart Cerro Summit 1:55 PM
Arrive Cimarron 2:25 PM, 50 minutes eat, and coal engine 361
Depart Cimarron 3:15 PM (number of loads not shown)
Arrive Cerro Summit 4:10 PM, 10 minutes switching and turn
Engine 361 depart Cerro Summit 4:15 PM light for Gunnison
Extra 361 east depart Cerro Summit 4:20 PM
Arrive and depart Cimarron 4:50 PM
Arrive Gunnison 7:15 PM with flanger and caboose
DURANGO
Silverton branch with engine 453 (now an extra, no longer train No. 462)
Conductor C G Murray
Engineer Connor
Worked 6:50 AM to 7:00 PM clearing slide at MP 492 ½. Crews released 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM while section men shoveled. (edit 3-12-10)
Returned to Silverton for train.
Depart Silverton 8:25 PM
Lost 4 hours Silverton to Durango account broken equalizer on engine 453
Arrive Durango 3:50 AM (Mar 12)
No other narrow gauge activity this date
Jimmy
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/12/2010 10:02AM by Jimmy Blouch.
