Saturday March 17 1945
ALAMOSA
Cumbres 10” new snow, 85” on ground, light snow during afternoon and evening
Alamosa extra west with engines 488 and 482, rotary OM
Conductor Curtis
Engine 488 Shumaker
Engine 482 Oberrich
Rotary OM engineer Nissen, pilot Tozer
T J Cummins in charge
Depart Alamosa 6:40 AM rotary OM and outfit
Antonito 20 minutes coal & water, 15 minutes work on rotary
Depart Antontio 8:40 AM
Sublette 10 minutes water, “10:30 AM - TJC Sublette- drifting bad behind us, hit some 5 foot drifts, will eat at Osier”.
Osier 10 minutes water, 25 minutes eat, “11:49 AM - TJC Osier - eating, be gone 12:30 PM, finding lots of snow, still drifting.”
Depart Osier 12:30 PM
Arrive Cumbres 3:55 PM, 15 minutes clear passing track and east leg wye, 15 minutes water and air
Depart Cumbres 4:25 PM
Arrive Chama 6:15 PM, 20 minutes No. 115, 20 minutes turn rotary and put away
“7:30 PM - TJC says heavy snow at Chama”.
“Found drifts Antonito to Osier 5 feet deep, snow up to 16 feet deep several spots Osier to Cumbres”.
No. 115 with engine 483
Conductor Hines
Engineer Baskett (to Chama)
Depart Alamosa 11:59 AM with 6 cars (#168 extra baggage car account overflow from No. 115 3/16 annulled)
“ 2:45 PM - Hines 115 Osier - not bad now, sounds like bum steer”.
Arrive Cumbres 4:00 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:08 PM
Arrive Chama 6:20 PM, engine 483 off
Depart Chama 6:25 PM engine 476 engineer Katschenthaler
Arrive Durango 11:30 PM
No. 116 with engine 473
Conductor Roberts
Engineer Brice (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM engine 473 off (Roberts and brakeman released 4:05 PM to 7:05 PM)
Depart Chama 7:05 PM engine 483 engineer Baskett
Arrive Cumbres 7:52 PM
Depart Cumbres 7:55 PM
Arrive Alamosa 11:20 PM
(at 7:00 PM Osier says snowing hard, high wind)
Chama extra 485 west, light engine
Engineer Johnson
Depart Chama 10:05 AM
Meet with No. 116 not shown
Arrive Durango 3:40 PM
Chama extra 481 west
Conductor Bruce
Engineer Connor
Depart Chama 11:25 AM with 7 loads 36 empties
Monero 15 minutes LCL, fill water cistern
Lumberton 20 minutes mdse and set out (not noted, but appears met No. 116 here)
Dulce 10 minutes mdse
Gato 20 minutes eat
Arrive Durango 7:25 PM with 6 loads 18 empties
Alamosa Antonito turn with engine 478 (usually SG engine)
Conductor Hinton
Engineer A S Johnson
Depart Alamosa 6:50 PM with 2 loads 9 empties
Switch La Jara, pick up Romeo
Arrive Antonito 9:05 PM, set out, pick up and turn
Depart Antonito 9:35 PM with 1 load 2 empties, wheat Monte Vista, idler and caboose
Arrive La Jara 10:05 PM, 50 minutes switching and let No. 116 by
Estrella pick up
Arrive Alamosa 11:55 PM with 15 loads 3 empties
SALIDA
Marshall Pass 4” new snow, 34” on ground (Operator gone to Salida on extra east, return Monday)
Gunnison extra 499 east with helper engine 495
Conductor Carlin
Engine 499 W Wilson
Engine 495 Cullinan
Depart Gunnison 10:25 AM with 50 loads 1 empty
Arrive Sargent 12:05 PM, 40 minutes set out, coal & water, trade engine 495 for engine 493
Depart Sargent 12:45 PM with 18 loads 1 empty
Conductor Carlin
Engine 499 W Wilson
Engine 493 (road helper) Cullinan
Engine 495 (Sargent helper) Crooks
Arrive Marshall Pass 2:05 PM
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 2:10 PM light for Sargent
Engine 493 depart Marshall Pass 2:25 PM light for Salida
Extra 499 east depart Marshall Pass 3:05 PM with 38 loads 1 empty
Poncha Jct 5 minutes pick up 3 empty dumps
Arrive Salida 5:45 PM
(handled one passenger Marshall Pass to Salida)
2 Sargent hill turns with engines 497 and 495
Conductor Trevarthen
Engine 497 Fitzsimmons
Engine495 Crooks
1st turn depart Sargent 3:40 PM with 10 loads 1 empty, flanger (number not shown)
Arrive Marshall Pass 5:00 PM
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 5:05 PM light for Sargent
Engine 497 depart Marshall Pass 5:10 PM with caboose and flanger for Sargent
2nd turn depart Sargent 7:00 PM with 11 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 8:30 PM
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 8:50 PM light for Sargent
Engine 497 depart Marshall Pass 5:55 PM with caboose for Sargent
Salida extra 491 west, valley line
Conductor Young
Engineer C Wilson
Depart Salida 11:50 AM with 5 loads 6 empties
1 poles Alamosa
4 company cinders
5 empty box Moffat
Poncha Jct 15 minutes hot box RG 885
Double Mears Jct to Poncha Pass
Depart Poncha Pass 2:25 PM
MP 238 25 minutes unload 4 cars cinders
Villa Grove 25 minutes eating, water and set out
Moffat 10 minutes switching
Arrive Alamosa 6:35 PM with 6 loads 3 empties
DURANGO
Silverton branch with engines 453 and 452 (train No. 461 west bound and No. 462 east bound)
Conductor Lyons
Engine 453 Dieckman
Engine 452 Cummins
Depart Durango 10:15 AM with 4 loads 6 empties flanger OH
Caboose
Coach 212
1 mdse Silverton
2 coal Silverton
5 empty ore box
Flanger OH
MP 492 ½ found slide down, 30 to 35 feet deep 85 feet long, need section men and powder to clear main line, may take several days (Lyons)
Elk Park 3:00 PM to 4:45 PM, 1 hour 45 minutes clean switches and east leg wye
Depart Elk Park 4:45 PM for Durango
Arrive Durango 8:30 PM with 2 loads 2 empties
Gunnison switch engine 340 with foreman Winters engineer H Gates
Montrose switch engine 456 with conductor Hynes engineer Price
Durango switch engine 315 with foreman Rowe engineer House
Baldwin branch, Crested Butte branch, Cerro Summit, Ouray branch and Farmington branch no activity
Alamosa switch engine 932 with foreman Atkins engineer Riley (day shift)
Alamosa switch engine 38 with foreman Lynch engineer Todd (night shift)
Creede branch with engine 1007 conductor Morgan engineer Kearns
Jimmy
