Monday March 19 1945
ALAMOSA
Cumbres 10” new snow, 100” on ground
“5:00 AM Cumbres: Very light snow, very light SWW, 12 degrees, about 10 inches new snow, 1 to 1 ½ foot drifts, should make it with big engine but better use 2 engines to be sure, poor flange.”
Chama 8:40 AM cloudy, very strong NE wind, 12 inches old snow
No. 115 with engines 478 and 483
Conductor Roberts
Engine 478 Baskett (to Chama)
Engine 483 Holly (to Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:14 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Cumbres 10:27 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:30 AM
Arrive Chama 11:10 AM engine 483 off
Depart Chama 11:15 AM engine 478 engineer Katschenthaler
Arrive Durango 4:15 PM
No. 116 with engine 473
Conductor Moore
Engineer Brice (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM engine 473 off
Depart Chama 4:05 PM engine 476 engineer Baskett and engine 483 engineer Holly, double head to Alamosa
Arrive Cumbres 4:59 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:02 PM
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM
Chama extra 489 east with helper engines 482 and 488
Conductor Curtis
Engine 489 Shumaker
Engine 482 Oberrich
Engine 488 Stephens
Depart Chama 11:40 AM with 14 loads 6 empties
Arrive Cumbres 1:15 PM
Engine 488 depart Cumbres 1:50 PM light for Chama
Extra 489 east depart Cumbres 1:50 PM with 48 loads 6 empties, engine 482 stay on to Big Horn
Big Horn 3:45 PM, engine 482 off, light to Alamosa
Extra 489 east arrive Antonito 4:55 PM, 25 minutes switching, 20 minutes eat
La Jara 25 minutes switching
Arrive Alamosa 7:30 PM with 48 loads 9 empties
Durango extra 485 east
Conductor C G Murray
Engineer Johnson
Depart Durango 4:20 PM with 18 loads 1 empty
Allison 5 minutes mdse
Arboles 5 minutes mdse
Gato 20 minutes eat, water and mdse
Dulce 5 minutes mdse
Lumberton 15 minutes mdse and pick up
Monero 55 minutes mdse, coal & water, pick up
Arrive Chama 1:30 AM with 19 loads 2 empties
SALIDA
Marshall Pass 8:50 AM, 2 inches new snow, reported by section foreman (operator probably on extra west, arrived MP 7:50 PM)
Sargent cloudy, 2 inches new snow
Gunnison clear calm, 1 inch new snow
Salida extra 499 west with helper engines 491 and 493
Conductor Carlin
Engine 499 W Wilson
Engine 491 Cullinan
Engine 493 C Wilson
Rhodes messenger on dead engine 317
Depart Salida 4:40 PM with dead engine 317 and 50 empties
MP 241 30 minutes double in to Marshall Pass
Arrive Marshall Pass 7:50 PM
Engine 491 depart Marshall Pass 7:55 PM light for Gunnisonb
Engine 493 depart Marshall Pass 8:55 PM light for Salida
Extra 499 west depart Marshall Pass 8:10 PM with dead engine 317 and 50 empties
Buxton 15 minutes engine 317 hot driver
Sargent 20 minutes engine 317 hot driver and set out 2 gons
Steele 20 minutes engine 317 hot driver
Arrive Gunnison 12:05 AM with dead engine and 48 empties
GUNNISON
Crested Butte branch with engine 11:35 AM with 2 loads 41 empties, flanger (number not shown)
Arrive Crested Butte 1:25 PM
Depart Crested Butte 4:45 PM with 40 loads 1 empty, flanger
Arrive Gunnison 6:20 PM
MONTROSE
Ouray branch with engine 456
Conductor Hynes
Engineer Price
Depart Montrose 10:30 AM with 2 loads (coal) and 20 empties (19 empty box)
Arrive Ridgway 12:05 PM, 20 minutes switching
Depart Ridgway 12:25 PM with 8 loads 9 empties
Arrive Montrose 2:00 PM
Gunnison switch engine 340 with foreman Winters engineer H Gates
Durango switch engine 315 with foreman Rowe engineer House
No other narrow gauge activity this date
Alamosa switch engine 38 with foreman Atkins engineer Riley (day shift)
Alamosa switch engine 38 with foreman Lynch engineer Todd
Creede branch with engine 1007 conductor Skirvin engineer Kearns
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