Wednesday March 21 1945
ALAMOSA
Cumbres no new snow, 90” on ground
No. 115 with engine 478
Conductor Moore
Engineer Baskett (to Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:00 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Cumbres 10:23 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:26 AM
Arrive Chama 11:10 AM
Depart Chama 11:15 AM (engineer Katschenthaler)
Arrive Durango 4:05 PM
No. 116 with engine 473
Conductor Hines
Engineer Brice (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM
Depart Chama 4:05 PM (engineer Baskett)
Arrive Cumbres 5:03 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:06 PM
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM
Chama extra 482 east with helper engine 485
Conductor Wilson
Engine 482 Stephens
Engine 485 Tozer
Depart Chama 4:15 PM with 10 loads 6 empties
Arrive Cumbres 5:50 PM
Engine 485 depart Cumbres 6:05 PM light for Chama
Extra 482 east depart Cumbres 6:10 PM with 36 loads 6 empties
Osier 10 minutes set out
Big Horn 10 minutes pick up
Antonito 30 minutes water and pick up
La Jara 25 minutes pick up
Estrella 10 minutes pick up
Arrive Alamosa 11:55 PM with 39 loads 9 empties
SALIDA
Marshall Pass no new snow, 32” on ground
2 Sargent hill turns with engines 497 and 493
Conductor Trevarthen
Engine 497 Fitzsimmons
Engine 493 Crooks
1st turn depart Sargent 11:25 AM with 10 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 12:40 PM
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 12:45 PM light for Sargent
Engine
947 497 depart Marshall Pass 12:50 PM with caboose for Sargent
2nd turn depart Sargent 2:35 PM with 10 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 3:40 PM
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass light for Sargent
Salida extra 499 west with helper engines 496 and 494, Marshall Pass turn
Conductor Carlin
Engine 499 C Wilson
Engine 496 W Wilson
Engine 494 Cullinan
Depart Salida 1:25 PM with 58 empties
Arrive Marshall Pass 4:20 PM
Engine 497 (from hill turn) depart Marshall Pass 4:30 PM with 58 empties, set out 42 empties at Buxton, arrive Sargent 5:50 PM with 16 empties
Engine 496 (from Salida Marshall Pass turn) depart Marshall Pass 5:00 PM light for Salida
Engine 494 (from Salida Marshall Pass turn) depart Marshall Pass 5:05 PM light for Salida
Extra 499 east depart Marshall Pass 5:35 PM with 38 loads 1 empty
Arrive Salida 7:40 PM
Salida extra 499 west with helper engines 496 and 494
Conductor Carlin
Engine 499 C Wilson
Engine 496 W Wilson
Engine 494 Cullinan
Depart Salida 11:35 PM with 1 load 56 empties (l company material Gunnison, 55 empty gons)
Arrive Marshall Pass 2:30 AM
Engine 496 depart Marshall Pass 2:35 AM light for Gunnison
Engine 494 depart Marshall Pass 3:00 AM light for Salida
Extra 499 west depart Marshall Pass 2:50 AM with 1 load 56 empties
Buxton 20 minutes pick up
Sargent 15 minutes pick up
Depart Sargent 4:45 AM with 1 load 111 empties
Bridge 288.7, 1 hour extra 496 west ahead blocked by cattle on bridge
Arrive Gunnison 7:20 AM with 1 load 111 empties
GUNNISON
Crested Butte branch with engine 498
Conductor Collett
Engineer Braswell
Depart Gunnison 11:30 AM with 43 empties
Arrive Crested Butte 1:20 PM, 2 hours 10 minutes switch mines, 35 minutes air
Depart Crested Butte 4:05 PM with 47 loads 1 empty
Arrive Gunnison 5:45 PM
DURANGO
Silverton branch work extra with engine 453
Conductor Knight
Engineer Dieckman
Depart Durango 7:15 AM with 5 loads 1 empty (includes dragline to work on slide)
MP 488 ½ 10:45 AM - 5:25 PM clear snow slide 150 feet long, from 6 feet to 20 feet deep
Arrive Rockwood 7:10 PM, 10 minutes turn engine
Arrive Durango 8:25 PM with 3 loads 1 empty
Dispatcher’s memorandum: “ Found ….Young at east end slide down MP 488 ½ at 10:45 AM, 150 feet long, 6 feet deep, 20 feet deep at west end. Cleared with engine, section men,….had considerable trouble account getting stuck with engine in slide, could not get shovel up to it unless went to Rockwood and turned. This slide cleared up at 5:00 PM and return to Durango. Silverton foreman covered line between Silverton and MP 488 ½ today, no slides down except at old shed MP 492 ½. Will return to Silverton branch in AM leaving Durango 7:00 AM, 2 engines and drag line, should get track all clear tomorrow unless have more slides tonight. ERM”
Farmington branch with engine 452
Conductor Bruce
Engineer Connor
Depart Durango 1:45 PM with 8 loads 5 empties
Bondad 10 minutes fill cistern
MP 475 30 minutes unloading cinders
Aztec 10 minutes fill cistern and set out
Naylor 10 minutes
Arrive Farmington 5:30 PM, 2 hours eat, station work and wait for gas loading
Depart Farmington 7:30 PM with 6 loads 6 empties
1 company coal Igancio
1 gas Aztec
2 gas Durango
1 gas Dolores
1 gas Mancos
1 empty refer Durango
Naylor 15 minutes pick up
Aztec 10 minutes set out
Arrive Durango 11:40 PM with 5 loads 6 empties
Gunnison switch engine 340 with foreman Winters engineer H Gates
Montrose switch engine 456 with conductor Gribben engineer Price
Durango switch engine with foreman Rowe engineer House
Jimmy
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/29/2010 11:11PM by Jimmy Blouch.
