Wednesday March 28 1945
ALAMOSA
Cumbres 3” new snow, 95” on ground
Alamosa extra west with engines 481 and 484, rotary OY
Conductor Wilson
Engine 481 Holly
Engine 484 Marsh
Rotary OY engineer Hurley, pilot Tozer
Depart Alamosa 2:15 AM, rotary OY and outfits
Antonito 3:50 AM to 4:15 AM water, get wings out on rotary
Sublette 6:15 AM to 6:30 AM water
Osier 7:40 AM to 8:20 AM water and eat
Cumbres 10:25 AM to 10:40 AM plow siding and wye
Coxo 11:00 AM to 11:10 AM plow siding (No. 115 passes)
Arrive Chama 12:15 PM
No. 115 with engine 483
Conductor Moore
Engineer Coughlin (to Chama)
Swing man H M Hartnett (?)
Depart Alamosa 7:00 AM with 7 cars
La Jara delay 10 minutes mail and express
Arrive Cumbres 10:40 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:55 AM, delay 25 minutes between Cumbres and Coxo follow rotary
Arrive Chama 11:42 AM, engine 483 off
Depart Chama 11:55 AM engine 478 engineer Dieckman
Arrive Gato 1:56 PM
Depart Gato 2:04 PM
Arrive Durango 4:50 PM
No. 116 with engine 476
Conductor Roberts
Engineer Brice (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Gato 1:50 PM
Depart Gato 1:56 PM
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM
Depart Chama 4:05 PM engine 482 engineer Coughlin
Arrive Cumbres 5:00 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:03 PM
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM
Durango extra east with engines 487 and 488
Conductor Murray
Engine 487 Squires
Engine 488 Johnson
Depart Durango 1:45 PM with 35 loads 1 empty
Oxford 35 minutes No. 115
Ignacio 5 minutes pick up
Tiffany 5 minutes mdse
Arboles 10 minutes mdse
Gato 20 minutes water and eat
Dulce 10 minutes mdse and set out
Monero 1 hour coal & water and pick up
Arrive Chama 12:10 AM with 38 loads 1 empty
Chama Cumbres turn with engines 483, 481 and 484
Conductor Wilson
Engine 483 Tozer
Engine 481 Holly
Engine 484 Marsh
Depart Chama 4:50 PM with 20 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cumbres 6:20 PM
Engine 483 depart Cumbres 6:35 PM with caboose for Chama
Engine 481 depart Cumbres 6:40 PM light for Chama
Engine 484 depart Cumbres 6:45 PM light for Chama
Alamosa extra 485 west
Conductor Skrivin
Engineer Nissen
Depart Alamosa 10:30 PM with 15 loads 25 empties
Henry 10 minutes pick up 1 empty
La Jara 15 minutes set out and spot empties
Romeo 10 minutes set out 1 empty
Antonito 45 minutes coal & water and switching
Sublette 50 minutes eat, clean fire and switch out 1 load
Arrive Cumbres 6:55 AM with 14 loads 19 empties
Depart Cumbres 7:15 AM with same
Arrive Chama 8:30 AM
SALIDA
Marshall Pass no new snow, 31” on ground
2 Sargent hill turns with engines 497 and 494
Conductor Trevarthen
Engine 497 Crooks
Engine 494 Fitzsimmons
1st turn depart Sargent 11:00 AM with 10 loads 1 empty, flanger (number not shown)
Arrive Marshall Pass 12:55 PM
Engine 494 depart Marshall Pass 1:00 PM light for Sargent
Engine 497 depart Marshall Pass 1:05 PM with caboose and flanger for Sargent
2nd turn depart Sargent 2:40 PM with 11 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 4:05 PM
Engine 494 depart Marshall Pass 4:15 PM light for Sargent
Engine 497 depart Marshall Pass 4:20 PM with caboose for Sargent
Salida extra 499 west with helper engines 495 and 493
Conductor Carlin
Engine 499 Wilson
Engine 495 Cullinan
Engine 493 C Wilson
Depart Salida 3:20 PM with 8 loads 52 empties (3 supply cars, 5 company cinders 51 empty gons)
MP 217 30 minutes unload 5 cars cinders
Poncha Jct 5 minutes set out 5 empty dumps
Arrive Marshall Pass 8:10 PM with 3 loads 52 empties
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass8:10 PM light for Gunnison
Engine 493 depart Marshall Pass ?? light for Salida
Extra 499 west depart Marshall Pass 8:30 PM with 3 loads 52 empties
Sargent 20 minutes set out 4 gons, pick up 2 empty dumps and 12 B&B outfits (B&B gang with foreman McKenzie moved from Sargent to Gunnison)
Depart Sargent 8:30 PM
Arrive Gunnison 10:00 PM with 15 loads 50 empties
GUNNISON
Crested Butte branch with engine 498
Conductor Collett
Engineer Braswell
Depart Gunnison 1:40 PM with 45 empties, flanger (number not shown)
Arrive Crested Butte 3:20 PM
Depart Crested Butte 4:30 PM with 44 loads 1 empty, flanger
Arrive Gunnison 6:05 PM
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
Jimmy
