Rotary Action March 31

March 31, 1938 (Thur.) Rotary OY, engines 486-489, operated Alamosa to Chama.
Alamosa extra 486-489 west, rotary OY
Rotary OY pilot Kellogg
Rotary OY engineer Boyd
Engine 486 engineer Coughlin
Engine 489 engineer Thompson
Conductor Morgan (0503)
Called Alamosa 12:05 PM
Depart Alamosa 12:30 PM
Arrive Antonito 1:45 PM
Depart Antonito 2:00 PM
Depart Sublette 5:35 PM
Depart Osier 9:30 PM (10 hours to plow from Osier to Cumbres)
Arrive Cumbres 7:45 AM (April 1)
Depart Cumbres 10:05 AM
Chama 1:55 PM (April 1) (Violation 16 hour law)
Notation on dispatcher sheet:
Found snow 5 to 10 feet MP 293 to Sublette, 2 to 3 feet Sublette to Rock Tunnel, 5 to12 feet Rock Tunnel to Cumbres, snow on cut at MP 321 30 feet deep on high side, necessary coal rotary at Osier.
No trains over Cumbres March 29-31, except rotary.

Conductors report:
Rotary X486-489 W J H Morgan
Called to depart 12:05 PM
Left Alamosa 12:30 PM, 25 minutes get engines rotary on and make air test
Antonito 15 minutes put rotary wings out, take water
Sublette 4:40 PM to 5:35 PM 55 minutes water, shovel down coal, eat
Osier 8:00 PM to 9:30 PM coal rotary, water and clean fires
MP 322 40 minutes eat
Los Pinos 35 minutes water and clean fires
Cumbres 2 hours 15 minutes water, eat, drag car out of snow on passing track, flange out east leg of wye and passing (track)
Slate cut MP 335.5 15 minutes snow slide down
Chama 1:55 PM, tied up at 1:55 PM
25 hours 50 minutes clear main line for mail

Info from Jimmy Blouch. Not previously posted on NGDF.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/31/2020 11:17AM by Jim McKee.