Sunday January 20, 1935
ALAMOSA
Alamosa work extra with engines 487 and 484, rotary OM
Conductor Hurley
Engine 487 Ray
Engine 484 Coughlin
Rotary OM Todd
Rotary OM pilot Caldwell
Depart Alamosa 11:37 AM
Antonito 20 minutes water and coal engines
Sublette 35 minutes water and eat
4:20 PM Hurley at Osier says found snow 3 to 5 feet deep tunnel to Osier
Arrive Cumbres 7:25 PM, 1 hour clean siding, coal rotary
Depart Cumbres 8:25 PM
9:40 PM Hurley called from Cresco said found plenty of snow at Windy Point, getting lighter going west. Plowed out Coxo and Cresco, leave Cresco about 10:05 PM
Arrive Chama 11:00 PM
No. 115 with engine 472
Conductor Pollard
Engineer Hopper (to Chama)
Depart Alamosa 3:45 PM with 4 cars
3 hours Osier to Cumbres rotary ahead
Arrive Cumbres 7:45 PM
Depart Cumbres 10:05 PM
Arrive Chama 11:05 PM
Run as extra Chama to Durango
Depart Chama 11:30 PM (engineer Fitzer)
Arrive Durango 4:35 AM
No. 116 with engine 475
Conductor Hines
Engineer House (to Chama)
Depart Durango 5:30 PM with 4 cars
Arrive Chama 10:25 PM, 20 minutes injectors freeze up. 1 hour for rotary
Depart Chama 11:40 PM (engineer Hopper)
Arrive Cumbres 12:43 AM, 45 minutes Extra 477 west
Depart Cumbres 1:30 AM
Arrive Alamosa 4:50 AM
Alamosa extra west with engines 482 and helper engine 477
Conductor Morgan
Engine 482 Boyd
Engine 477 Kellogg
Depart Alamosa 6:00 PM with 40 loads 26 empties, spreader
Arrive Antonito 7:25 PM, 40 minutes put coal on chute
Depart Antonito 8:25 with 40 loads, spreader
Arrive Cumbres 1:15 AM, 20 minutes No. 116
Engine 477 depart Cumbres light for Chama
Extra 482 depart Cumbres 2:00 AM
Arrive Chama 3:50 AM, did not do spreader work until Chama, worked with spreader in yard
Chama extra 481 west, Lumberton turn
Conductor Clarke
Engineer Oberrich
Depart Chama 2:15 PM
Flange to Lumberton
Return to Chama at 6:20 PM
SALIDA
Train No. 315 with engine 479 (to Gunnison)
Conductor Hickman
Engineer Saunders (to Gunnison)
Depart Salida 7:15 AM with 4 cars
Marshall Pass times not shown
Arrive Gunnison 10:55 AM
Depart Gunnison 11:15 AM, engine 344, engineer Knoll, with 4 cars
Lost 1 hour 10 minutes Cimarron to Cerro Summit account 1 to 2 feet snow on track
Arrive Montrose 3:45 PM
Train No. 316 with engine 319 (to Gunnison)
Conductor Perkins
Engineer Knoll (to Gunnison)
Depart Montrose 4:19 PM with 3 cars (delayed wait for Train No. 315 to arrive)
Arrive Gunnison 7:50 PM
Depart Gunnison 8:07 PM, engine 479, engineer Saunders, with 4 cars
Arrive Salida 11:40 PM
Monarch branch with engine 488
Conductor Gribben
Engineer
? Treskett (name added 1-23-11)
Depart Salida 11:10 AM with 14 empties, flanger
Maysville to Monarch 1 hours 20 minutes acct snow
Arrive Monarch 2:30 PM, 1 hours 45 minutes flanging, switching, and air
Depart Monarch 4:15 PM
Arrive Salida 2:55 PM with 14 loads, flanger
Salida extra 491 west with helper engine 493
Conductor Carlin
Engine 491 Dailey
Engine 493 Hyatt
Depart Salida 7:35 AM with 8 loads 16 empties
Arrive Marshall Pass 10:20 AM with 7 loads 21 empties
Engine 493 depart Marshall Pass 10:25 AM light for Gunnison
Extra 491 west depart Marshall Pass 10:35 AM
Arrive Gunnison 3:20 PM with 5 loads 21 empties
Gunnison extra 491 east with helper engine 493 and added at Sargent helper 494
Conductor Carlin
Engine 491 Dailey
Engine 493 Hyatt
Engine 494 Shewalter (added Sargent)
Called Gunnison 11:25 PM
Delayed Gunnison 1 hour 40 minutes switching, air, 1 hour 10 minutes train frozen up
Depart Gunnison 1:50 AM with 62 loads 1 empty (Jan 21)
Parlin 30 minutes thawing out water tank, 30 minutes train froze up
Sargent 1 hour 50 minutes doubling in 3 times acct train frozen up, 42 below zero
Arrive Sargent 7:30 AM
Scheduled to double to Marshall Pass, not enough time
Depart Sargent 8:15 AM with 17 loads 1 empty
Chester 8:55 AM to 10:50 AM meeting No. 315 (Jan 20)
Shavano 15 minutes engines taking water
Arrive Marshall Pass 12:05 PM
Engine 494 depart Marshall Pass 12:15 PM light for Sargent
Engine 493 depart Marshall Pass 12:20 PM light for Salida
Extra 491 east depart Marshall Pass 12:40 PM
Arrive Salida 2:55 PM
GUNNISON
Crested Butte branch
Train No. 347 with engines 474 and helper engine 460
Conductor Carey
Engine 474 Nordstrom
Engine 460 Darter
Depart Gunnison 12:15 PM with 55 empties, flanger
Arrive Crested Butte 2:10 PM
Engine 460 return to Gunnison light
Train No. 348 depart Crested Butte 4:35 PM with 39 loads, flanger
Arrive Gunnison 6:35 PM
Baldwin branch
Extra with engines 223 and 278
Conductor Mahoney
Engineer Myers
Engineer Braswell
(Engine assignment not shown)
Depart Gunnison 10:35 AM with flanger and spreader
Baldwin 30 minutes eat, 1 hour 50 minutes doubling to Castleton to get empties
Depart Baldwin 9:40 PM with 11 loads, flanger, spreader
Arrive Gunnison 12:35 AM
DURANGO
Silverton branch
Extra with engines 459 and 471
Conductor Bendure
Engine 459 Katschthaler
Engine 471 Vinton
Depart Durango 10:20 AM
Consist includes 2 mdse Silverton, 1 company coal Silverton, coach, caboose, flanger
Rockwood 40 minutes clean switches and flange wye
MP 489 35 minutes change out broken rail
Hermosa to Silverton delayed 1 hour 40 minutes account snow
Arrive Silverton 5:10 PM, 2 hours 10 minutes switching
Depart Silverton 7:10 PM
8 ore
2 mdse
1 auto
1 ref
Coach
Caboose
Flanger
Rockwood 20 minutes flange out west, 30 minutes run carefully
Arrive Durango 11:25 PM
No other narrow gauge activity this date
Jimmy
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/23/2011 12:42PM by Jimmy Blouch.
