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Alamosa January 11 1937

February 13, 2012 07:37PM
Monday January 11 1937

ALAMOSA

No new snow at reporting stations, temperatures below zero again

Chama Cumbres turn with engines 480, 489 and 487
Conductor Hurley
Engine 480 Kearin
Engine 489 Todd
Engine 487 Odgers

Depart Chama 2:35 AM with 19 loads 4 empties
Arrive Cumbres 4:45 AM with 19 loads 4 empties
1 hour 5 minutes flange yard
Engine 489 depart Cumbres 5:10 AM light for Chama
Engine 487 depart Cumbres 5:20 AM light for Chama
Engine 480 depart Cumbers 6:10 AM with flanger and caboose for Chama
Cumbres to Chama 30 minutes clean switches, flange sidings

Chama Cumbres turn with engines 482, 489 and 487
Conductor Hurley
Engine 482 Kearin
Engine 489 Todd
Engine 487 Odgers

Depart Chama 10:00 AM with 18 loads 6 empties
Arrive Cumbres 11:55 AM with 18 loads 6 empties
Engine 489 depart Cumbres 12:05 PM light for Chama
Engine 487 depart Cumbres 12:15 PM light for Chama
Engine 482 depart Cumbres 12:25 PM with caboose for Chama

Alamosa extra 478 west, light engine to Antonito for No.425
Engineer Walsh

Depart Alamosa 9:55 AM
Arrive Antonito 11:10 AM

No. 115 with engine 470
Conductor Pollard
Engineer Hopper (to Chama)
Deadhead brakeman P F Clarke, swing brakeman on No. 116 Jan 10

Depart Alamosa 10:10 AM with 7 cars, reason for delay not shown
66
156
320
Durango
63
306
163
Antonito set out cars 63, 306 and 163 for No. 425
Arrive Cumbres 1:25 PM
Depart Cumbres 1:30 PM
Arrive Chama 2:08 PM
Depart Chama 2:15 PM (engineer House)
Arrive Durango 7:20 PM with 4 cars

No. 116 with engine 477 (to Chama)
Conductor Peel
Engineer Dieckman (to Chama)

Depart Durango 9:50 AM with 5 cars
119
167
151
287
Silverton
Arrive Chama 2:45 PM, engine 477 off
Depart Chama 2:50 PM, engine 482, engineer Hopper
Arrive Cumbres 3:40 PM
Depart Cumbres 3:45 PM
Antonito pick up 3 cars from No. 426
164
62
284
Arrive Alamosa 7:15 PM with 8 cars

Durango extra east with engines 483 and 488
Conductor S Edmisten
Engine 483 Densmore
Engine 488 Vinton

Depart Durango 11:59 AM with 20 loads 16 empties
Ignacio 40 minutes mdse and switching
Laboca 10 minutes mdse
Tiffany 15 minutes mdse
Allison 10 minutes mdse
Arboles 30 minutes meet No. 115
Pagosa Jct 50 minutes eat, coal 7 watger
Dulce 1 hour switching
Lumberton 20 minutes mdse
Monero 15 minutes mdse
Arrive Chama 11:55 PM with 29 loads 16 empties

Chama extra 477 east, light engine to Alamosa, protect No. 115
Engineer Kearin

Depart Chama 9:50 PM (edit 2-14-12)
Arrive Alamosa 2:25 AM

Alamosa Antonito turn with engine 1022
Conductor Cornell
Engineer Hurley

Alamosa work extra 934
Conductor McLaughlin
Engineer Kellogg

Worked between Alamosa and La Jara with rail loader loading rail and angle bars

Santa Fe branch

Train No. 425 with engine 478
Conductor Willis
Engineer Walsh

Depart Antonito 11:50 AM with 8 loads
1 flour Santa Fe
1 mdse Espanola
1 company tie plates Chamita
1 company coal Chamita
1 load Taos Jct
163
63
306
Arrive Taos Jct 2:52 PM, meet No.426
Depart Taos Jct 3:10 PM
Arrive Santa Fe 7:45 PM with 4 loads

Train No. 426 with engine 473
Conductor Pheney
Engineer Clarke

Depart Santa Fe 9:40 AM with 6 loads 2 empties
1 mdse Espanola
1 mdse way
2 poles
2 empty refrigerators
62
284
Espanola pick up baggage car 164
Arrive Taos Jct 2:10 PM, meet No. 425
Depart Taos Jct 2:55 PM
Arrive Antonito 5:30 PM with 5 loads 5 empties

Engine 473 run light to Alamosa for shops
Engineer Clarke

Depart Antonito 5:55 PM
Arrive Alamosa 7:00 PM

Work extra 452 with ditcher OX
Conductor F Edmisten
Engineer Rowe

Loaded and dumped 22 loads between MP 365 and 367

SALIDA

Train No. 315 and Train No. 316 with engine 479
Conductor Mahoney
Engineer Harrell

Train No. 315 depart Salida 6:00 AM with 5 cars
128
60
152
280
Camp Bird
Arrive Marshall Pass 7:30 AM
Depart Marshall Pass 7:32 AM
Arrive Gunnison 9:35 AM with 5 cars

Train No. 316 depart Gunnison 6:05 PM with 5 cars
60
128
152
280
Camp Bird
Arrive Salida 9:35 PM with 5 cars

Salida extra 490 west with helper engine 494, Sargent turn
Conductor Rhodes
Engine 490 Crylie
Engine 494 R Willson

Depart Salida 11:45 AM with caboose (no empties available)
Arrive Marshall Pass 1:15 PM with caboose
Engine 494 depart Marshall Pass 1:20 PM light for Sargent
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 1:30 PM with caboose for Sargent
Chester 20 minutes chain bad order car RG 9521
Arrive Sargent 3:00 PM with 1 load
At Sargent add Sargent helper engine 495, engineer Veo
Extra 490 east with helper engines 494 and 495 depart Sargent 4:20 PM with 17 loads 3 empties
Chester 10 minutes pick up
Arrive Marshall Pass 6:00 PM
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 6:05 PM light for Sargent
Engine 494 depart Marshall Pass 6:30 PM light for Salida
Extra 490 east depart Marshall Pass 7:05 PM with 34 loads 3 empties
Arrive salida 9:20 PM with 34 loads 3 empties

GUNNISON

Crested Butte branch Train No. 347 and Train No. 348 with engine 474 and helper engine 479
Conductor Purceil
Engine 474 Myers
Engine 479 Kroll

Depart Gunnison 11:40 AM with 4 loads 65 empties
Jacks Cabin 15 minutes set out and water
Arrive Crested Butte 1:30 PM with 2 loads 65 empties
Engine 479 depart Crested Butte 1:40 PM light for Gunnison
Train No. 348 depart Crested Butte 5:50 PM with 50 loads
Arrive Gunnison 7:25 PM with 50 loads

Gunnison switch engine 460 foreman Seivers engineer Price

MONTROSE

Ouray branch extra 316
Conductor Arnold
Engineer Rusk

Depart Montrose 11:00 AM with 2 loads 15 empties
Flanger (can’t quite read the number)
15 empty stock cars for RGS
1 mdse Ridgway
1 mdse Ouray
Cow Creek 15 minutes water
Ridgway 15 minutes set out and switching
Arrive Ouray 3:15 PM with 1 load, 30 minutes eat, 1 hour 20 minutes flange yard, turn, water and pick up
Depart Ouray 5:10 PM with 2 loads, flanger
Arrive Montrose 8:00 PM with 6 loads 4 empties, flanger

DURANGO

Farmington branch Train No. 435 and Train No. 436 with engine 476
Conductor Fry
Engineer Katschthaler

Depart Durango 1:35 AM with 1 load 2 empties
2 empty tanks
Carbon Jct 40 minutes switching, siding had foot snow on frog, train frozen up
Cedar Hill 15 minutes switching
Flora Vista 10 minutes switching
Refinery 15 minutes switching
Arrive Farmington 5:45 AM with 2 loads 11 empties, 20 minutes eat, 30 minutes switching, 25 minutes water, tank frozen up
Depart Farmington 7:00 AM with 3 loads
1 gas Durango
1 gas Ignacio
Bridge 472.32 15 minutes held by work extra 462
Cedar Hill 10 minutes switching
Arrive Durango 10:15 AM with 4 loads 1 empty

Farmington branch work extra 462
Conductor Knight
Engineer Klahn

Worked with derrick OP and bridge gang, detail not shown

Durango switch engine 271 foreman Pfeiffer engineer Basher

Jimmy



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/14/2012 01:06PM by Jimmy Blouch.
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Alamosa January 11 1937

Jimmy Blouch February 13, 2012 07:37PM

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