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Alamosa December 2 1940

December 02, 2012 05:48PM
Monday December 2 1940

ALAMOSA

Alamosa, Cumbres, Chama and Durango, clear, calm

Alamosa extra 485 west
Conductor Ashbrook
Engineer Nissen

Depart Alamosa 2:15 AM with 1 load 15 empties
Arrive Antonito 3:30 AM with 1 load 15 empties, 20 minutes coal & water, set out and pick up
Depart Antonito 3:50 AM with 16 empties
Sublette 15 minutes water and eat
Arrive Cumbres 7:00 AM with 16 empties, 20 minutes air test
Depart Cumbres 7:20 AM with 16 empties
Arrive Chama 8:30 AM with 16 empties

Alamosa extra 473 west, light engine to Antonito for No. 425
Engineer Baskett

Depart Alamosa 6:45 AM
Arrive Antonito 7:50 AM

No. 15 with engine 470
Conductor Dorian
Engineer Boyd (to Chama)
Brakeman Woodworth deadhead Alamosa to Antonito for No. 425

Depart Alamosa 7:00 AM with 6 cars
66
163
310
Chama
62
306
Arrive Antonito 8:00 AM, set out cars 62 and 306 for No. 425
Depart Antonito 8:10 AM with 4 cars
Arrive Cumbres 10:19 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:22 AM
Arrive Chama 11:10 AM
Depart Chama 11:15 AM (engineer Densmore)
Arrive Durango 4:05 PM with 4 cars

No. 116 with engine 475
Conductor Morgan
Engineer House (to Chama)

Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 4 cars
119
164
327
Alamosa
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM
Depart Chama 4:10 PM (engineer Boyd)
Arrive Cumbres 5:02 PM
Depart Cumtres 5:05 PM
Arrive Antonito 7:20 PM, pick up 2 cars from No. 426
63
320
Brakeman Woodworth deadhead Antonito to Alamosa
Depart Antonito 7:27 PM with 6 cars
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM with 6 cars

Durango extra 481 east
Conductor Knight
Engineer Katschthaler

Depart Durango 11:59 AM with 15 loads 7 empties
6 empty flats
Ignacio 5 minutes merchandise
Tiffany 5 minutes meet No. 115
Allison 5 minutes merchandise
Pagosa Jct 15 minutes merchandise and eat
Dulce 10 minutes set out
Lumberton 20 minutes switching
Monero 30 minutes coal & water, pick up
Arrive Chama 8:05 PM with 17 loads 9 empties

Chama extra 488 east, depart 10:40 PM, on post for Dec 3

Alamosa extra 486 west, depart 11:25 PM, on post for Dec 3

SANTA FE BRANCH

Train No. 425 with engine 473
Conductor Hines
Engineer Baskett
Swing brakeman Woodworth

Depart Antonito 8:55 AM with 11 loads 8 empties
1 coal Santa Fe
1 flour Santa Fe
1 merchandise Espanola
2 steel Espanola
1 coal Espanola
1 gas Taos Jct
2 coal Taos Jct
8 empty single decks Tres Piedras
62
306
Tres Piedras 15 minutes mail, express, set out
Taos Jct 10 minutes switching
Espanola 15 minutes switching
Arrive Santa Fe 4:00 PM with 4 loads

Train No. 426 with engine 471
Conductor Willis
Engineer Arnell
Swing brakeman Woodworth from Embudo to Antonito (deadhead on No. 116 to Alamosa)

Depart Santa Fe 10:00 AM with 2 loads
63
320
Espanola 10 minutes switching
Taos Jct 10 minutes switching
Tres Piedras 30 minutes load 7 cars cattle
Arrive Antonito 5:15 PM with 10 loads, 1 hour unload stock, 1 hour engine 471 derailed west wye switch, tie up 7:15 PM

SALIDA

Marshall Pass clear, light SW wind

Sargent clear, calm

Gunnison clear, calm

Salida extra 499 west with helper engine 492, to Gunnison after Sargent hill turn
Conductor Sandberg
Engine 499 Frantz
Engine 492 Truscott

Depart Salida 9:25 PM (Dec 1) with 9 loads 1 empty
Mears Jct 25 minutes unload freight and switching
Shirley 10 minutes water
Arrive Marshall Pass 12:15 AM (Dec 2) with 9 loads 16 empties, 30 minutes helper engine off, inspection and pack hot box
Engine 492 depart Marshall Pass 12:20 AM light for Sargent
Extra 499 west depart Marshall Pass 12:45 AM with 9 loads 16 empties
Arrive Sargent 1:55 AM with 9 loads 16 empties, 1 hour put train away, coal & water, switching, eat, add Sargent helper engine 490, engineer W Wilson
As Sargent hill turn extra 499 east with helpers 492 and 490 depart Sargent 2:55 AM with 19 loads
Arrive Marshall Pass 4:20 AM with 19 loads, 20 minutes helper engines off, set out, turn
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 4:30 AM light for Sargent
Engine 492 depart Marshall Pass 4:35 AM light for Gunnison
Extra 499 west depart Marshall Pass 4:40 AM with caboose
Buxton 10 minutes pick up
Arrive Sargent 6:00 AM with 38 empties, 35 minutes set coal and pick up
Depart Sargent 6:35 AM with 9 loads 56 empties
Parlin 10 minutes switching
Arrive Gunnison 8:15 AM with 11 loads 56 empties

Salida extra 497 west with helper engine 491, 1st Monarch branch
Conductor Hallock
Engine 497 Veo
Engine 491 Runyan

Depart Salida 7:30 AM with 56 empties
Arrive Monarch 9:40 AM
Both engines double Monarch Maysville Monarch
Engine 491 return to Salida light, arrive 2:35 PM
Extra 497 east depart Monarch 1:50 PM for Salida
Arrive Salida 4:15 PM with 41 loads 1 empty

Salida extra 498 west with helper engine 493, 2nd Monarch branch
Conductor Sloan
Engine 498 C Wilson
Engine 493 Dailey

Depart Salida 4:25 PM with 42 empties
Arrive Monarch 6:20 PM
Engine 493 return to Salida light, arrive 8:15 PM
Extra 498 double Monarch Maysville Monarch
Extra 498 east depart Monarch 10:25 PM for Salida
Arrive Salida 12:35 AM with 41 loads

Gunnison extra 499 east with helper engine 492, to Salida, at Sargent add Sargent helper engine 490
Conductor Sandberg
Engine 499 Frantz
Engine 492 Truscott
Engine 490 W Wilson (on Sargent)

Depart Gunnison 7:35 PM with 66 loads 2 empties
Parlin 10 minutes water
Arrive Sargent 10:05 PM with 66 loads 2 empties, double in, reduce, coal & water, eat, add Sargent helper engine 490
Depart Sargent 11:00 PM with 18 loads 2 empties
Arrive Marshall Pass 12:30 AM, 1 hour helper engines off, pick up and inspection
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 12:35 AM light for Sargent
Engine 492 depart Marshall Pass 12:55 AM light for Salida
Extra 499 east depart Marshall Pass 1:30 AM with 37 loads 2 empties
Arrive Salida 3:40 AM with 37 loads 21 empties

GUNNISON

Crested Butte partly cloudy, calm

Crested Butte branch extra 474 with helper engine 492
Conductor C M Purciel
Engine 474 H Gates
Engine 492 Braswell

Depart Gunnison 11:00 AM with 5 loads 82 empties
Arrive Crested Butte 12:30 PM with 5 loads 82 empties, 3 hours 20 minutes mine work, 20 minutes inspection
Engine 492 depart Crested Butte 1:40 PM light for Gunnison
Extra 474 east depart Crested Butte 4:20 PM with 57 loads
Arrive Gunnison 5:50 PM with 57 loads

Gunnison switch engine 456 foreman Winters engineer Cowan

MONTROSE

Ouray branch extra 315, Ouray turn
Conductor Collett
Engineer Price

Depart Montrose 1:20 PM with 8 loads 5 empties
1 merchandise Ouray
2 coal Ouray
3 beet pulp
1 merchandise RGS
4 empty box
1 sugar Dolores
Uncompahgre 10 minutes switch and set cars to unload
Arrive Ridgway 3:10 PM with 5 loads 5 empties, 20 minutes switching and local
Depart Ridgway 3:30 PM with 3 loads 1 empty
Arrive Ouray 3:55 PM with 3 loads 1 empty, 30 minutes station switching
Depart Ouray 4:25 PM with 1 load 4 empties
Arrive Ridgway 5:05 PM with 1 load 4 empties, 15 minutes switching
Depart Ridgway 5:20 Pm with 8 loads 11 empties
Arrive Montrose 6:45 PM with 12 loads 11 empties

DURANGO

Farmington branch extra 478]
Conductor Murray
Engineer Klahn

Depart Durango 1:30 AM with 1 load 4 empties
Carbon Jct 10 minutes switching
Arrive Farmington 4:35 AM with 2 loads 5 empties, 20 minutes eat, 1 hour 15 minutes switching
Depart Farmington 6:00 AM with 7 loads 8 empties
1 gas Telluride
2 gas Dolores
4 gas Durango
Refinery 5 minutes switching
Aztec 5 minutes switching
Arrive Durango 9:35 AM with 7 loads 11 empties

Durango switch engine 268 foreman Gabbe engineer Fitzer

Jimmy



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/02/2012 10:53PM by Jimmy Blouch.
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Alamosa December 2 1940

Jimmy Blouch December 02, 2012 05:48PM

Re: Alamosa December 2 1940

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Re: Alamosa December 2 1940

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