Following the tanks (gas) CONX # 25 & # 38

Thanks to Jimmy Blouch's D&RGW and Dave Grandt's RGS postings we can follow the movement of two tank cars of gasoline on their journey from the refinery to destination(s). I guess this was "heavy" "leaded" gas as the bearings didn't hold up too good

Jimmy Blouch Wrote:
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> Friday December 6 1940

>
> Farmington branch extra 478
> Conductor Knight
> Engineer Katschthaler
>
> Depart Durango 1:30 AM with 3 loads 8 empties
> Aztec 5 minutes fill cistern
> Refinery 15 minutes switching
> Arrive Farmington 4:30 AM with 3 loads 8 empties,
> 20 minutes eat, 1 hour 5 minutes switching
> Depart Farmington 6:00 AM with 9 loads 5 empties
> 1 merchandise Alamosa
> 1 gas Chama
> 3 gas Durango
> 1 gas Crested Butte
> 1 gas Gunnison
> 1 gas Mancos
> 1 gas Dolores
> 2 empty single decks
> 1 empty box
> Refinery 15 minutes switching
> Aztec 1 hour 30 minutes loading and pick up 2 cars
> cattle
> Mile Post 463 10 minutes rocks on track
> Arrive Durango 11:35 AM with 11 loads 3 empties
>

davegrandt Wrote:
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> RIO GRANDE SOUTHERN
> Tuesday, December 10th 1940
>

> Extra 453 East C-Crum, E-Croonenberghs, F-Laube
> Leave Dolores 8:00 am, Arrive Rico 11:25 am with 1
> gas Gunnison, 1 gas Cr Butte, 1company slack
> Ridgway, 1 company coal Rico, 1 commercial coal
> Timber spur, 11 empty log cars, 395 tons.
> Leave Rico 12:15 6/0, Arr Vance Jct 4:25 pm with 6
> ore Amarillo, 5 ore Leadville, 1 gas Gunnison, 1
> gas Cr Butte.632 tons.
>
> (looks like the two tanks of gasoline That left
> Farmington on the 6th are moving North)
>


Jimmy Blouch Wrote:
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> Wednesday December 11 1940

> Ouray branch extra 315, Ouray turn
Arrive Ridgway 5:20 PM with 1 load 3 empties, 15 minutes switching, 1 hour 30 minutes RGS connection and bills
> Depart Ridgway 7:05 PM with 16 loads 3 empties
> 2 cars cattle from RGS, loaded Bilk 1:30 PM, for
> Denver via Salida, released, no one in charge
> 4 cars cattle from RGS, loaded Placerville 3:15
> PM, for Austin via Montrose, released, no one in
> charge
> Colona 15 minutes hot box CONX 25, gas for
> Gunnison
> Arrive Montrose 8:45 PM with 16 loads 3 empties

> Montrose extra 360 east, to Gunnison, at Cedar
> Creek add helper engine 361
> Conductor C M Purciel
> Engine 360 Braswell
> Engine 361 Doyle (on Cedar Creek)
>
> Depart Montrose 9:45 PM with 5 loads 1 empty,
> includes 2 cars cattle from Bilk (would appear car
> gas for Gunnison and car gas for Crested Butte
> also included)
> Cedar Creek 15 minutes pick up, and add helper
> engine 361
> Arrive Cimarron 12:15 AM, 35 minutes pick up, hot
> box CONX 38
> Iola 10 minutes set out
> Arrive Gunnison 3:30 AM (Dec 12) with 5 loads 16
> empties



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 12/12/2012 10:34PM by rod.