Sunday
December 15 1940
ALAMOSA
Alamosa clear, calm, 7:00 AM 18 below
Cumbres clear, calm, drifted 3 feet in front of depot, no new snow, 36” on ground
Chama clear, calm, 18” snow on ground
Durango clear, calm, 12” old snow
Alamosa extra 483 west with helper engine 486
Conductor Curtis
Engine 483 Caldwell
Engine 486 Tozier
Depart Alamosa 3:00 AM with 19 loads 20 empties
10 empty tanks Chama
La Jara 20 minutes switch 2 cars coal and spot
Romeo set out 1 car coal and spot
Arrive Antonito 4:55 AM with 16 loads 20 empties, 55 minutes coal & water, switching
Depart Antonito 5:50 AM with 9 loads 23 empties
Sublette 25 minutes water and eat
Arrive Cumbres 9:25 AM with 9 loads 23 empties, 30 minutes helper engine off, air test
Engine 486 depart Cumbres 9:40 AM light for Chama
Extra 483 west depart Cumbres 9:55 AM with 9 loads 23 empties
Arrive Chama 11:05 AM with 9 loads 23 empties, 1 hour put train away, wait for No. 115 to clear, finish put train away and spot 10 empty tanks, tie up 12:05 PM
No. 115 with engine 482 (to Chama)
Conductor Hurley
Engineer Ray (to Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:10 AM with 5 cars
119
163
164 (LCL)
327
Alamosa
Arrive Cumbres 10:22 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:25 AM
Arrive Chama 11:10 AM, engine 482 off, engine 475 on
Depart Chama 11:15 AM (engineer House)
Arrive Durango 4:05 PM with 5 cars
No. 116 with engine 476 (to Chama)
Conductor Edmisten
Engineer Densmore (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 5 cars
66
167
127 (deadhead)
310
Chama
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM, engine 476 off, engine 482 on
Depart Chama 4:05 PM (engineer Ray)
Arrive Cumbres 5:00 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:05 PM
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM with 5 cars
Chama extra 481 west
Conductor Knight
Engineer Brice
Depart Chama 12:25 PM with 8 loads 13 empties
3 empty coal Durango
2 empty box Durango
2 empty tanks Farmington
2 empty dumps Monero
3 empty gons
Monero 10 minutes switching
Lumberton 10 minutes switching
Dulce 15 minutes switching and meet No. 116
Pagosa Jct 25 minutes eat and switching
Allison 5 minutes merchandise
Florida 5 minutes merchandise
Carbon Jct 10 minutes switching
Arrive Durango 7:05 PM with 8 loads 6 empties
Chama Cumbres turn called for 10:00 PM, did not depart until 1:15 AM on Dec 16, on post for that date
SALIDA
Marshall Pass clear, calm, 22” old snow on ground
Sargent clear, calm, 10” old snow
Gunnison clear, calm, 3” old snow
Engine 472 scheduled to be used as helper on Valley line extra 496, found broken crosshead, get engine 479 out of storage
Salida extra 479 west, light engine to Mineral Hot Springs, helper for extra 496 east Valley line, account snow conditions
Engineer C D Wilson
Depart Salida 9:45 AM (edit location 12-15-12)
Arrive Mineral Hot Springs 11:40 AM
Alamosa extra 496 east, Valley line, at Mineral Hot Springs add helper engine 479
Conductor Sandberg
Engine 496 Lannon
Engine 479 C D Wilson (on Mineral Hot Springs)
Depart Alamosa 8:45 AM with 13 loads 45 empties
Hooper 30 minutes switching
Moffat 20 minutes switching
Mineral Hot Springs 20 minutes switching
Vila Grove 15 minutes coal & water
Mile Post 231 double to Poncha Pass
Arrive Poncha Pass 2:55 PM, last time, 20 minutes helper engine off, pick up
Engine 479 depart Poncha Pass time not shown light for Salida
Extra 496 east depart Poncha Pass 3:15 PM
Mears Jct 25 minutes switching
Arrive Salida 5:20 PM with 11 loads 4 empties
Salida extra 499 west with helper engine 490, Sargent turn with Sargent hill turn
Conductor Trevarthen
Engine 499 Cullinan
Engine 490 Hyatt
Depart Salida 8:50 AM with 1 load 30 empties, flanger (Just can’t quite make out the number, does not appear to read OL)
Arrive Marshall Pass 11:15 AM with 1 load 30 empties, flanger, 25 minutes helper engine off, air test
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 11:25 AM light for Sargent
Extra 499 west depart Marshall Pass 11:40 AM with 1 load 30 empties, flanger
Arrive Sargent 1:00 PM with flanger and caboose, 1 hour eat, switching, and add Sargent helper engine 493, engineer C R Wilson
As Sargent hill turn extra 499 east with helper engines 490 and 493 depart Sargent 2:00 PM with 16 loads, flanger
Arrive Marshall Pass 3:25 PM with 16 loads, flanger, set out, turn
Engine 493 depart Marshall Pass 3:35 PM light for Sargent
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 3:40 PM light for Sargent
Extra 499 west depart Marshall Pass 3:45 PM with flanger and caboose
Arrive Sargent 4:55 PM with flanger and caboose, 15 minutes set coal to chute, 20 minutes coal & water and turn, 15 minutes pick up
Extra 499 east with helpers 490 and 493 depart Sargent 5:45 PM with 18 loads, flanger
Arrive Marshall Pass 7:25 PM with 18 loads, flanger, 40 minutes helper engines off, pick up and inspection
Engine 493 depart Marshall Pass 7:40 PM light for Sargent
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 7:50 PM light for Salida
Extra 499 east depart Marshall Pass 8:05 PM with 34 loads, flanger
Mears Jct 35 minutes blocked by extra 497-498 west, (on post for Dec 16)
Arrive Salida 10:35 PM with 34 loads, flanger
Salida extra 498 west, to Gunnison, depart Salida 8:20 PM, on post for Dec 16
No other narrow gauge activity this date, Sunday
Jimmy
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/15/2012 07:42PM by Jimmy Blouch.
