Monday December 23 1940
ALAMOSA
Alamosa partly cloudy, calm, by 6:30 PM cloudy, calm
Cumbres:
8:00 AM cloudy, calm, 32” old snow
2:00 PM cloudy, brisk SW wind
4:30 PM partly cloudy, brisk SW wind
Chama:
1:00 AM clear, calm
8:50 AM partly cloudy, calm, 16” old snow
4:20 PM cloudy, clam
8:20 PM snowing hard, calm
Durango partly cloudy, calm, by 5:00 PM cloudy, calm, 4” old snow
Pagosa Jct 6:00 PM snowing since 4:00 PM, calm
2 Chama Cumbres turns
1st turn with engines 484 and 486
Conductor Roberts
Engine 484 Tozier
Engine 486 Marsh
Depart Chama 2:15 AM with 10 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cumbres 3:05 AM with 10 loads 1 empty, set out, turn
Engine 484 depart Cumbres 4:10 AM with caboose for Chamna
Engine 486 depart Cumbres 4:15 AM light for Chama
2nd turn with engines 481 and 480
Conductor Roberts
Engine 481 Tozier
Engine 480 Marsh
Depart Chama 6:10 AM with 11 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cumbres 8:00 AM with 11 loads 1 empty, set out, turn
Engine 481 depart Cumbres 8:15 AM with caboose for Chama
Engine 480 depart Cumbres 8:20 AM light for Chama
No. 115 with engine 475
Conductor Edmisten
Engineer Ray (to Chama)
Swing brakeman Tabeling
Depart Alamosa 7:38 AM with 9 cars, 38 minutes transfer
119
163
164
312
327
Alamosa
62
306
284
La Jara 5 minutes mail
Arrive Antonito 8:40 AM, 12 minutes set out cars 62, 306 and 284 and unloading mail and express
Depart Antonito 8:52 AM with 6 cars
Arrive Cumbres 10:40 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:42 AM
Arrive Chama 11:20 AM, 10 minutes condition engine
Depart Chama 11:30 AM (engineer House)
Dulce 5 minutes mail
Ignacio 5 minutes mail
Arrive Durango 4:20 PM with 6 cars
No. 116 with engine 483
Conductor Morgan
Engineer Klahn (to Chama)
Swing brakeman Clarke
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 7 cars (edit 12-23-12, correct car count)
66
167
127
155
323
310
Chama
Arrive Chama 4:10 PM
Depart Chama 4:20 PM (engineer Ray)
Arrive Cumbres 5:10 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:14 PM
Arrive Antonito 7:20 PM, pick up 3 cars from No. 426
63
287
320
Depart Antonito 7:28 PM with 10 cars
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM with 10 cars
Durango extra east with engines 485 and 487
Conductor Fry
Engine 485 Connor
Engine 487 Cummins
Depart Durango 12:35 PM with 34 loads 8 empties
Ignacio 5 minutes merchandise, 15 minutes meet No. 115
Pagosa Jct 20 minutes eat, 10 minutes water, 20 minutes merchandise and switching
Dulce 20 minutes merchandise and switching
Monero 25 minutes switching, 20 minutes coal & water
Arrive Chama 11:25 PM with 32 loads 8 empties
Alamosa extra 483 west, called for 11:30 PM, on post for Dec 24
Chama extra 486 east, called for 11:40 PM, on post for Dec 24
SANTA FE BRANCH
Train No. 425 with engine 476
Conductor Hines
Engineer Baskett
Depart Antonito 9:15 AM with 7 loads
1 company coal Tres Piedras
1 coal Espanola
1 merchandise Espanola
62
158
284
306
Tres Piedras 8 minutes switching
Taos Jct 10 minutes mail, baggage and express
Embudo 30 minutes mail, baggage and express
Espanola 10 minutes mail, baggage and express, 15 minutes switching
Arrive Santa Fe 4:55PM with 4 loads
Train No. 426 with engine 473
Conductor Willis
Engineer Owenby
Depart Santa Fe 10:25 AM with 3 loads 1 empty
1 empty gon
1 merchandise
63
287
320
Notation reads: Wanted change meet 426 425 agent Espanola says no train orders on board.”
Espanola 30 minutes mail, express and freight
Arrive Antonito 5:15 PM with 5 loads 4 empties
SALIDA
Marshall Pass 9:00 PM snowing light
Sargent partly cloudy, calm, 10” old snow
Gunnison partly calm, 3” old snow
Salida extra 499 west with helper engine 490, to Gunnison after Sargent hill turn
Conductor Sandberg
Engine 499 Bovee
Engine 490 Dailey
Fireman Thompson deadhead Salida to Sargent relieve Sidnestricker, mileage
Depart Salida 8:5 PM (Dec 22) with 30 empties
Mears Jct 40 minutes meet extras 498 and 497 east (of Dec 22)
Arrive Marshall Pass 11:55 PM with 30 (?) empties, 20 minutes helper engine off, pick up
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 12:20 AM (Dec 23) light for Sargent, behind extra 499 west
Extra 499 west depart Marshall Pass 12:15 AM (Dec 23) with 35 empties
Arrive Sargent 1:25 AM with 35 empties, 1 hour 10 minutes put train away, turn, coal & water, add Sargent helper engine 495, engineer W Wilson
As Sargent hill extra 499 east with helpers 490 and 495 depart Sargent 2:35 AM with 3 loads
Buxton 15 minutes pick up 8 loads
Chester 10 minutes pick up 7 loads
Arrive Marshall Pass 4:35 AM with 18 loads, set out, turn
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 4:45 AM light for Sargent
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 4:50 AM light for Gunnison
Extra 499 depart Marshall Pass 4:55 AM with caboose
Buxton 15 minutes pick up
Arrive Sargent 6:25 AM with 42 empties, 30 minutes eat, pick up
Depart Sargent 7:30 AM with 100 empties
Arrive Gunnison 8:50 AM with 100 empties
Gunnison extra 499 east with helper engine 490, to Salida, at Sargent add Sargent helper engine 495
Conductor Sandberg
Engine 499 Bovee
Engine 490 Dailey
Engine 495 Rogers (on Sargent)
Depart Gunnison 8:50 (?) PM with 58 loads 1 empty
Parlin 25 minutes water and switching
Arrive Sargent 11:30 PM with 62 loads 1 empty, 50 minutes double in, reducing, coal & water, 10 minutes eat, add Sargent helper engine 495
Depart Sargent 12:30 AM with 18 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 2:05 AM with 18 loads 1 empty, 35 minutes blocked by extra 497 west, 30 minutes helper engines off, turn engine 493 (from extra west) and pick up, 35 minutes inspection
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 2:45 AM light for Sargent
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 3:15 AM light for Salida
Extra 499 east depart Marshall Pass 3:45 AM with 36 loads 1 empty
Arrive Salida 6:20 AM with 36 loads 1 empty
Salida extra 497 west, depart 9:05 PM, on post for Dec 24
GUNNISON
Crested Butte 2:25 PM starting to snow, 3” old snow
Crested Butte branch extra 474 with helper engine 499
Conductor C M Purciel
Engine 474 Braswell
Engine 499 H Gates
Depart Gunnison 12:05 PM with 92 empties
Arrive Crested Butte 2:05 PM with 92 empties
Engine 474 trailer truck spring broken, depart Crested Butte 2:20 PM light for Gunnison (edit depart location 12-24-12)
Extra 499 2 hours 20 minutes mine work and inspection
Extra 499 east depart Crested Butte 4:25 PM with 58 loads 1 empty
Buckley 30 minutes mine work
Arrive Gunnison 7:00 PM with 58 loads 1 empty
Gunnison switch engine 452 foreman Winters engineer Cowan
MONTROSE
Montrose partly cloudy, foggy, calm
Ridgway raining, calm
Ouray cloudy, calm
Ouray branch extra 318, Ouray turn
Conductor Collett
Engineer Price
Depart Montrose 1:20 PM with 8 loads 8 empties
1 merchandise Ouray
1 merchandise Rico
2 coal Placerville
2 coal Ophir
2 coal Telluride
7 empty ore box
Ridgway 10 minutes station switching and local
Arrive Ouray 4:25 PM with 1 load 1 empty, 30 minutes station switching
Depart Ouray 5:05 PM with 6 loads 1 empty
Arrive Ridgway 5:45 PM with 6 loads 1 empty, 10 minutes switching
Depart Ridgway 5:55 PM with 24 loads 2 empties
2 cars cattle from RGS, loaded Placerville, to Brush via cutoff
Arrive Montrose 7:15 PM with 24 loads 2 empties, 45 minutes switching and unload 2 cars cattle, tie up 8:00 PM
DURANGO
Farmington branch extra 478
Conductor Martin
Engineer Katschthaler
Depart Durango 4:10 AM with 2 empties
Carbon Jct 15 minutes switching
Refinery 20 minutes switching
Arrive Farmington 7:15 AM with 3 loads 4 empties, 20 minutes eat, 45 minutes switching
Depart Farmington 8:20 AM with 5 loads 4 empties
2 oil Alamosa
3 gas Durango
3 empty box
Refinery 10 minutes switching
Arrive Durango 11:05 AM with 5 loads 4 empties
Durango switch engine 268 foreman Gabbe engineer Fitzer
Jimmy
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/24/2012 11:22AM by Jimmy Blouch.
