Wednesday December 25 1940
ALAMOSA
Alamosa 7:00 AM snowing light, calm, 2:00 PM snowed until 1:00 PM, 1” new snow
Cumbres:
8:10 AM snowing light, very wet, moderate SW wind, drifting, 6” new snow
10:30 AM foggy, stopped snowing light SW wind
2:20 PM foggy, calm
4:30 PM partly cloudy, SW wind
Chama:
4:00 AM snowing hard, calm, 4” new snow
9:50 AM cloudy, calm, 6” new snow, 16” old snow
11:40 AM and 3:00 PM cloudy, calm
Durango partly cloudy, calm, 10” new snow, 8” old snow
No. 115 with engine 483 (to Chama)
Conductor Morgan
Engineer Ray (to Chama)
Swing brakeman Tabeling
Depart Alamosa 7:10 (?) AM with 9 cars
119
163
164
312
327
Alamosa
62
306
284
Arrive Antonito 8:15 AM, set out cars 62, 306 and 284 for No. 425
Depart Antonito 8:25 AM with 6 cars
Arrive Cumbres 10:26 AM
Depart Cumres 10:30 AM
Arrive Chama 11:10 AM, engine 483 off, engine 475 on
Depart Chama 11:20 AM (engineer Peterson)
Arrive Durango 4:05 PM with 6 cars
No. 116 with engine 477 (to Chama)
Conductor Massey
Engineer Klahn (to Chama)
Swing brakeman D E Smith
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 6 cars
66
127
167
323
310
Chama
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM, engine 477 off, engine 483 one
Depart Chama 4:05 PM (engineer Ray)
Arrive Cumbres 4:58 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:02 PM
Arrive Antonito 7:18 PM, pick up 3 cars from No. 426
63
287
320
Depart Antonito 7:25 PM with 9 cars
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM with 9 cars
SANTA FE BRANCH
Taos Jct
11:15 AM hard snow, some wind, 6” or 7” new snow
(?) PM partly cloudy, calm, about 12” to 14” on ground
Espanola 12:10 PM hard rain about all night
Santa Fe rained several hours last night, turned into snow this AM, melting fast
Train No. 425 with engine 476
Conductor Hines
Engineer Baskett
Depart Antonito 8:40 AM with 3 loads
62
284
306
Tres Piedras 15 minutes mail, baggage and express
Taos Jct 15 minutes mail, baggage and express
Embudo 10 minutes mail, baggage and express, 5 minutes switching, 1 hour 10 minutes for No.426
Espanola 10 minutes mail, baggage and express
Arrive Santa Fe 5:30 PM with 3 loads
Train No. 426 with engine 473
Conductor Willis
Engineer Owenby
Depart Santa Fe 10:00 AM with 3 loads
63
287
320
Espanola 15 minutes switching
Chamita to Embudo 1 hour 15 minutes rocks on track
Arrive Antonito 5:45 PM with 3 loads 5 empties
Conductor Willis reported: “snow bad, cuts drifted …Servilleta to No Agua, need helper in AM or big flanger, still blowing.”
Engine 473 run light to Alamosa for shops
Engineer Owenby
Depart Antonito 6:05 PM
Arrive Alamosa 7:15 PM
SALIDA
Marshall Pass snowing light, 1” new snow
Sargent cloudy, light SW wind
Gunnison snowing light, 3” new snow, 3” old snow
MONTROSE
Montrose:
8:50 AM snowing hard, calm, 3” new wet snow, 3” old snow
10:30 AM snowing very hard
5:40 PM partly cloudy, calm
Ouray, snowing, looks like 3” new snow
Ouray branch extra 315, Ouray turn
Conductor Collett
Engineer Price
Depart Montrose 9:00 AM with 2 loads 11 empties
1 merchandise Rico
1 coal Ouray
10 empty ore box
Ridgway 10 minutes switching
Arrive Ouray 11:30 AM with 1 load 5 empties, 40 minutes switching
Depart Ouray 12:10 PM with 1 empty
Arrive Montrose 1:55 PM with caboose
DURANGO
Durango switch engine 478 foreman Pfeiffer engineer Dieckman
No other narrow gauge activity this date
Jimmy
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
