Monday December 30 1940
ALAMOSA
Alamosa cloudy, calm
Cumbres: 8:10 AM cloudy, foggy, brisk SW wind, 3” new snow, 43” old snow
9:55 AM snowing, strong SW wind, drifting
11:25 AM foggy, snowing light, strong SW wind, drifting
1:40 PM snowing light, light SW wind
3:30 PM not snowing, calm
5:00 PM foggy, light SW wind
Chama:
12:10 AM snowing hard, calm, ½” new snow
7:00 AM snowing light, 2” new snow
Rest of the day cloudy, calm, 2” new snow, 14” old snow
Durango snowing, calm, 2” new snow, 5” old snow, 5:00 pm cloudy, calm, 6” snow on ground
2 Chama Cumbres turns
1st turn with engines 482 and 477
Conductor Roberts
Engine 482 Palmer
Engine 477 Tozer
Called for 11:25 PM (Dec 29), 1 hour 40 minutes switching, air test
Depart Chama 1:00 AM (Dec 30) with 9 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cumbres 3:00 AM, set out, turn, pick up
Engine 477 depart Cumbres 3:10 AM light
Arrive Chama 4:15 AM, engineer Tozer off duty 4:25 AM
Engine 482 depart Cumbres 3:20 AM with 1 load 1 empty
Arrive Chama 4:25 AM with 1 load 1 empty
At Chama: 2 hours 30 minutes re-rail RG 723, dig 5 loads out of snow and spot empties on Planner, 55 minutes make up train, 55 minutes eat and switch out flanger
Engineer Tozer back on duty 8:00 AM
2nd turn with engines 487 and 481 depart Chama 8:35 AM with 10 loads 2 empties, flanger
Arrive Cumbres 10:15 AM with 10 loads 2 empties, meet No. 115, 1 hour flange yard, re-rail flanger 11:20 AM to 12:00 PM
Engine 481 depart Cumbres 12:10 PM light for Chama
Engine 487 depart Cumbres 12:18 PM with flanger and caboose
Arrive Chama 1:20 PM with flanger and caboose
Alamosa extra 473 west, light engine to Antonito for No. 425
Engineer Hurley
Depart Alamosa 6:50 AM
Arrive Antonito 7:50 AM
No. 115 with engine 483 (to Chama)
Conductor Hurley
Engineer Boyd (to Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:00 AM with 7 cars
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167
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310
Chama
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284
Arrive Antonito 8:00 AM, set out cars 62 and 284 for NO. 425
Depart Antonito 8:10 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Cumbres 10:20 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:28 AM
Arrive Chama 11:10 AM, engine 483 off, engine 477 on
Depart Chama 11:15 AM (engineer Densmore)
Arrive Ignacio 2:55 PM
Depart Ignacio 2:58 PM
Arrive Durango 4:05 PM with 5 cars
No. 116 with engine 475 (to Chama)
Conductor Edmisten
Engineer House (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 5 cars
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312
327
Chama
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM, engine 475 off, engine 483 on
Depart Chama 4:05 PM
Arrive Cumbres 5:03 (?) PM
Depart Cumbres 5:05 PM
Arrive Antonito 7:19 PM, pick up 2 cars from No. 426
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320
Depart Antonito 7:25 PM with 7 cars
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM with 7 cars
Durango extra 485 east
Conductor Fry
Engineer Katschthaler
Depart Durango 1:45 PM with 21 (?) loads 2 empties
Meet with No. 115 not shown
Arrive Ignacio 3:40 PM, 10 minutes merchandise
Depart Ignacio 3:50 PM
Pagosa Jct 20 minutes eat, 10 minutes merchandise
Dulce 10 minutes switching
Monero 30 minutes switching, 45 minutes coal & water
Arrive Chama 10:55 PM 22 loads 3 empties
Connection out of Chama, extra 487 east depart 11:45 PM, on post for Dec 31
Alamosa extra 484 west, depart 11:55 PM, on post for Dec 31
SANTA FE BRANCH
Taos Jct cloudy, calm, 2” new snow, 10” old snow
Alamosa extra 476 west, rotary OY, Tres Piedra turn, clean cuts of snow
Conductor Curtis
Engineer Caldwell
Rotary OY engineer Holly
Rotary OY Pilot Marsh
Depart Alamosa 5:15 AM
Arrive Antonito 6:40 AM
Depart Antonito 7:30 AM
Arrive Tres Piedras time not shown
Depart Tres Piedreas eastbound time not shown
Arrive Antonito 4:25 PM
Depart Antonito 4:35 PM
Arrive Alamosa 5:55 PM
This was first use of rotary OY in about 2 years
Train No. 425 with engine 473
Conductor Hines
Engineer Hurley
Depart Antonito 8:40 AM with 6 loads
1 coal Taos Jct
2 cement Espanola
1 merchandise Espanola
Taos Jct 10 minutes switching
Embudo 15 minutes meet No. 426
Espanola 5 minutes switching
Arrive Santa Fe 4:25 PM with 2 loads
Train No. 426 with engine 470
Conductor Willis
Engineer Arnell
Depart Santa Fe 10:05 AM with 2 loads 3 empties
2 empty refrigerators
1 empty gon
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San Idlefonso 10 minutes switching
Embudo 10 minutes switching
Arrive Antonito 5:15 PM with 2 loads 5 empties
SALIDA
Marshall Pass clear, calm 2 ½” new snow, 26” on ground
Sargent cloudy, calm, 12” old snow
Gunnison cloudy, calm, 1” new snow, 5” old snow
Salida extra 499 west with helper engines 495 and 492, to Gunnison
Conductor Trevarthen
Engine 499 Allen
Engine 495 R Wilson
Engine 492 Dailey
Depart Salida 2:40 PM with 2 loads 25 empties
2 merchandise
25 empty coals
Poncha Jct 10 minutes pick up
Mears Jct 10 minutes pick up
Arrive Marshall Pass 5:15 PM with 4 loads 49 empties, 15 minutes helper engines off, air test
Engine 492 depart Marshall Pass 5:40 PM light for Salida
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 5:25 PM light for Gunnison
Extra 499 west depart Marshall Pass 5:30 PM with 4 loads 49 empties
Buxton 20 minutes pick up
Arrive Sargent 7:05 PM with 4 loads 82 empties, 20 minutes pick up
Depart Sargent 7:25 PM with 4 loads 87 empties
Arrive Gunnison 8:45 PM with 4 loads 87 empties
GUNNISON
Crested Butte snowing hard, calm, 5” new snow, 12” old snow
Crested Butte branch extra 474
Conductor C M Purciel
Engineer Braswell
Depart Gunnison 11:10 M with 39 empties
Arrive Crested Butte 1:15 PM with 39 empties, 3 hours switching and inspection
Depart Crested Butte 4:15 PM with 54 loads 1 empty
Arrive Gunnison 5:45 PM with 54 loads 1 empty
Baldwin branch extra 223-278
Conductor Anderson
Engine 223 H Gates
Engine 278 Osgerby
Depart Gunnison 11:50 AM with 21 empties
Arrive Baldwin 1:20 PM with 21 empties, 1 hour 15 minutes switching
Depart Baldwin 2:35 PM with 17 loads 1 empty
Arrive Gunnison 4:00 PM with 17 loads 1 empty
Gunnison switch engine 452 foreman Winters engineer Cowan
DURANGO
Farmington branch extra 478
Conductor Knight
Engineer Klahn
Depart Durango 1:30 AM with 2 loads 12 empties
Carbon Jct 30 minutes switching
Carbon Jct to Post 20 minutes account rocks on track
Cedar Hill 5 minutes switching
Aztec 10 minutes switching
Refinery 15 minutes switching
Arrive Farmington 6:50 AM with 2 loads 12 empties, 20 minutes eat, 1 hour 5 minutes switching
Depart Farmington 8:15 AM with 5 loads 11 empties
1 blocking Alamosa
1 gas Telluride
3 gas Durango
2 empty flats
3 empty double decks
4 empty box
Refinery 5 minutes switching
Aztec 15 minutes switching
Arrive Durango 12:05 PM with 5 loads 19 (?) empties
Durango switch engine 268 foreman Pfeiffer engineer Fitzer
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