Sunday January 5 1941
ALAMOSA
Alamosa AM clear, calm, PM partly cloudy, calm
Cumbres cloudy, snowing, by 5:00 PM 1” new snow, light SW wind
Chama, morning began clear, calm, later cloudy, 11:40 AM snowing light, 4:25 PM clear, calm
Durango cloudy, calm, 4” old snow
Alamosa extra 487 west with helper engine 488
Conductor Duxstadt
Engine 487 Palmer
Engine 488 Holly
Messenger Squires on dead engine 346
Depart Alamosa 12:45 AM with 26 loads 22 empties, dead engine 346
La Jara 15 minutes set out
Arrive Antonito 2:30 AM with 25 loads 22 empties, dead engine 346, 45 minutes coal & water and switching
Depart Antonito 3:15 AM with 15 loads 20 empties, dead engine 346
Sublette 25 minutes water and eat
Los Pinos 50 minutes wait for work extra 485 east
Arrive Cumbres 8:15 AM with 15 loads 20 empties, dead engine 346, 15 minutes helper engine off, inspection
Engine 488 depart Cumbres 8:20 AM light for Chama
Extra 487 west depart Cumbres 8:30 AM with 15 loads 20 empties, dead engine 346
Arrive Chama 9:40 AM with 15 loads 20 empties, dead engine 346
Chama work extra 485 east, with spreader
Conductor Ashbrook
Engineer Tozer
Depart Chama 6:35 AM
Arrive Cumbres 7:20 AM
Depart Cumbres 8:50 AM, work 7:25 AM to 3:30 PM between Cumbres and Osier spread snow, cleaned all sidings
Meet with No. 115 not shown
Work 3:30 PM to 6:30 PM Osier to Alamosa
Arrive Alamosa 6:30 PM
No. 115 with engine 477
Conductor Hurley
Engineer Boyd (to Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:00 AM with 5 cars
66
167
323
310
Chama
Arrive Cumbres 10:20 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:23 AM
Arrive Chama 11:10 AM
Depart Chama 11:15 AM (engineer Densmore)
Arrive Durango 4:05 PM with 5 cars
No. 116 with engine 475
Conductor Edmisten
Engineer House (to Chama)
Messenger Hauck for dead engine 346 deadhead Durango to meet point with extra 481 west
Messenger Squires for dead engine 346 deadhead form meet point to Alamosa
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 5 cars
119
164
312
327
Chama
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM
Depart Chama 4:18 PM (engineer Boyd)
Arrive Cumbres 5:15 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:25 PM
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM with 5 cars
Chama extra 481 west
Conductor Fry
Engineer Katschthaler
Messenger Squires on dead engine 346
Depart Chama 12:30 PM with 12 loads 18 empties, dead engine 346
Monero 10 minutes coal, 5 minutes merchandise, 10 minutes fill cistern
Arrive Lumberton 2:25 PM, 10 minutes merchandise, 50 minutes switching
Not shown, meet with No. 116 took place here
Depart Lumberton 3:25 PM
Dulce 20 minutes merchandise and switching
Pagosa Jct 5 minutes water, 20 minutes eat
Ignacio 20 minutes merchandise and switching
Arrive Durango 9:45 PM with 4 loads 30 empties, dead engine 346
SALIDA
Marshall Pass clear, light wind
Sargent cloudy, calm, 12 below
Gunnison 1:00 AM clear, calm, 15 below, 9:30 AM partly cloudy, calm 10 below
Gunnison extra 496 east with helper engine 497, to Salida, at Sargent trade engine 497 for engine 493, engine 497 now Sargent helper engine
Conductor Trevarthen
Engine 496 Dailey
Engine 497 Allen (to Sargent)
Engine 493 Allen (from Sargent)
Engine 497 C R Wilson (on Sargent)
Called for 11:55 PM (Jan 4)
Depart Gunnison 2:25 AM (Jan 5) with 54 loads, dead engine 464
Arrive Sargent 4:55 AM with 54 loads, dead engine 464, 1 hour 25 minutes double in, set out, coal & water, wait for helper engine, trade engines and add Sargent helper engine 497
Depart Sargent 6:20 AM with 16 loads, dead engine 464
Arrive Marshall Pass 7:55 AM with 16 loads, dead engine 464, 1 hour helper engines off, pick up, inspection
Engine 497 depart Marshall Pass 8:05 AM light for Sargent
Engine 493 depart Marshall Pass 8:15 AM light for Sargent
Extra 496 east depart Marshall Pass 8:55 AM with 34 loads, dead engine 464
Arrive Salida 11:00 AM with 32 loads, dead engine 464
Alamosa extra 499 east, Valley line
Conductor Carlin
Engineer Hyatt
Depart Alamosa 8:45 AM with 4 loads 41 empties
Hooper 10 minutes set out
Moffat 20 minutes set out and water
Mile Post 231 20 minutes double to Poncha Pass
Mears Jct 10 minutes set out 25
Arrive Salida 3:20 PM with 2 loads 4 empties
Salida extra 498 west with helper engine 490, Sargent turn with Sargent hill turn
Conductor Rhodes
Engine 498 Frantz
Engine 490 C Wilson
Depart Salida 11:35 AM with 35 empties
Arrive Marshall Pass 2:05 PM, 20 minutes helper engine off, inspection
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 2:40 PM, behind extra 498 west
Extra 498 west depart Marshall Pass 2:25 PM with 35 empties
Chester 5 minutes set out 27 empty coals
Arrive Sargent 3:40 PM with 8 empties, 50 minutes coal & water, eat, switching, add Sargent helper engine 497, engineer W Wilson
As Sargent hill turn extra 498 east with helpers 490 and 497 depart Sargent 4:30 PM with 18 loads
Arrive Marshall Pass 6:00 PM with 18 loads, set out, turn
Engine 497 depart Marshall Pass 6:05 PM light for Sargent
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 6:10 PM light for Sargent
Extra 498 west depart Marshall Pass 6:15 PM with caboose
Arrive Sargent 7:25 PM, 20 minutes condition engines, 10 minutes switching, Sargent helper engine 497 engineer now Fitzsimmons
Extra 498 east with helpers 490 and 498 depart Sargent 7:55 PM with 18 loads
Arrive Marshall Pass 9:20 PM with 18 loads, 1 hour helper engines off, pick up and inspection
Engine 497 depart Marshall Pass 9:30 PM light for Sargent
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 9:50 PM light for Salida
Extra 498 east depart Marshall Pass 10:20 PM with 36 loads
Arrive Salida 12:45 AM with 36 loads
Salida extra 496 west, to Gunnison, depart 9:10 PM, on post for Jan 6
No other narrow gauge activity this date, Sunday
Jimmy