Saturday January 11 1941
ALAMOSA
Alamosa cloudy, calm
Cumbres cloudy, calm
Chama cloudy, calm
Durango 8:40 AM snowing light, calm, 5:00 PM cloudy, calm
Chama extra 480 east with helper engine 485
Conductor Curtis
Engine 480 Holly
Engine 485 Palmer
Depart Chama 11:30 PM (Jan 10) with 14 loads 3 empties
Arrive Cumbres 1:00 AM (Jan 11) with 14 loads 3 empties, 20 minutes helper engine off, pick up
Engine 485 depart Cumbres 1:15 AM light for Alamosa
Extra 480 east depart Cumbres 1:20 AM with 31 loads 5 empties
Arrive Antonito 4:15 AM with 31 loads 5 empties, 10 minutes pick up set of idlers
Depart Antonito 4:25 AM with 31 loads 7 empties
Arrive Alamosa 5:35 AM with 31 loads 7 empties
Alamosa extra 470 west, light engine to Antonito for No. 425
Engineer Arnell
Depart Alamosa 6:55 AM
Arrive Antonito 7:55 AM
No. 115 with engine 477
Conductor Hurley
Engineer Boyd (to Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:00 AM with 7 cars
65 (deadhead)
66
167
310
Chama
63
320
Arrive Antonito 8:05 AM, set out cars 63 and 320 for No. 425
Depart Antonito 8:15 AM with 5 cars
Arrive Cumbres 10:20 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:23 AM
Arrive Chama 11:10 AM
Depart Chama 11:15 AM (engineer Densmore)
Arrive Duragno 4:05 PM with 5 cars
No. 116 with engine 475
Conductor Edmisten
Engineer House (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 4 cars
119
164
325
Durango
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM
Depart Chama 4:10 PM (engineer Boyd)
Arrive Cumbres 5:02 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:05 PM
Arrive Antonito 7:19 PM, pick up 2 cars from No. 426
61
306
Depart Antonito 7:25 PM with 6 cars
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 AM with 6 cars
Chama extra 487 west, Lumberton turn
Conductor Knight
Engineer Katschthaler
Depart Chama 11:25 AM with 4 loads 3 empties
3 cinders
1 water
2 empty dumps
Mile Post 351 3 hours 35 minutes unload 5 cars cinders
Monero 50 minutes fill cistern and switching
Arrive Lumberton 6:45 PM, 30 minutes fill cistern and switching
Depart Lumberton 7:15 PM with 4 loads 7 empties
Monero 25 minutes pick up 13 Co coal
Arrive Chama 9:40 PM with 17 loads 5 empties
Alamosa Antonito turn with standard gauge engine 1022
Conductor Connolly
Engineer Marsh
SANTA FE BRANCH
Train No. 425 with engine 470
Conductor Willis
Engineer Arnell
Depart Antonito 9:25 AM with 3 loads
1 merchandise
63
320
Espanola 10 minutes switching
Arrive Santa Fe 4:00 PM with 2 loads
Train No. 426 with engine 473
Conductor Hines
Engineer Baskett
Depart Santa Fe 10:00 AM with 4 loads 1 empty
1 empty gon
1 company coal Espanola
1 gas Espanola
61
306
Espanola 5 minutes switching
Embudo 5 minutes switching
Arrive Antonito 5:15 PM with 3 loads 3 empties
SALIDA
Marshal Pass clear, calm
Sargent clear, calm
Gunnison clear, calm
Gunnison extra 493 east with helper engine 494, to Salida, at Sargent add Sargent helper engine 498
Conductor Trevarthen
Engine 493 Crooks
Engine 494 Runyan
Engine 498 Fitzsimmons (on Sargent)
Depart Gunnison 7:35 AM with 68 loads, includes 29 cars cattle from west
Arrive Sargent 9:50 AM with 73 loads, 25 minutes double in, 20 minutes coal & water, add Sargent helper engine 498
Depart Sargent 10:35 AM with 29 cars cattle
Arrive Marshall Pass 11:55 AM with 29 loads, helper engines off, did not pick up at Marshall Pass account stock
Engine 498 depart Marshall Pass 12:05 PM light for Sargent
Engine 494 depart Marshall Pass 12:05 PM light for Salida
Extra 493 east depart Marshall Pass 12:30 PM with 29 loads
Grays 2 hours 5 minutes derailed
Notation reads: “(TA 3) at 2:10 PM Trevarthen advised had 2 cars cattle derailed at Grays, doubled head end of train to Shirley, take about 1 hour to re-rail after return, section men on hand, no other assistance needed, re-railed and left Grays 3:15 PM.”
RG 5635 down on bearings derailed 7 rail lengths west of Grays and also derailed RG 5708, no damage to track except 3 broken track bolts
Arrive Salida 4:45 PM with 29 loads
Salida extra 496 west with helper engine 490, Valley line
Conductor Plewes
Engine 496 Frantz
Engine 490 C Wilson
Depart Salida 10:40 AM with 1 load
Pick up Mears Jct, did not double Mears Jct to Poncha Pass account power late in getting out, not enough time to get stock to Alamosa in time for east bound move
Arrive Poncha Pass time not shown, helper engine 490 off
Engine 490 depart Poncha Pass time not shown light for Mears Jctg
Extra 496 west depart Poncha Pass time not shown
Moffat 45 minutes load 7 cars cattle
Arrive Alamosa 3:45 PM with 20 loads
Gunnison extra 472 east, light engine to Salida for shops
Engineer Truscott
Depart Gunnison 12:05 PM
Arrive Salida 5:50 PM
Salida extra 479 west, Sargent turn with Sargent hill turn, at Mears Jct add helper engine 490
Conductor D G Young
Engine 479 Hyatt
Engine 490 C Wilson (on Mears Jct)
Depart Salida 12:15 PM with 12 empties
Mears Jct 1 hour 15 minutes order No. 13
Grays 35 minutes meet extra 493 east
Arrive Marshall Pass 3:45 PM with 12 empties, 15 minutes helper engine off, inspection
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 3:45 PM light for Sargent
Extra 479 west depart Marshall Pass 4:00 PM with 12 empties
Arrive Sargent 5:10 PM with caboose, 1 hour eat, turn, coal & water, add Sargent helper engine 497, engineer Veo
As Sargent hill turn extra 479 east with helpers 490 and 497 depart Sargent 6:10 PM with 17 loads
Arrive Marshall Pass 7:30 PM with 17 loads, set out, turn
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 7:35 PM light for Salida
Engine 497 depart Marshall Pass 7:50 PM light for Sargent
Extra 479 west depart Marshall Pass 7:55 PM with caboose
Arrive Sargent 9:05 PM with caboose, 20 minutes engineman’s rest, 20 minutes turn, water, pick up, add Sargent helper engine 498, engineer Fitzsimmons and Sargent helper engine 497, engineer Veo
Extra 479 east with helpers 498 and 497 depart Sargent 9:45 PM with 16 loads
Arrive Marshall Pass 11:10 (?) PM with 16 loads, 1 hour 5 minutes helper engines off, pick up, inspection
Engine 497 depart Marshall Pass 11:25 PM light for Sargent
Engine 498 depart Marshall Pass 11:35 PM light for Sargent
Extra 479 east depart Marshall Pass 12:15 AM (?) with 39 loads
Mears Jct 15 minutes set out 2 loads
Arrive Salida 2:30 AM with 37 loads
Alamosa extra 496 east, Valley line
Conductor Plewes
Engineer Frantz
Depart Alamosa 8:55 PM with 4 loads 14 empties
Poncha Pass 9 minutes inspection
Arrive Salida 1:15 AM with 2 loads3 empties
GUNNISON
Crested Butte branch no train
Engineer H Gates and fireman deadhead Gunnison to Montrose on 8:30 AM bux
Gunnison switch engine 452 foreman Winters engineer Cowan
MONTROSE
Ouray branch extra 315, Ouray turn
Conductor Gribben
Engineer Price
Depart Montrose 2:05 PM with 4 loads 1 empty
2 salt Durango
2 coal Telluride
Arrive Ridgway 3:25 PM with 4 loads 1 empty, 10 minutes switching
Depart Ridgway 3:35 PM with 2 loads 5 empties
Arrive Ouray 4:10 PM with 2 loads 5 empties, 25 minutes switching
Depart Ouray 4:35 PM with 1 empty
Arrive Montrose 6:25 PM with 1 empty
DURANGO
Silverton cloudy, calm, 14” old snow
Silverton branch Train No. 461 and Train No. 462 with engine 478
Conductor Fry
Engineer Klahn
Depart Durango 9:15 AM with 4 loads 9 empties
1 merchandise Silverton
2 coal Silverton
8 empty box
Combine 210
Caboose
Arrive Silverton 12:40 PM with 4 loads 9 empties, 1 hour switching, 20 minutes eat
Depart Silverton 2:00 PM with 7 loads 5 empties
2 ore Amarillo
4 ore Leadville
1 empty refrigerator
4 empty gons
Arrive Durango 5:00 PM with 7 loads 6 empties
Durango switch engine 268 foreman Gabbe engineer Fitzer, 35 minutes switch San Juan equipment
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