Wednesday January 22 1941
ALAMOSA
Alamosa cloudy, calm
Cumbres alternating periods of snowing light, snowing hard, brisk SW wind, some drifting
Chama snowing light most of the day, calm, 2” new snow
Durango 9:00 AM snowing hard, 3” new snow, 5:00 PM snowing light
2 Chama Cumbres turns, called for 11:10 PM (Jan 21), depart 12:35 AM (Jan 22)
1st turn with engines 480 and 475
Conductor Connolly
Engine 480 Tozer
Engine 475 Marsh
Depart Chama 12:35 AM with 9 loads 2 empties, flanger
Arrive Cumbres 2:25 AM with 9 loads 2 empties, set out, turn
Engine 475 depart Cumbres 2:40 AM light for Chama
Engine 480 depart Cumbres 2:50 PM with flanger and caboose for Chama
2nd turn with engines 485 and 486
Conductor Connolly
Engine 485 Tozer
Engine 486 Marsh
Depart Chama 5:00 AM with 9 loads 2 empties
Arrive Cumbres 6:35 AM with 9 loads 2 empties, set out, turn
Engine 486 depart Cumbres 6:45 AM light for Chama
Engine 485 depart Cumbres 6:55 AM with caboose for Chama
No. 115 with engine 483 (to Chama)(engine 475 from Chama)
Conductor Edmisten
Engineer Ray (to Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:00 AM with 6 cars
119
164
325
Durango
61
306
Arrive Antonito 8:05 AM, set out cars 61 and 306 for No. 425
Depart Antonito 8:15 AM with 4 cars
Arrive Cumbres 10:20 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:23 AM
Arrive Chama 11:10 AM, engine 483 off, engine 475 on
Depart Chama 11:15 AM (engineer House)
Arrive Durango 4:05 PM with 4 cars
No. 116 with engine 476 (to Chama, engine 483 from Chama)
Conductor Dorian
Engineer Densmore (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 5 cars
66
111
310
287 (deadhead)
Chama
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM, engine 476 off, engine 483 on
Depart Chama 4:05 PM
Arrive Cumbres 4:59 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:02 PM
Arrive Antonito 7:17 PM, no connection with No. 426
Depart Antonito 7:25 PM
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM with 5 cars
Durango extra east with engines 484 and 488
Conductor Knight
Engine 484 Johnson
Engine 488 Klahn
Depart Durango 12:45 PM with 34 loads 2 empties
(Notation indicates dead engine for shops as part of consist, number not shown)
Ignacio 10 minutes merchandise, 15 minutes meet No. 115
La Boca 10 minutes water
Tiffany 5 minutes merchandise
Arboles 5 minutes merchandise
Pagosa Jct 25 minutes merchandise and eat
Navajo 10 minutes water
Dulce 15 minutes and pick up
Lumberton 15 minutes merchandise
Monero 50 minutes coal & water, merchandise and pick up 5 loads
Arrive Chama 10:30 PM with 38 loads 4 empties
Chama extra 486 east, called for 10:50 PM, depart 12:20 AM Jan 23, on post for Jan 23
SANTA FE BRANCH
Taos Jct:
2:10 PM snowing hard, 5” new snow, strong wind
5:00 PM snowing hard, drifting
Santa Fe 8:10 AM starting to snow, light wind
Train No. 425 with engine 473
Conductor Hines
Engineer Baskett
Depart Antonito 8:30 AM with 3 loads
1 merchandise
61
306
Taos Jct 15 minutes mail & express
Notation reads: “425 Taos Jct 11:25 AM says quite bit of wind, got heavier Tres Piedras, not much snow moving, a storm coming up …but don’t think 426 have much trouble.”
Next notation reads: “11:40 AM Antonito says wind up and there and looks like drifting bad on Volcano.”
No. 425:
Embudo 5 minutes mail and express
Espanola 10 minutes mail and express and switching, 25 minutes meet No. 426
Arrive Santa Fe 4:15 PM with 2 loads
Train No. 426 with engine 470
Conductor Willis
Engineer Arnell
Crews had tied up 4:05 AM, called for 12:05 PM
Depart Santa Fe 12:40 PM with 3 loads
1 merchandise
62
284
Espanola 15 minutes switching
Arrive Taos Jct 4:50 PM
Depart Taos Jct 4:55 PM, had 3 revenue passengers, 1 deadhead
Arrive Tres Piedras time not shown, 2 hours 30 minutes for P&F extra 477-481 west
Alamosa extra west with engines 477 and 481, P&F Tres Piedras turn
Conductor Curtis
Engine 477 Palmer
Engine 481 Holly
Trainmaster F E Peake on board
Depart Alamosa 5:00 PM
Arrive Antonito 6:05 PM
Depart Antonito 6:20 PM
Arrive Tres Piedras time not shown
Depart Tres Piedras time not shown, east bound
Arrive Antonito 10:20 PM
Train No. 426 depart Tres Piedras time not shown
Arrive Antonito 10:30 PM with 4 loads 2 empties
At Antonito extra 477-481 east depart 10:50 PM with 4 loads 4 empties, includes equipment from No. 426
Arrive Alamosa 11:55 PM with 4 loads 4 empties
SALIDA
Marshall Pass
6:00 AM cloudy, light SW wind
9:00 PM snowing, light SW wind, 3” new snow
Sargent early AM light snow falling, cloudy, calm, rest of the day
Gunnison 9:00 AM cloudy, snowing light, ½” new snow 10” old snow
Salida extra 492 west with helper engines 494 and 496, to Gunnison
Conductor Trevarthen
Engine 492 C Wilson
Engine 494 Dailey
Engine 496 Truscott
Depart Salida 11:35 PM (Jan 21) with 57 empty coals
Arrive Marshall Pass 3:20 AM with 57 empties, 25 minutes helper engines off, inspection
Engine 496 depart Marshall Pass 4:05 AM light for Salida
Engine 494 depart Marshall Pass 3:35 AM light for Gunnison
Extra 492 west depart Marshall Pass 3:45 AM with 57 empties
Sargent 15 minutes pick up
Arrive Gunnison 6:35 AM with 59 empties
2 Sargent hill turns with engines 490, 495 and 499
Conductor R Young
Engine 490 W L Wilson
Engine 495 Crooks
Engine 499 Fitzsimmons
1st turn depart Sargent 10:35 AM with 17 loads
Arrive Marshall Pass 11:55 AM with 17 loads, set out, turn
Engine 499 depart Marshall Pass 12:01 PM light for Sargent
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 12:06 PM light for Sargent
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 12:11 PM with caboose for Sargent
2nd turn depart Sargent 1:40 PM with 16 loads
Arrive Marshall Pass 2:55 PM with 16 loads, set out, turn
Engine 499 depart Marshall Pass 3:00 PM light for Sargent
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 3:05 PM light for Sargent
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 3:15 PM with caboose for Sargent
Gunnison extra 492 east with helper engine 494, to Salida, at Sargent add Sargent helper engine 490
Conductor Trevarthen
Engine 492 C Wilson
Engine 494 Dailey
Engine 490 W L Wilson (on Sargent)
Depart Gunnison 7:20 PM with 64 loads
Arrive Sargent 10:00 PM with 64 loads, 1 hour 15 minutes double in, set out, coal & water, eat, add Sargent helper engine 490
Depart Sargent 11:15 PM with 17 loads
Arrive Marshall Pass 12:45 AM with 17 loads, 40 minutes helper engines off, pick up, inspection
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 1:10 AM light for Sargent
Engine 494 depart Marshall Pass 1:15 AM light for Salida
Extra 492 east depart Marshall Pass 1:25 AM with 39 loads
Mears Jct 15 minutes set out 15 Valley line loads
Arrive Salida 3:45 AM with 24 loads
Salida extra 497 west, depart 11:10 PM, on post for Jan 23
GUNNISON
Crested Butte:
8:00 AM snowing lightly, calm, 1” new snow, 21” old snow
4:00 PM snowing hard, calm, 4” new snow
Crested Butte extra 498
Conductor C M Purciel
Engineer Braswell
Depart Gunnison 11:05 AM with 48 empties
Arrive Crested Butte 1:10 PM with 48 empties, 1 hour 55 minutes mine work, 30 minutes inspection
Depart Crested Butte 3:35 PM with 56 loads
Arrive Gunnison 5:15 PM with 56 loads
Gunnison switch engine 452 foreman Winters engineer Cowan
MONTROSE
Montrose and Ouray cloudy, calm
Ouray branch extra 315, Ouray turn
Conductor Gribben
Engineer Price
Depart Montrose 1:20 PM with 2 loads 13 empties
2 coal Telluride
13 empty box Telluride
Arrive Ridgway 3:25 PM, 10 minutes switching
Depart Ridgway 3:35 PM with 1 empty
Arrive Ouray 4:10 PM with 1 empty, 40 minutes switching
Depart Ouray 4:50 PM with 2 empties
Ridgway 10 minutes switching
Uncompahgre 15 minutes switching
Arrive Montrose 7:30 PM with 6 loads 1 empty
DURANGO
Silverton branch and Farmington branch no train
Durango switch engine 268 foreman Gabbe engineer Fitzer
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