Thursday January 23 1941
ALAMOSA
Alamosa cloudy, calm
Cumbres:
2:55 AM snowing hard, SW wind, drifting some, 5” new snow
5:10 AM strong SW wind at times, drifting some, 6” new snow during night
8:00 AM cloudy, snowing lightly,
4:15 PM foggy, calm
7:30 PM heavy fog, unable pass signals
Chama:
1:00 AM snowing hard, calm, 8” new snow
3:45 AM brisk South wind, 11” new snow
8:50 AM cloudy, calm
4:40 PM partly cloudy
Dulce cloudy calm, snowing light, 16” new snow, 16” old, 32” on ground
Durango clear, calm
Chama extra 486 east with helper engine 476
Conductor Connolly
Engine 486 Marsh
Engine 476 Tozer
Called for 10:50 PM (Jan 22) depart Chama 12:20 AM (Jan 23) with 11 loads 1 empty
8 B&B outfits
2 spuds
1 company coal Santa Fe
Notation reads: “left 9 beans, 4 (?), 8 ore, 1 merchandise at Chama, account other stuff had to move pref.”
Arrive Cumbres 1:55 AM with 11 loads 1 empty, 1 hour station work
Depart Cumbres 2:55 AM with 29 loads 1 empty
Arrive Antonito 5:55 AM, helper engine 476 off, engineer Tozer and fireman left engine 476 at Antonito to help No. 425 and deadheaded to Alamosa on extra 486 east, no engine available at Alamosa to run to
Antonito, 20 minutes station work
Depart Antonito 6:15 AM with 28 loads 4 empties
La Jara 20 minutes station work, 20 minutes meet No. 115
Arrive Alamosa 8:20 Am with 29 loads 4 empties
Alamosa extra 477 west with helper engine 481
Conductor M V Wilson
Engine 477 Hall
Engine 481 Shumaker
Depart Alamosa 4:30 AM with 24 loads 25 empties
13 empty tanks Chama
Arrive Antonito 5:55 AM with 30 loads 27 empties, 1 hour 15 minutes switching, coal & water
Depart Antonito 7:10 AM with 24 loads 27 empties
Big Horn 30 minutes let No. 115 by
Sublette 25 minutes water and eat
Arrive Cumbres 11:45 AM with 24 loads 27 empties, 40 minutes helper engine off, inspection
Engine 481 depart Cumbres 12:05 PM light for Chama
Extra 477 west depart Cumbres 12:25 AM with 24 loads 27 empties
Arrive Chama 1:50 PM with 24 loads 27 empties
No. 115 with engine 483
Conductor Hurley
Engineer Boyd (to Chama)
Engineer Palmer and fireman deadhead Alamosa to Chama account tonnage
Engineer Holly and fireman deadhead Alamosa to Antonito, helper crew on No. 425 and No. 426
Engineer J Johnson deadhead Chama to Durango, left K-36 engine at Chama for service on subdivision 11
Depart Alamosa 7:10 Am with 6 cars
66
111
310
Chama
62
284
Arrive Antonito 8:10 AM, 10 minutes set out cars 62 and 284 for No. 425
Depart Antonito 8:20 AM with 4 cars
Arrive Cumbres 10:33 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:35 AM
Arrive Chama 11:15 AM, 25 minutes thaw ash pans and condition engine 483
Depart Chama 11:40 AM (engineer Densmore)
Pagosa Jct 11 minutes head in for No. 116 and water
Arrive Durango 4:55 PM with 4 cars
Chama to Durango 14 minutes lost account soft road bed, engineer Densmore unable to make time with engine 483
No. 116 with engine 475
Conductor Edmisten
Engineer House (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 5 cars
119
164
325
321 (deadhead)
Durango
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM, 10 minutes condition engine 475, set out car 321 account snow conditions
Depart Chama 4:15 PM with 4 cars (engineer Boyd)
One mile west of Cumbres 20 minutes account snow shoved open air valve on head end of engine 475, had to shovel out
Arrive Cumbres 5:32 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:37 PM
Arrive Antonito 7:43 PM, pick up 2 cars from No. 426
61
306
Depart Antonito 7:48 PM with 6 cars
Arrive Alamosa 8:50 PM with 6 cars
Chama extra 485 west
Conductor Knight
Engineer Klahn
Depart Chama 5:45 PM with 22 loads 18 empties
2 empty tanks Farmington
5 empty box Durango
10 empty dumps Monero
Monero 40 minutes switching, 1 hour put coal on engine account froze in chute
Lumberton 30 minutes merchandise and switching
Dulce 40 minutes merchandise and switching
Arboles 25 minutes merchandise and eat
Allison 5 minutes merchandise
Ignacio 15 minutes switching
Arrive Durango 4:30 AM with 13 loads 9 empties
2 Chama Cumbres turns, called for 10:55 PM, depart Jan 24, on post for Jan 24
SANTA FE BRANCH
Santa Fe 8:15 AM partly cloudy, calm, 1½” new snow
Train No. 425 with engine 470 and helper engine 476
Conductor Willis
Engine 470 Arnel;
Engine 476 Holly
Depart Antonito 9:00 AM with 8 loads
1 company coal Santa Fe
2 cement Espanola
1 flour Espanola
1 merchandise Espanola
1 flour Santa Fe
62
284
Barranca helper engine 476 off
Espanola 25 minutes switching
Arrive Santa Fe 4:15 PM with 4 loads
Train No. 426 with engine 473, at Barranca add helper engine 476
Conductor Hines
Engine 473 Baskett
Engine 476 Holly (on Barranca)
Depart Santa Fe 10:00 AM with 2 loads
61
306
Espanola 5 minutes switching
Barranca add helper engine 476
Arrive Antonito 5:15 PM with 3 loads 2 empties
Engine 476 run light Antonito to Alamosa
Engineer Holly
Depart Antonito 5:35 PM
Arrive Alamosa 6:35 PM
SALIDA
Marshall Pass:
1:00 AM snowing hard, brisk SW wind
5:00 AM snowing hard, brisk SW wind, 8” new snow
9:00 PM snowing light, brisk SW wind, 3” new snow, drifted some all day
Sargent cloudy, calm, 3” new snow, 10” old snow
Gunnison partly cloudy, calm, 9” old snow
Salida extra 497 west with helper engines 496 and 479, to Gunnison
Conductor Straitiff
Engine 497 Frantz
Engine 496 Runyon
Engine 479 Hyatt
Conductor Carlin and crew deadhead Salida to Marshall Pass, get east loads
Depart Salida 11:10 PM (Jan 22) with 2 loads 47 empties
Grays 2 hours 10 minutes meet extra 492 east
Arrive Marshall Pass 3:10 AM (Jan 23) with 2 loads 47 empties, 20 minutes helper engines off, inspection
Engine 496 depart Marshall Pass 4:20 AM light for Gunnison, behind extra 497 west
Extra 497 west depart Marshall Pass 3:30 AM with 2 loads 47 empties
Buxton 15 minutes set out
Sargent 5 minutes water
Doyle 10 minutes pick up
Parlin 15 minutes pick up
Arrive Gunnison 7:15 AM with 4 loads 46 empties
At Marshall Pass conductor Carlin and crew on duty 3:30 AM, take charge of engine 479, 1 hour make up train, 30 minutes inspection
Extra 479 east depart Marshall Pass 5:00 AM with 38 loads 2 empties
Mears Jct 15 minutes set out Valley loads
Arrive Salida 7:50 AM with 33 loads 2 empties
2 Sargent hill turns with engines 495, 499 and 490
Conductor R Young
Engine 495 Crooks
Engine 499 Fitzsimmons
Engine 490 W L Wilson
1st turn depart Sargent 11:20 AM with 17 loads, flanger
Arrive Marshall Pass 12:45 PM with 17 loads, flanger, set out, turn, flange both spurs
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 1:10 PM light for Sargent
Engine 499 depart Marshall Pass 1:15 PM light for Sargent
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 1:50 PM with flanger and caboose
Arrive Sargent 3:10 PM with flanger and caboose, 20 minutes set coal, 30 minutes eat and switch pref loads
2nd turn depart Sargent 4:00 PM with 17 loads, flanger
Arrive Marshall Pass 5:20 PM with 17 loads, flanger, set out, turn
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 5:35 PM light for Sargent
Engine 499 depart Marshall Pass 5:50 PM light for Sargent
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 5:55 PM with flanger and caboose for Sargent
Arrive Sargent 7:05 PM with flanger and caboose, tie up 7:15 PM
Gunnison extra 497 east with helper engine 496, to Salida, at Sargent add Sargent helper engine 495
Conductor Straitiff
Engine 497 Frantz
Engine 496 Runyon
Engine 495 Crooks (on Sargent)
Depart Gunnison 7:55 PM with 61 loads
Arrive Sargent 10:15 PM with 61 loads, 1 hour 5 minutes doubling in, coal & water, add Sargent helper engine, eat
Depart Sargent 11:20 PM with 18 loads
Arrive Marshall Pass 12:40 AM with 18 loads, 1 hour 15 minutes helper engines off, pick up, inspection
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 1:00 AM light for Sargent
Engine 496 depart Marshall Pass 1:20 AM light for Salida
Extra 497 east depart Marshall Pass 1:55 AM with 39 loads
Grays 15 minutes meet extra 494 west (on post for Jan 24)
Arrive Salida 4:25 AM with 39 loads
Salida extra 494 west, called for 11:15 PM, depart 12:10 AM Jan 24, on post for Jan 24
GUNNISON
Crested Butte partly cloudy, calm, 31” old snow
Crested Butte branch extra 498
Conductor C M Purciel
Engineer Braswell
Depart Gunnison 11:00 AM with 45 empties, flanger
Arrive Crested Butte 1:00 PM with 45 empties, flanger, 3 hours working mines, flanging, 30 minutes inspection
Depart Crested Butte 4:30 PM with 62 loads, flanger, caboose
Arrive Gunnison 6:05 PM with 62 loads, flanger, caboose
Gunnison switch engine 452 foreman Winters engineer Cowan
MONTROSE
Montrose clear, calm, 2” new snow, 6” old snow
Engine 461 used to switch Montrose yard foreman Gribben engineer Price
DURANGO
Silverton branch and Farmington branch no train
Durango switch engine 268 foreman Gabbe engineer Fitzer
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