Wednesday February 5 1941
ALAMOSA
All reporting stations report clear, calm
2 Chama Cumbres turns
1st turn with engines 481 and 483
Conductor Roberts
Engine 481 Tozer
Engine 483 Palmer
Depart Chama 3:00 AM with 10 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cumbres 4:40 AM with 10 loads 1 empty, set out, turn
Engine 481 depart Cumbres 4:55 AM with caboose for Chama
Engine 483 depart Cumbres 5:00 AM light for Chama
2nd turn with engines 489 and 482
Conductor Roberts
Engine 489 Tozer
Engine 482 Palmer
Depart Chama 7:20 AM with 11 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cumbres 8:50 AM with 11 loads 1 empty, set out, turn
Engine 489 depart Cumbres 9:05 AM with caboose for Chama
Engine 482 depart Cumbres 9:10 AM light for Chama
No. 115 with engine 475
Conductor Morgan
Engineer Holly (to Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:00 AM with 6 cars
119
164
325
Durango
61
306
Arrive Antonito 8:00 AM, set out cars 61 and 306 for No. 425
Depart Antonito 8:10 AM with 4 cars
Arrive Cumbres 10:23 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:25 AM
Arrive Chama 11:10 AM
Depart Chama 11:15 AM (engineer House)
Arrive Durango 4:05 PM with 4 cars
No. 116 with engine 477
Conductor E J Hurley
Engineer Densmore (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 4 cars
66
111
310
Chama
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM
Depart Chama 4:05 PM (engineer Holly)
Arrive Cumbres 5:00 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:03 PM
Arrive Antonito 7:18 PM, pick up 2 cars from No. 426
62
284
Depart Antonito 7:25 PM with 6 cars
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM with 6 cars
Chama Cumbres turn with engines 489 and 483
Conductor Roberts
Engine 489 Tozer
Engine 483 Palmer
Depart Chama 2:25 PM with 11 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cumbres 3:50 PM with 11 loads 1 empty, set out, turn
Engine 489 depart Cumbres 4:10 PM with caboose for Chama
Engine 483 depart Cumbres 4:15 PM light for Chama
Meet with No. 116 not shown
Durango extra east with engines 484 and 485
Conductor Knight
Engine 484 Crawley
Engine 485 Brice
Heavy loads, machinery, restricted speed of 8 and 12 MPH
Depart Durango 5:30 PM with 35 loads 5 empties
La Boca 10 minutes water
Tiffany 5 minutes merchandise
Arboles 5 minutes merchandise
Pagosa Jct 30 minutes eat and merchandise
Navajo 10 minutes water
Dulce 10 minutes merchandise
Lumberton 10 minutes merchandise
Monero 50 minutes coal & water, delay account coal frozen in chute
Arrive Chama 6:30 AM (Feb 6) with 35 loads 5 empties
Alamosa extra 487 west, depart 11:10 PM, on Feb 6 post
SANTA FE BRANCH
Train No.425 with engine 473
Conductor Hines
Engineer Baskett
Depart Antonito 8:18 AM with 2 loads
61
306
Arrive Santa Fe 4:00 PM with 2 loads
Train No. 426 with engine 471
Conductor Willis
Engineer Arnell
Depart Santa Fe 10:00 AM with 2 loads
62
284
Espanola 10 minutes switching
Arrive Antonito 5:15 PM with 3 loads 3 empties
SALIDA
Salida extra 497 west with helper engines 495 and 494, to Gunnison
Conductor Carlin
Engine 497 Dailey
Engine 495 C Wilson
Engine 494 Veo
Called for 11:46 PM (Feb 4)
Depart Salida 12:40 AM (Feb 5) with 1 load 50 empties
Arrive Marshall Pass 3:40 AM with 1 load 50 empties, 20 minutes helper engines off, inspection
Engine 494 depart Marshall Pass 4:15 AM light for Salida
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 3:50 AM light for Gunnison
Extra 497 west depart Marshall Pass 4:00 AM with 1 load 50 empties
Arrive Sargent 5:10 AM with 1 load 50 empties, 10 minutes pick up
Depart Sargent 5:20 AM with 1 load 52 empties
Crookton 10 minutes set out
Arrive Gunnison 7:10 AM with 52 empties
2 Sargent hill turns
1st hill turn with engines 499, 493 and 490
Conductor Rhodes
Engine 499 Roberts
Engine 493 Fitzsimmons
Engine 490 W L Wilson
Depart Sargent 10:20 AM with 18 loads
Arrive Marshall Pass 11:50 AM with 18 loads, set out, turn
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 11:55 AM light for Sargent
Engine 493 depart Marshall Pass 12:05 PM light for Sargent
Engine 499 depart Marshall Pass 12:15 PM with caboose for Sargent
2nd hill turn with engines 490 and 499
Conductor Rhodes
Engine 490 Crooks
Engine 499 Rogers
Depart Sargent 1:40 PM with 12 loads
Arrive Marshall Pass 3:00 PM with 12 loads, set out, turn
Engine 499 depart Marshall Pass 3:05 PM light for Sargent
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 3:10 PM with caboose for Sargent
Gunnison extra 497 east with helper engine 495, to Salida, at Sargent trade engine 497 for engine 493, engine 493 become road engine and engine 497 become Sargent helper engine, add Sargent helper engine 497
Conductor Carlin
Engine 497 Daily (to Sargent)
Engine 493 Daily (from Sargent
Engine 495 C Wilson
Engine 497 Fitzsimmons (Sargent helper engine, on Sargent)
Depart Gunnison 7:45 PM with 56 loads, dead engine 452
Parlin 15 minutes unload company supplies
Arrive Sargent 10:00 PM with 56 loads, dead engine 452, 40 minutes set out 40 loads, 25 minutes coal & water, 20 minutes unload supplies, add Sargent helper engine 497
Extra 493 east with helpers 495 and 497 depart Sargent 11:05 PM with 16 loads, dead engine 452
Arrive Marshall Pass 12:30 AM with 16 loads, dead engine 452, 1 hour 5 minutes helper engines off, pick up 14 loads, inspection
Engine 497 depart Marshall Pass 1:00 AM light for Sargent
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 1:00 AM light for Salida
Extra 493 east depart Marshall Pass 1:35 AM with 30 loads, dead engine 452
Mears Jct 15 minutes set out 6 Valley loads and dead engine 452
Arrive Salida 4:15 AM with 24 loads
Salida extra 496 west, called for 11:15 PM, on Feb 6 post
GUNNISON
Crested Butte extra 498
Conductor C M Purciel
Engineer Braswell
Depart Gunnison 11:15 AM with 45 empties
Arrive Crested Butte 1:15 PM with 45 empties, 1 hour 55 minutes mine work, 30 minutes inspection
Depart Crested Butte 3:35 PM with 47 loads 1 empty
Arrive Gunnison 5:05 PM with 47 loads 1 empty
Gunnison switch engine 456 foreman Winters engineer H Gates
MONTROSE
Ouray branch extra 315, Ouray turn
Conductor Gribben
Engineer Price
Depart Montrose 11:55 AM with 5 loads 8 empties
1 merchandise Telluride
4 coal Telluride
4 empty box Ridgway
3 empty box Ouray
Arrive Ridgway 1:45 PM with 5 loads 8 empties, 40 minutes switching and eat
Depart Ridgway 2:25 PM with 4 empties
Arrive Ouray 3:00 PM with 4 empties, 45 minutes switching
Depart Ouray 3:45 PM with 1 load 3 empties
Arrive Ridgway 4:10 PM with 1 load 3 empties
Depart Ridgway 4:25 PM with 12 loads 6 empties
Mile Post 371 40 minutes hot box RG 9454, received at Ridgway dry packing, ore for international
Arrive Montrose 6:05 PM with 12 loads 6 empties
DURANGO
Silverton branch and Farmington branch no train
Durango switch engine 268 foreman Gabbe engineer Fitzer, 45 minutes overtime, RGS connection and switch extra east
Jimmy
