Saturday February 8 1941
ALAMOSA
Alamosa foggy, calm in AM, becoming clear, calm in PM
Cumbres cloudy, calm, trace new snow
Chama and Durango cloudy, calm
Chama extra 485 east with helper engines 484 and 483
Conductor Moore
Engine 485 Palmer
Engine 484 Caldwell
Engine 483 Marsh
Depart Chama 1:20 AM with 15 loads 13 empties
Arrive Cumbres 2:50 AM with 15 loads 13 empties, 30 minutes take water, helper engines off, pick up, inspection
Engine 484 depart Cumbres 2:55 AM light for Alamosa
Engine 483 depart Cumbres 3:15 AM light for Alamosa
Extra 485 east depart Cumbres 3:30 AM with 51 loads 13 empties
Arrive Antonito 6:30 AM with 51 loads 13 empties, 15 minutes set out and pick up
Depart Antonito 6:45 AM with 50 loads 16 empties
Bountiful 25 minutes meet extra 470 west and No. 115
Arrive Alamosa 8:35 AM with 50 loads 16 empties
Alamosa extra 470 west, light engine to Antonito for No. 425
Engineer Arnell
Depart Alamosa 6:50 AM
Arrive Antonito 8:05 AM
No. 115 with engine 477
Conductor Morgan
Engineer Boyd (to Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:00 AM with 6 cars
66
167
327
Alamosa
62
320
Arrive Antonito 8:15 AM, set out cars 62 and 320 for No. 425
Depart Antonito 8:25 AM with 4 cars
Arrive Cumbres 10:22 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:26 AM
Arrive Chama 11:10 AM
Depart Chama 11:20 AM (engineer Densmore)
Arrive Durango 4:05 PM with 4 cars
No. 116 with engine 475
Conductor Hurley
Engineer House (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 4 cars
119
164
325
Durango
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM
Depart Chama 4:05 PM (engineer Boyd)
Arrive Cumbres 5:02 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:05 PM
Arrive Antonito 7:18 PM, pick up 2 cars from No. 426
61
326
Depart Antonito 7:25 PM with 6 cars
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM with 6 cars
Chama extra 489 west, Lumberton turn
Conductor Knight
Engineer Katschthaler
Depart Chama 10:50 AM with 6 loads 6 empties
1 water
5 company cinders
5 empty dumps Monero
Caboose
Willow Creek 45 minutes let No. 115 by
1 mile west of Willow Creek 4 hours 35 minutes unload 5 cars cinders
Monero 40 minutes fill cistern and switching
Arrive Lumberton 6:05 PM with 2 empties, 30 minutes fill cistern and switching
Depart Lumberton 6:35 PM with 2 loads 6 empties
Monero 25 minutes pick up 14 company coal
Arrive Chama 8:35 PM with 16 loads 6 empties
SANTA FE BRANCH
Taos Jct 10:05 AM clear, calm, 10” old snow
Santa Fe 10:05 AM clear, calm, no snow
Train No. 425 with engine 470
Conductor Willis
Engineer Arnell
Depart Antonito 8:30 AM with 2 loads
62
320
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 2 loads
61
326
Espanola 5 minutes switching
Arrive Antonito 5:15 PM with 3 loads
SALIDA
Marshall Pass clear, calm, 30” snow on ground
Sargent clear, calm, 10” old snow
Gunnison partly cloudy, calm, 15” old snow
Salida extra 496 west with helper engines 492 and 493
Conductor Straitiff
Engine 496 Hyatt
Engine 492 Runyon
Engine 493 Daily
Depart Salida 9:20 AM with 3 loads 17 empties
Mears Jct 55 minutes switching, make 3 trips Mears Jct to Poncha Pass
Depart Mears Jct 1:35 PM, last time
Arrive Poncha Pass 1:55 PM, 10 minutes helper engines off, inspection
Engine 493 depart Poncha Pass 2:00 PM light for Salida
Engine 492 depart Poncha Pass 2:00 PM light for Alamosa, for shops
Extra 496 west depart Poncha Pass 2:05 PM
Villa Grove 15 minutes supply cars
Moffat 35 minutes switching
Hooper 25 minutes switching
Mosca 10 minutes switching
Arrive Alamosa 7:15 PM with 38 loads 18 empties, dead engine 452
1st Sargent hill turn with engines 497, 499 and 490
Conductor Rhodes
Engine 497 W L Wilson
Engine 499 Crooks
Engine 490 Rogers
Depart Sargent 10:30 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 499 depart Marshall Pass 12:01 PM light for Sargent
Engine 497 depart Marshall Pass 12:06 PM with caboose for Sargent
2nd Sargent hill turn with engines 490, 497 and 499
Conductor Rhodes
Engine 490 Fitzsimmons
Engine 497 W L Wilson
Engine 499 Crooks
Depart Sargent 1:35 PM with 19 loads
Arrive Marshall Pass 3:05 PM with 19 loads, set out, turn
Engine 497 depart Marshall Pass 3:10 PM light for Sargent
Engine 499 depart Marshall Pass 3:15 PM light for Sargent
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 3:20 PM with caboose for Sargent
GUNNISON
Crested Butte branch no train, mines idle
Gunnison switch engine 456 foreman Winters engineer Spangler
MONTROSE
Engine 461 used to switch Montrose yard foreman Gribben engineer Price
DURANGO
Silverton clear, calm, 16” old snow
Silverton branch Train No. 461 and Train No. 462 with engine 459
Conductor Fry
Engineer Brice
Depart Durango 9:15 AM with 8 loads 2 empties
1 merchandise Silverton
2 steel balls Silverton
4 coal Silverton
1 empty box Silverton
Combine 210
Caboose
Hermosa to Silverton 1 hour lost on running time account heavy pulling train, set out 2 empty box cars at Tacoma, 10 empty box are on Silverton Branch
Arrive Silverton 1:40 PM with 7 loads 1 empty, 20 minutes eat, 10 minutes turning, 50 minutes switching
Depart Silverton 3:00 PM with 7 loads 5 empties (edit loads 2-8-13)
4 ore Eilers
2 ore Amarillo
1 empty refrigerator
1 empty coal
2 empty box
Arrive Durango 6:30 PM with 7 loads 5 empties
Durango switch engine 268 foreman Gabbe engineer Fitzer, 25 minutes overtime switch San Juan equipment
Jimmy
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/08/2013 12:04PM by Jimmy Blouch.
