Monday February 10 1941
ALAMOSA
Alamosa partly cloudy, calm
Cumbres clear, calm
Chama clear, calm
Durango cloudy, calm
1st Chama Cumbres turn with engines 487 and 482
Conductor Roberts
Engine 487 Tozer
Engine 482 Caldwell
Depart Chama 4:15 AM with 10 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cumbres 5:50 AM with 19 loads 1 empty, set out, turn
Engine 482 depart Cumbres 6:01 AM light for Chama
Engine 487 depart Cumbres 6:05 AM with caboose for Chama
2nd Chama Cumbres turn with engines 488 and 481
Conductor Roberts
Engine 488 Tozer
Engine 481 Caldwell
Depart Chama 8:10 AM with 10 loads 6 empties
Arrive Cumbres 9:40 AM with 10 loads 6 empties, set out, turn
Engine 488 depart Cumbres 9:55 AM with caboose for Chama
Engine 481 depart Cumbres 10:00 AM light for Chama
No. 115 with engine 477
Conductor Hurley
Engineer Boyd (to Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:00 AM with 6 cars
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167
327
Alamosa
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 10:20 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:23 AM
Arrive Chama 11:10 AM
Depart Chama 11:15 AM (engineer Densmore)
Arrive Durango 4:05 PM with 4 cars
No. 116 with engine 475
Conductor Edmisten
Engineer House (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 4 cars
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164
325
Durango
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM
Depart Chama 4:10 PM (engineer Boyd)
Arrive Cumbres 5:00 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:05 PM
Arrive Antonito 7:20 PM, pick up 2 cars from No. 426
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320
Depart Antonito 7:25 PM with 6 cars
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM with 6 cars
Durango extra east with engines 486 and 489
Conductor Knight
Engine 486 Katschthaler
Engine 489 Connor
Depart Durango 12:15 PM with 39 loads 1 empty
Ignacio 15 minutes meet No. 115, 15 minutes spot cars
Arboles 10 minutes merchandise and water
Carracas 5 minutes merchandise
Pagosa Jct 25 minutes eat and merchandise
Navajo 10 minutes water
Dulce 10 minutes set out 1 load
Monero 55 minutes coal & water and pick up 4 loads
Arrive Chama 10:55 PM with 42 loads 1 empty
Alamosa extra 484 west, depart 11:25 PM, on Feb 11 post
Chama extra 487 east, depart 11:50 PM, on Feb 11 post
SANTA FE BRANCH
Taos Jct 8:00 AM clear, calm, 7” old snow
Santa Fe clear, calm
Train No. 425 with engine 473
Conductor Hines
Engineer Baskett
Depart Antonito 8:35 AM with 10 loads
1 merchandise Santa Fe
2 canned goods Santa Fe
1 cement Santa Fe
2 cement Espanola
1 coal Espanola
1 coal Taos Jct
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306
Taos Jct 10 minutes switching
Chamita 5 minutes switching
Espanola 10 minutes switching
Arrive Santa Fe 4:00 PM with 5 loads
Train No. 426 with engine 470
Conductor Willis
Engineer Arnell
Depart Santa Fe 10:00 AM with 2 loads
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320
Servilleta 10 minutes switching
Arrive Antonito 5:15 PM with 2 loads 1 empty
SALIDA
Marshall Pass:
3:00 AM snowing hard, light SW wind, 6” new snow, 28” old snow
9:00 PM clear, light SW wind
Sargent partly cloudy, calm, 3” new snow, 6” old snow
Gunnison partly cloudy, calm
Salida extra 496 west with helper engines 493 and 494, to Gunnisonb
Conductor Trevarthern
Engine 496 Truscott
Engine 493 C Wilson
Engine 494 Frantz
Conductor Carlin and crew deadhead Salida to Marshall Pass, get east loads
Depart Salida 1:25 PM (Feb 9) with 4 loads 26 empties
Mears Jct 10 minutes pick up
Arrive Marshall Pass 2:10 AM (Feb 10) with 5 loads 41 empties, 25 minutes helper engines off, inspection, deadhead conductor and crew, caboose, off
Engine 493 depart Marshall Pass 2:30 AM light for Gunnison
Extra 496 west depart Marshall Pass 2:35 AM with 5 loads 40 empties
Buxton 10 minutes pick up
Arrive Sargent 4:00 AM with 5 loads 64 empties, 10 minutes pick up
Depart Sargent 4:10 AM with 6 loads 66 empties
Doyle 15 minutes pick up
Parlin 20 minutes pick up
Arrive Gunnison 6:05 AM with 8 loads 66 empties
At Marshall Pass conductor Carlin and crew on duty at 2:30 AM, take charge of engine 494, 1 hour make up train, 35 minutes inspection
Extra 494 east depart Marshall Pass 4:05 AM with 38 loads
Arrive Salida 6:20 AM with 38 loads
Gunnison extra 496 east with helper engine 493, to Salida, at Sargent trade engine 493 for engine 497, engine 493 become Sargent helper engine, add Sargent helper engine 493
Conductor Trevarthen
Engine 496 Truscott
Engine 493 C Wilson (to Sargent)
Engine 497 C Wilson (from Sargent)
Engine 493 W L Wilson (Sargent helper, on Sargent)
Depart Gunnison 6:55 PM with 52 loads 1 empty
Parlin 10 minutes set out station load
Arrive Sargent 9:00 PM with 51 loads 1 empty, 55 minutes doubling in, set out, coal & water, add Sargent helper engine 493
1st Sargent hill turn with engines 499 and 490
Conductor Rhodes
Engine 499 Veo
Engine 490 Fitzsimmons
Depart Sargent 9:50 PM with 11 loads, flanger
Mile Post 248 ½ cut off, flange to Mile Post 246 ½ and return to train
Arrive Marshall Pass 11:55 PM with 11 loads, flanger
Extra 496 east with helpers 497 and 493 depart Sargent 9:55 PM with 17 loads 1 empty
Arrive Marshall Pass 12:10 AM with 17 loads 1 empty, 1 hour helper engines off, pick up and inspection
Engine 493 (off extra 496 east) depart Marshall Pass 12:20 AM light for Sargent
Engine 490, hill turn, depart Marshall Pass 12:30 AM light for Sargent
Engine 499, hill turn, depart Marshall Pass 12:40 AM with flanger and caboose for Sargent
Engine 497 (off extra 496 east) depart Marshall Pass 12:35 AM light for Salida
Extra 496 east depart Marshall Pass 1:10 AM with 37 loads 1 empty
Arrive Salida 3:15 AM with 37 loads 1 empty
2nd Sargent hill turn on Feb 11 post
Salida extra 494 west, depart 11:55 PM, on Feb 11 post
GUNNISON
Crested Butte partly cloudy, brisk NW wind
Crested Butte branch extra 498
Conductor C M Purciel
Engineer Braswell
Depart Gunnison 11:15 AM with 45 empties
Arrive Crested Butte 1:10 PM with 45 empties, 2 hours 20 minutes mine work and inspection
Depart Crested Butte 3:30 PM with 48 loads 2 empties
42 coal Salida
1 coal Dresden Kansas
1 coal Alamosa
1 coal no bill Gunnison
3 company coal Alamosa
1 empty flat Salida
Arrive Gunnison 4:50 PM with 52 loads 2 empties
Gunnison switch engine 456 foreman Winters engineer Spangler
MONTROSE
Montrose cloudy, calm, no new snow, 5” old snow
Ouray branch extra 315, Ouray turn
Conductor Gribben
Engineer Price
Depart Montrose 11:55 AM with 9 loads 5 empties
1 merchandise Ouray
4 coal Ouray
2 coal Placerville
1 powder Telluride
1 soda ash Rico
4 empty box
Caboose
Arrive Ridgway 2:05 PM with 9 loads 5 empties, 45 minutes switching and eat
Depart Ridgway 2:50 PM with 5 loads 1 empty
Arrive Ouray 3:30 PM with 5 loads 1 empty, 50 minutes switching
Depart Ouray 4:20 PM with 1 load 1 empty
Arrive Ridgway 4:55 PM with 1 load 1 empty
Depart Ridgway 5:00 PM with 18 loads 1 empty
Arrive Montrose 6:25 PM with 18 loads 1 empty
DURANGO
Farmington branch extra 478
Conductor Fry
Engineer Brice
Depart Durango 1:30 AM with 1 load 5 empties
Carbon Jct to Bondad 45 minutes account falling rocks
Refinery 15 minutes switching
Arrive Farmington 5:35 AM with 3 loads 5 empties, 20 minutes eat, 10 minutes turn, 30 minutes switching
Depart Farmington 6:35 AM with 4 loads 3 empties
1 gas Aztec
1 gas Dolores
2 gas Durango
1 empty refrigerator
Aztec 10 minutes switching
Arrive Durango 9:45 AM with 3 loads 7 empties
Durango switch engine 268 foreman Gabbe engineer Fitzer
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