Thursday February 13 1941
ALAMOSA
Alamosa and Cumbres clear, calm
Chama partly cloudy, calm
Durango clear calm
Alamosa extra 482 west with helper engine 487
Conductor Moore
Engine 482 Donaldson
Engine 487 Caldwell
Depart Alamosa 3:20 AM with 18 loads 40 empties
Arrive Antonito 4:40 AM with 18 loads 40 empties, 1 hour 55 minutes coal & water, switching, switches full of ice
Depart Antonito 6:30 AM with 13 loads 40 empties
Sublette 25 minutes eat and work supply cars
Toltec 25 minutes let No. 115 by
Osier 10 minutes work supply cars
Arrive Cumbres 11:20 AM with 13 loads 40 empties, 2 hours 5 minutes flange yard, helper engine off, inspection
Engine 487 depart Cumbres 1:00 PM light for Chama
Extra 482 west depart Cumbres 1:25 PM with 13 loads 40 empties
Arrive Chama 2:35 PM with 13 loads 40 empties
No. 115 with engine 475 with helper engine 483, 483 off Chama
Conductor Hurley
Engine 475 Marsh (to Chama)
Engine 483 Shumaker (to Chama)
Trainmaster F E Peake on board to Chama
Depart Alamosa 7:00 AM with 6 cars
63
119
164
325
Durango
284
(Train sheet order)
Arrive Antonito 8:05 AM, set out cars 63 and 284 for No. 425
Depart Antonito 8:20 AM with 4 cars
Arrive Cumbres 10:22 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:25 AM
Arrive Chama 11:10 AM, helper engine 483 off
Depart Chama 11:15 AM (engineer House)
Arrive Durango 4:05 PM with 4 cars
No. 115 with engine 477
Conductor Edmisten
Engineer Densmore (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 4 cars
66
167
327
Alamosa
Arrive Chama 4:10 PM
Depart Chama 4:10 PM (engineer Marsh)
Arrive Cumbres 5:00 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:05 PM
Arrive Antonito 7:20 PM, pick up 3 cars, 2 from today’s No. 426 and one from previous day
62
320
306
Depart Antonito 7:30 PM with 7 cars
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM with 7 cars
Chama extra 481 west, light engine to Durango, balance power
Engineer Katschthaler
Depart Chama 10:10 AM
Meet with No. 116 not shown
Arrive Durango 3:40 PM
Chama extra 488 west
Conductor Fry
Engineer Brice
Depart Chama 4:50 PM with 11 loads 27 empties
12 empty box
12 empty dumps
1 empty gon
Monero 1 hour supply cars, merchandise, coal and switching
Lumberton 25 minutes supply cars, merchandise and switching
Dulce 10 minutes merchandise
Pagosa Jct 25 minutes supply cars, merchandise and switching
Allison 10 minutes switching
Ignacio 20 minutes supply cars and switching
Arrive Durango 2:20 AM with 8 loads 12 empties
Antonito extra 485 east, with rotary OY
Conductor Roberts
Engineer R Hurley
Rotary OY engineer A S Jonson
Rotary OY pilot Tozer
Depart Antonito 9:40 PM
Arrive Alamosa 10:50 PM
2 Chama Cumbres turns, called for 11:30 PM, on Feb 14 post
SANTA FE BRANCH
Crews for Trains No. 425 and No. 426 exchange engines and change trains at Tres Piedras in order to get on own run and stay on own engines
Train No. 426 with engine 470
Conductor Willis
Engineer Arnell
Depart Santa Fe 11:10 AM with 2 loads
62
320
Espanola 10 minutes switching
Arrive Taos Jct 2:50 PM
Depart Taos Jct 2:55 PM
Arrive Tres Piedras time not shown, 30 minutes switching
This crew and engine now on Train No. 425
Depart Tres Piedras time not shown
Espanola 10 minutes switching
Arrive Santa Fe 9:55 PM with 4 loads
Train No. 425 with engine 473
Conductor Hines
Engineer Baskett
Depart Antonito 1:20 PM with 6 loads
1 flour Santa Fe
1 merchandise Santa Fe
1 flour Espanola
61
63
284
No Agua 1 hour 5 minutes switching account switches froze up
Arrive Tres Piedras time not shown, 40 minutes turn and change trains
This crew and engine now on Train No. 426
Depart Tres Piedras time not shown
Arrive Antonito 5:40 PM with 2 loads
SALIDA
Marshall Pass:
1:05 AM and 6:00 AM light snow, light SW wind
6:00 PM partly cloudy, SW wind
Sargent 8:15 AM cloudy, calm, 2” new snow, 10” old snow
Gunnison 9:05 AM cloudy, calm, 6” new snow, 11” old snow
Salida extra 499 west with helper engines 495 and 491, to Gunnison
Conductor Trevarthen
Engine 499 Truscott
Engine 495 C Wilson
Engine 491 Dailey
Depart Salida 1:20 AM with 2 loads 42 empties
Arrive Marshall Pass 3:55 AM with 1 load 41 empties, 15 minutes helper engines off, inspection
Engine 491 depart Marshall Pass 4:30 AM light for Salida
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 4:05 AM light for Gunnison
Extra 499 west depart Marshall Pass 4:10 AM with 1 load 41 empties
Sargent 15 minutes pick up
Arrive Gunnison 7:00 AM with 2 loads 43 empties
1st Sargent hill turn with engines 490, 494 and 493
Conductor Rhodes
Engine 490 W L Wilson
Engine 494 Crooks
Engine 493 Veo
Depart Sargent 10:35 AM with 17 loads, flanger
Arrive Marshall Pass 11:55 AM with 17 loads, flanger, set out, turn
Engine 493 depart Marshall Pass 12:05 PM light for Sargent
Engine 494 depart Marshall Pass 12:10 PM light for Sargent
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 12:20 PM with flanger and caboose for Sargent
2nd Sargent hill turn with engines 493, 490 and 494
Conductor Rhodes
Engine 493 Fitzsimmons
Engine 490 W L Wilson
Engine 494 Crooks
Depart Sargent 1:45 PM with 18 loads
Arrive Marshall Pass 3:05 PM with 18 loads, set out, turn
Engine 494 depart Marshall Pass 3:15 PM light for Sargent
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 3:20 PM light for Sargent
Engine 493 depart Marshall Pass 3:25 PM with caboose for Sargent
Salida extra 496 west with helper engine 479, flanger to Villa Grove, Sargent, pick up east bound train at Sargent
Conductor Straitiff
Engine 496 Hyatt
Engine 479 Runyon
Depart Salida 1:05 PM with flanger OL and caboose
Arrive Villa Grove 3:00 PM, 20 minutes water and turn
Depart Villa Grove 3:20 PM
Mears Jct times not shown
Arrive Marshall Pass 5:30 PM with flanger and caboose, 30 minutes helper engine off, set out and turn flanger, flanger broke
Engine 479 depart Marshall Pass 6:00 PM light for Salida
Extra 496 west depart Marshall Pass 6:01 PM with caboose
Arrive Sargent 7:00 PM with caboose, 30 minutes eat, 30 minutes coal & water, turn, pick up train, add Sargent helper engines 494 and 493
Engine 494 Veo
Engine 493 Fitzsimmons
Extra 496 east with helpers 494 and 493 depart Sargent 8:00 PM with 18 loads
Arrive Marshall Pass 9:20 PM with 18 loads, 1 hour 10 minutes helper engines off, pick up loads and flanger OL, inspection
Engine 493 depart Marshall Pass 9:55 PM light for Sargent
Engine 494 depart Marshall Pass 10:00 PM light for Sargent
Extra 496 east depart Marshall Pass 10:30 PM with 38 loads, flanger OL
Mears Jct set out 2 Valley loads
Poncha Jct 10 minutes meet extra 497 west (Feb 14 post)
Arrive Salida 12:55 AM with 36 loads, flanger OL
Salida extra 497 west, called for 11:15 PM, on Feb 14 post
Gunnison extra 499 east, called for 11:20 PM, on Feb 14 post
GUNNISON
Crested Butte clear, calm 28” old snow
Crested Butte branch extra 498
Conductor C W Purciel
Engineer Osgerby
Depart Gunnison 11:10 AM with 2 loads 46 empties
Jacks Cabin 5 minutes water
Arrive Crested Butte 12:44 PM with 2 loads 46 empties, 3 hours 10 minutes mine work
Depart Crested Butte 4:05 PM with 54 loads 2 empties
Hay Spur 5 minutes pick up
Arrive Gunnison 5:50 PM with 58 loads 2 empties
Gunnison switch engine 456 foreman Winters engineer Spangler
Gunnison extra 360 west with helper engine 361, Cedar Creek turn
Conductor C M Purciel
Engine 360 Braswell
Engine 361 H Gates
Depart Gunnison 10:00 AM with 8 loads, 3 empties, flanger
Sapinero 10 minutes set out
Arrive Cimarron 1:15 PM, 35 minutes coal engine 360 and eat
Depart Cimarron 1:50 PM, consist not shown
Arrive Cerro Summit 2:40 PM, 10 minutes set out
Depart Cerro Summit 2:50 PM
Arrive Cedar Creek 3:20 PM, 3 hours 40 minutes wait for extra 461 east
MONTROSE-GUNNISON
Montrose extra 461 east, Cerro Summit turn
Conductor Gribben
Engineer Price
From 6:30 AM to 5:20 PM switching and load 9 cars cattle, cattle loaded 4:30 PM
Depart Montrose 5:30 PM with 9 loads 7 empties
Portal 15 minutes switching
At Cedar Creek not shown which train departed first and not shown how many cars each train had
Extra 461 east arrive Cerro Summit 7:55 PM, 20 minutes switching
Depart Cerro Summit 8:15 PM
Lujane 10 minutes switching
Arrive Montrose 9:35 PM with 7 loads 2 empties
Extra 360 east with helper engine 361 depart Cedar Creek 7:00 PM
Cerro Summit times not shown, engine 361 stay on train
Sapinero 15 minutes pick up
Iola 10 minutes set out
Arrive Gunnison 11:45 PM with 10 loads 10 empties
(Stock moves east on extra 499 east, Feb 14 post)
DURANGO
Silverton branch and Farmington branch no train
Durango switch engine 268 foreman Gabbe engineer Fitzer
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