Thursday February 20 1941
ALAMOSA
Alamosa cloudy, calm
Cumbres:
8:10 AM foggy, calm
11:00 AM foggy, light SW wind
1:30 PM cloudy, calm
2:40 PM snowing quite hard, strong SW wind, drifting
3:30 PM snowing quite hard, strong SW wind, gusty, 1 ½” new snow
5:00 PM cloudy, light SW wind, 2” new snow
Chama:
12:40 AM foggy, calm
4:00 AM cloudy, calm
8:35 AM cloudy, calm, 10” old snow
2:25 PM snowing fairly hard, calm
4:30 PM cloudy, calm
8:30 PM snowing light, calm
Durango:
8:30 AM snowing steady, calm, 1” new snow
12:15 PM snowing hard
5:00 PM partly cloudy, calm, no snow left, melted
Chama extra east with engines 486 and 488, to Alamosa, stay coupled to Alamosa
Conductor Moore
Engine 486 Coughlin
Engine 488 Turney
Called for 11:30 PM Feb 19
Depart Chama 12:25 AM (Feb 20) with 12 loads 1 empty
Arrive Cumbres 2:00 AM with 10 loads 1 empty, 45 minutes take water, get east loads and empties
Depart Cumbres 2:45 AM with 45 loads 4 empties
Arrive Antonito 6:25 AM with 45 loads 4 empties, 15 minutes pick up east stuff
Depart Antonito 6:40 AM with 47 loads 8 empties
La Jara 40 minutes clear No. 115 and got car grain
Arrive Alamosa 8:50 AM with 48 loads 8 empties
Alamosa extra 481 west with helper engine 485
Conductor Roberts
Engine 481 Caldwell
Engine 485 Tozer
Depart Alamosa 3:15 AM with 16 loads 54 empties
Arrive Antonito 5:20 AM with 15 loads 54 empties, 1 hour 5 minutes coal & water, switching, meet extra 486-488 east
Depart Antonito 6:25 AM with 7 loads 53 empties
Los Pinos 15 minutes let No. 115 by
Arrive Cumbres 10:40 AM with 7 loads 53 empties, 20 minutes helper engine off, inspection
Engine 485 depart Cumbres 10:50 AM light for Chama
Extra 481 west depart Cumbres 11:00 AM with 7 loads 53 empties
Arrive Chama 12:20 PM with 7 loads 53 empties
No. 115 with engine 483 to Chama, engine 477 from Chama
Conductor Morgan
Engineer 483 Boyd (to Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:00 AM with 6 cars
54
167
327
Alamosa
63
306
Arrive Antonito 8:05 AM, set out cars 63 and 306 for No. 425
Depart Antonito 8:15 AM with 4 cars
Arrive Cumbres 10:21 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:25 AM
Arrive Chama 11:10 AM, engine 483 off, engine 477 on
Depart Chama 11:15 AM (engineer Brice)
Arrive Durango 4:05 PM with 4 cars
Chama extra 482 east, spreader to Alamosa
Conductor Curtis
Engineer A S Johnson
C B Carpenter and Tom Eagan on board
Depart Chama 9:25 AM with caboose
Arrive Cumbres 10:15 AM, meet No. 115, pick up spreader
Depart Cumbres 10:41 AM
Big Horn 5:26 PM
Arrive Alamosa 7:45 PM
Conductor delay report information not available
Memorandum reads: “4:20 PM phone out west of Antonito - 5:26 PM can’t stop Big Horn relay – sx crossed with 20 volt leak on No. 1 peg.” (Appears this would be right after spreader train passed.)
No. 116 with engine 475 to Chama, engine 483 from Chama
Conductor E J Hurley
Engineer House (to Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 4 cars
119
164
325
Durango
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM, engine 475 off, engine 483 on
Depart Chama 4:05 PM (engineer Boyd)
Delayed at Windy Point west of Cumbres 15 minutes account snow and bad flangeway, had to back down and take two runs to get through, 20 minutes work on reverse lever on engine 483, bolt broke
Arrive Cumbres 5:35 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:38 PM
Arrive Antonito 7:48 PM, pick up 2 cars from No. 426
Depart Antonito 7:55 PM with 6 cars
Arrive Alamosa 9:00 PM with 6 cars
Chama extra 487 west
Conductor Knight
Engineer Connor
Depart Chama 2:05 PM with 6 loads 41 empties
1 empty tank
20 empty gons
19 empty box
Caboose
Biggs Spur 15 minutes meet No. 116
Monero 40 minutes merchandise and switching
Lumberton 35 minutes merchandise and switching
Dulce 15 minutes switching
Pagosa Jct 25 minutes eat and water
Arboles 5 minutes merchandise
Tiffany 5 minutes merchandise
Ignacio 10 minutes switching
Carbon Jct 10 minutes switching
Arrive Durango 12:10 Am with 4 loads 26 empties
SANTA FE BRANCH
Train No. 425 with engine 470
Conductor Willis
Engineer Arnell
Depart Antonito 8:40 AM with 10 loads
2 flour Santa Fe
1 brick Santa Fe
1 merchandise Santa Fe
1 flour Espanola
1 merchandise Taos Jct
1 coal Taos Jct
1 water Taos Jct
63
306
Taos Jct 10 minutes switching
Espanola 15 minutes switching
Arrive Santa Fe 4:00 PM with 5 loads
Train No. 426 with engine 473
Conductor Hines
Engineer Baskett
Depart Santa Fe 10:05 AM with 3 loads 1 empty
1 empty dump
1 merchandise Alamosa 62
320
Espanola 5 minutes switching
Taos Jct 5 minutes switching
No Agua 5 minutes switching
Arrive Antonito 5:15 PM with 3 loads 6 empties
SALIDA
Marshall Pass:
During day cloudy, light SW wind, trace new snow
9:00 PM cloudy, light SW wind, snow flurries since 3:00 PM
Sargent cloudy, calm, 10” old snow
Gunnison cloudy, calm
Salida extra 497 west with helper engines 496 and 491
Conductor Straitiff
Engine 497 Cullinan
Engine 496 Dailey
Engine 491 C Wilson
Depart Salida 11:50 PM (Feb 19) with 1 load 52 empties
Arrive Marshall Pass 2:25 AM (Feb 20) with 1 load 52 empties, 50 minutes helper engines off, inspection, orders
Engine 491 depart Marshall Pass 3:20 AM light for Salida
Engine 496 depart Marshall Pass 3:10 AM light for Gunnison
Extra 497 west depart Marshall Pass 3:15 AM with 1 load 52 empties
Sargent 15 minutes water, set out and unload merchandise
Arrive Gunnison 6:10 AM with 1 load 50 empties
Gunnison extra 499 east with helper engine 490, to Salida, at Sargent add
Sargent helper engine 484
Conductor Carlin
Engine 499 Hyatt
Engine 490 Truscott
Engine 494 Veo (on Sargent)
Called for 11:10 PM Feb 19
Depart Gunnison 12:25 AM (Feb 20) with 56 loads
Arrive Sargent 2:45 AM with 56 loads, 55 minutes set out 38 loads, coal & water, eat, add Sargent helper engine 494
Depart Sargent 3:40 AM with 18 loads
Buxton 20 minutes meet extras 496 and 497 west
Arrive Marshall Pass 5:25 AM with 18 loads, 1 hour 25 minutes helper engines off, pick up 20 loads, inspection
Engine 494 depart Marshall Pass 5:50 AM light for Sargent
Engine 490 depart Marshall Pass 6:00 AM light for Salida
Extra 499 east depart Marshall Pass 6:50 AM with 38 loads
Mears Jct 5 minutes set out Valley loads
Arrive Salida 9:15 AM with 34 loads
Brakeman W T Wright to Sargent in auto, displace brakeman Hutchinson on hill crew
1st Sargent hill turn with engines 495, 493 and 494
Conductor Rhodes
Engine 495 Fitzsimmons
Engine 493 W L Wilson
Engine 494 Crooks
Depart Sargent 2:50 PM with 18 loads, flanger OG
Arrive Marshall Pass 4:20 PM with 18 loads, flanger OG, set out, turn, flange spurs
Engine 494 depart Marshall Pass 4:30 PM light for Sargent
Engine 493 depart Marshall Pass 4:40 PM light for Sargent
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 4:50 PM with flanger and caboose for Sargent
2nd Sargent hill turn with engines 494, 495 and 493
Conductor Rhodes
Engine 494 Veo
Engine 495 Fitzsimmons
Engine 493 W L Wilson
Depart Sargent 6:45 PM with 18 loads, flanger OG
Arrive Marshall Pass 8:05 PM with 18 loads, flanger, set out, turn
Engine 493 depart Marshall Pass 8:10 PM light for Sargent
Engine 495 depart Marshall Pass 8:15 PM light for Sargent
Engine 494 depart Marshall Pass 8:25 PM with flanger and caboose for Sargent
Gunnison extra 497 east, depart 10:55 PM, on post for Feb 21
Salida extra 499 west, called for 11:00 PM, on post for Feb 21
GUNNISON
Crested Butte:
9:25 AM partly cloudy, calm, 33” old snow
3:30 PM snowing hard, calm, 1” new snow, 33” old snow
Crested Butte branch extra 498
Conductor C W Purciel
Engineer Smith
Depart Gunnison 11:35 AM with 2 loads (cinders) 43 empties, flanger
Mile Post 294 2 hours 10 minutes unload cinders
Jacks Cabin 5 minutes water
Arrive Crested Butte 3:40 PM with 45 empties, flanger, 3 hours mine work
Depart Crested Butte 6:40 PM with 52 loads, flanger
Hay Spur 5 minutes pick up
Arrive Gunnison 8:50 Pm with 52 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
Engine360 Braswell
Engine 361 H Gates
Depart Gunnison 11:00 AM with 14 loads, flanger
Sapinero 10 minutes shovel snow, re-railing pony truck engine 360
Arrive Cimarron 3:45 PM 20 minutes set out, double Cimarron to Cerro Summit
Depart Cimarron 4:05 PM
Arrive Cerro Summit 5:05 PM, set out, turn
Depart Cerro Summit 5:15 PM
Arrive Cimarron 5:45 PM, 35 minutes eat and coal engine 360
Depart Cimarron 6:20 PM
Arrive Cedar Creek 8:05 PM, 25 minutes turn and pick up, trade consists with extra 461 east
Depart Cedar Creek 8:30 PM
Arrive Gunnison 1:45 AM with 4 loads 14 empties
MONTROSE
Engine 461 used to switch Montrose yard 6:30 AM to 2:40 PM, make Cedar Creek turn
Montrose extra 461 east, Cedar Creek turn
Conductor Gribben
Engineer Price
Depart Montrose 2:50 PM with 3 loads 15 empties
Can’t quite make load description, they do unload cinders between Montrose and Cedar Creek
1 empty tank
7 empty dumps
4 empty box
1 empty refrigerator
Arrive Cedar Creek 3:45 PM, wait until 8:05 PM for extra 360-361 west, take their train
Depart Cedar Creek 8:10 PM
Arrive Montrose 8:50 PM with 13 loads
DURANGO
Silverton branch and Farmington branch no train
Durango switch engine 268 foreman Gabbe engineer Fitzer
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