Wednesday November 3 1948

ALAMOSA

Durango extra east with engines 481 and 484
Conductor Lyons
Engine 481 Buchanan
Engine 484 Squires

Depart Durango 1:00 AM with 44 loads 6 empties
44 cars sheep from Farmington branch
Gato 25 minutes eat
Lumberton add helper engine 484
Arrive Chama 8:30 AM with 44 loads 6 empties

Chama extra 488 east with helper engines 482, 485 and 486
Conductor Clarke
Engine 488 McClintock
Engine 482 Groshart
Engine 485 Firm
Engine 486 Hindelang

Depart Chama 10:35 AM with 44 loads 1 empty
44 cars sheep from Farmington branch
Arrive Lobato 11:00 AM, 10 minutes cut train for bridge, not shown, meet No. 215 here
Depart Lobato 11:10 AM
Arrive Cumbres 12:20 PM, 40 minutes water, helper engines off, pick up, inspection
Extra 485 west depart Cumbres 12:40 PM light for Chama
Extra 486 west depart Cumbres 1:00 PM light for Chama
Extra 482 east depart Cumbres 12:40 PM light for Alamosa
Extra 488 east depart Cumbres 1:00 PM with 65 loads 4 empties
Los Pinos 10 minutes water
Toltec 10 minutes pick up
Big Horn 10 minutes inspection
Arrive Antonito 4:25 PM, 5 minutes retainers
Depart Antonito 4:30 PM
Arrive Alamosa 5:40 PM with 65 loads 5 empties

No. 215 with engine 478
Conductor Edmisten
Engineer Nissen (to Chama)
Engineer Dieckman (from Chama)

Depart Alamosa 7:00 AM with 5 cars
119
163
312
323
Durango
Arrive Cumbres 10:19 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:22 AM
Arrive Chama 11:15 AM, delay probably due to meet at Lobato
Depart Chama 11:20 AM
Arrive Gato 1:15 PM
Depart Gato 1:21 PM
Arrive Durango 4:05 PM with 5 cars

No. 216 with engine 476
Conductor Morgan
Engineer Peterson (to Chama)
Engineer Nissen (from Chama)

Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 5 cars
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169
310
327
Alamosa
Arrive Gato 1:43 PM
Depart Gato 1:49 PM
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM
Depart Chama 4:05 PM
Arrive Cumbres 5:07 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:12 PM
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM with 5 cars

Durango extra 480 east, at Lumberton add helper engine 486
Conductor Knight
Engine 480 Degani
Engine 486 Squires (on Lumberton)

Depart Durango 10:40 AM with 15 loads 2 empties
4 cars cattle loaded Durango
Florida 28 minutes let No. 216 by
Arrive Ignacio 12:35 PM, 2 hours 25 minutes load 17 cars cattle, No. 215 by at 2:53 PM
Extra 480 east depart Ignacio 3:00 PM
Gato 30 minutes merchandise and eat
Dulce 15 minutes merchandise
Arrive Lumberton 7:35 PM, 35 minutes switching and pick up, 8:10 PM to 9:30 PM wait for extra 481 west

Chama extra 486 west, light engine to Lumberton, helper for extra 480 east
Engineer Squires

Depart Chama 5:30 PM
Arrive Lumberton time not shown

Extra 480 east with helper engine 486 depart Lumberton 9:30 PM
Monero 35 minutes coal & water and pick up
Arrive Chama 11:55 PM with 42 loads 2 empties

Chama extra 484 west, light engine to Gato, helper engine for extra 481 west
Engineer Howe

Depart Chama 7:45 PM
Arrive Gato time not shown

Chama extra 481 west, at Gato add helper engine 484
Conductor Lyons
Engine 481 Buchanan
Engine 484 Howe (on Gato)

Depart Chama 6:30 PM with 10 loads 51 empties
47 empty stock cars
3 empty gons
Caboose
Azotea 10 minutes set out
Biggs 10 minutes set out
Monero 15 minutes set out
Amargo 25 minutes pick up 1 car horses and switching
Navajo 10 minutes set out
Juanita 10 minutes pick up
Gato 25 minutes eat, 25 minutes switching, add helper engine
Carracas 25 minutes saw helper by
Carbon Jct 30 minutes unload stock, 15 minutes setout
Arrive Durango 5:20 AM with 7 loads 52 empties

SALIDA

Salida extra 491 west, Monarch branch
Conductor R Young
Engineer Frantz

Depart Salida 7:00 AM with 29 empties
Double between Maysville and Monarch
Extra 491 east depart Monarch 1:30 PM for Salida
Arrive Salida 3:45 PM with 33 loads 3 empties

Salida extra 497 west with helper engine 494, Monarch branch
Conductor D Young
Engine 497 C Wilson
Engine 494 Sidenstricker

Depart Salida 4:35 PM with 57 empties
Arrive Monarch 7:00 PM, 50 minutes switching, 15 minutes inspection
Engine 494 return to Salida light, arrive 10:40 PM
Extra 497 east depart Monarch 8:05 PM for Salida
Poncha Jct 20 minutes meet extra 499 west
Arrive Salida 10:50 PM with 25 loads 1 empty

Salida extra 499 west to Gunnison, depart 9:50 PM, on Nov 4 post

GUNNISON

Crested Butte branch extra 498
Conductor Anderson
Engineer Braswell

Depart Gunnison 1:15 PM with 29 empties
Arrive Crested Butte 2:35 PM with 29 empties, 1 hour 5 minutes switching and inspection
Depart Crested Butte 3:30 PM with 23 loads 1 empty
13 coal CF&I
4 coal Gunnison
1 coal no bill
5 company coal Gunnison
Caboose
Arrive Gunnison 5:00 PM with 23 loads 1 empty

MONTROSE

Ouray branch extra 318, Ouray turn
Conductor Mahoney
Engineer Price

Depart Montrose 9:50 AM with 2 loads 16 empties
2 loads Ouray
15 empty beets
Caboose
Arrive Ridgway 11:30 AM, 30 minutes eat
Depart Ridgway 12:00 PM with 2 loads 1 empty
Arrive Ouray 12:40 PM with 2 loads 1 empty, 1 hour switching, 5 minutes air test
Depart Ouray 1:45 PM with 6 loads 1 empty
Mile Post 358 10 minutes switching
Arrive Montrose 3:50 PM with 18 loads 1 empty

Montrose switch engine standard gauge 605 foreman Collett engineer Tyrer

DURANGO

Silverton branch and Farmington branch no trains

Durango switch engine 375 foreman Rowe engineer Cummins 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM
Durango switch engine 315 foreman Murray engineer Houck 6:30 PM to 23:30 AM

Jimmy



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/03/2013 04:26PM by Jimmy Blouch.