Monday April 18 1949
ALAMOSA
Alamosa 7:00 AM partly cloudy, calm
Cumbres:
8:00 AM cloudy, calm
10:30 AM snowing light, calm
Chama 8:30 AM cloudy, calm
Durango 8:00 AM raining light, calm, rained all night
No. 215 with engine 489
Conductor Duxstadt
Engineer Holly (to Chama)
Engineer Cummins (from Chama)
Depart Alamosa 7:00 AM with 4 cars
119
167
310
Durango
Arrive Cumbres 10:18 AM
Depart Cumbres 10:22 AM
Arrive Chama 11:10 AM
Depart Chama 11:15 AM
Arrive Gato 1:15 PM
Depart Gato 1:21 PM
Arrive Durango 4:05 PM with 4 cars
No. 216 with engine 476
Conductor Hines
Engineer Peterson (to Chama)
Engineer Holly (from Chama)
Depart Durango 11:15 AM with 4 cars
65
169
326
Chama
Arrive Gato 1:47 PM
Depart Gato 1:52 PM
Arrive Chama 4:00 PM
Depart Chama 4:05 PM
Arrive Cumbres 5:00 PM
Depart Cumbres 5:06 PM
Arrive Alamosa 8:30 PM with 4 cars
Alamosa extra 487 west with helper engine 486
Conductor Hinton
Engine 487 Donaldson
Engine 486 Turney
Depart Alamosa 11:05 AM with 37 loads 44 empties
La Jara 50 minutes set out and station switch
Arrive Antonito 1:35 PM with 33 loads 41 empties, 1 hour 25 minutes coal & water, set out, station switching, eat
Depart Antonito 3:00 PM with 31 loads 35 empties
Sublette 15 minutes water and meet No. 216, 10 minutes coal down
Arrive Cumbres 8:45 PM with 31 loads 35 empties, 35 minutes helper engine off, set out, inspection
Extra 486 west depart Cumbres 9:00 PM light for Chama
Extra 487 west depart Cumbres 9:20 PM with 31 loads 29 empties
Arrive Chama 10:35 PM with 31 loads 29 empties
Durango extra 488-485 east
Conductor Knight
Engine 488 Rhodes
Engine 485 J Connor
Depart Durango 11:59 AM with 27 loads 14 empties
Mile Post 444 45 minutes account broken train line RG 6544
Ignacio 15 minutes meet No. 215, 30 minutes merchandise and pick up
Allison 5 minutes merchandise
Gato 30 minutes merchandise and eat
Dulce 10 minutes pick up and set out
Monero 35 minutes coal & water, pick up
Arrive Chama 10:25 PM with 31 loads 15 empties
SALIDA
No narrow gauge trains
GUNNISON
Gunnison extra 361 west, Cerro Summit turn, with 3 trips Cimarron to Cerro Summit, meet extra 345 east
Conductor Anderson
Engineer Braswell
Depart Gunnison 9:00 AM with 6 loads 1 empty, dead engine 454
1 coal Ouray
1 coal Telluride
4 coal (not legible)
Caboose
Arrive Cimarron 11:20 AM, 10 minutes set out, water
Depart Cimarron 11:30 AM consist not shown
Mile Post 330½ 20 minutes rock and mud on track
Arrive Cerro Summit 1:15 PM, 10 minutes set out, turn
Extra 361 east depart Cerro Summit 1:25 PM
Arrive Cimarron 1:45 PM, 10 minutes turn, pick up
Extra 361 west depart Cimarron 1:55 PM consist not shown
Arrive Cerro Summit 2:55 PM, 10 minutes set out, turn
Extra 361 east depart Cerro Summit 3:05 PM
Arrive Cimarron 3:35 PM, 45 minutes coal and pick up
Extra 361 west depart Cimarron 4:20 PM consist not shown
Arrive Cerro Summit 5:25 PM, meet extra 345, 10 minutes set out, turn
Extra 361 east depart Cerro Summit 5:35 PM
Arrive Gunnison 8:25 PM with caboose
MONTROSE
Ouray branch extra 345 west, Vernal turn (reason for turn appears to read explosives)
Conductor C W Purciel
Engineer Price
Depart Montrose 11:20 AM with 1 load 6 empties
Arrive Vernal 11:45 AM, 5 minutes set out
Extra 345 east depart Vernal 11:50 AM
Arrive Montrose 12:20 PM with caboose
Montrose extra 345 east, Cerro Summit turn, meet extra 361 west
Conductor C W Purciel
Engineer Price
Depart Montrose 2:10 PM with 2 empties
Arrive Cerro Summit 3:20 PM, 2 hours 10 minutes set out and wait for extra 361 west, 5 minutes inspection
Extra 345 west depart Cerro Summit 5:35 PM
Arrive Montrose 7:15 PM with 6 loads 3 empties, detail not shown but includes dead engine 454
DURANGO
Silverton branch and Farmington branch no trains
Durango switch engine 315 foreman Rowe engineer House
Jimmy
