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Posted 23 January 2019 - 07:54 AM

It's January 26, 1935, K-37 #495 departs Chama at 8:25 AM with 2 load 3 empties. The 2 loads are 1 water car & 1 merchandise; the 3 empties are 2 tanks & a caboose.

Crew: Conductor Bendure, & Engineer Densmore

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The train rolls through Willow Creek, the site of a 300 foot siding & section house.

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The train rolls through Azotea, the site of a 34 car siding.

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Posted 24 January 2019 - 06:26 PM

As the train rolls downhill...

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... it stops at Monero for switching. Monero is the site of a station, ore loading tipple, & coaling site.

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Posted 25 January 2019 - 06:24 PM

After the train did 30 minutes switching at Monero...

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it stops to do 30 minutes switching at Lumberton, along with 1 hour doing the Miller Spur...

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... & stops at Navajo with a car of coal. The tank & bridge at Navajo is still around today. The Miller Sour is the line that heads to a coal mine. It lasted from 1920 to 1936. Over 100,000 tons of coal was mined.

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Posted 26 January 2019 - 12:40 PM

After unloading the coal & meeting the San Juan (both trains) at Navajo, it reverses to Dulce...

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... where it got turned on the wye, does 40 minutes switching (depared with 10 loads, 1 empty)...

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... picks up 8 loads, 1 empty at Lumberton (15 minutes switching)...

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... & rolls through Monero.

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Posted 26 January 2019 - 05:42 PM

The train continues the climb to CHama. The section between Lumberton & Monero has 2% grades (same goes to the section between Carbon Junction & Falfa.

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Posted 27 January 2019 - 07:41 AM

After a while...

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... the train pulls into Chama at 5:15 PM.

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