[motor1]

It's March 19, 1939, K-36 #484 departs Chama at 10:55 PM with 23 loads, 11 empties.

Crew: Conductor Knight, & Engineer Deusmere

Consist:

Loads: 3 lumber Ignacio, 2 pipe Ignacio, 2 auto Farmington, 1 merchandise Farmington, 2 phosphate Aztec, 4 loads Aztec, 1 company material Durango, 1 ties Durango, 1 pipe Durango, 1 load Silverton, 2 loads Durango, 1 feed Durango, & 2 loads Durango

Empties: 6 box Durango, 2 tank cars Farmington, 2 Single Decks & a caboose

Note: the consist on these through trains are usually not shown on the sheet.

[atsf37l]

Nice. Mike's route is looking good. Where'd you get those automobile loads Ryan? I could use some to service the Ford dealer in Dolores.

[atsf37l]

And folks, in case you didn't know, Ryan is working from data gleaned from actual D&RGW Dispatcher's Train Sheets. If you can gain access to them, this is a fantastic way to find out what happened on a given day and then duplicate the action of, in this case, 1939, which otherwise most of us could never have seen. And in living color!

Good job Ryan.

[motor1]

Herb, I have no experience in Freight Animations, & the pipe loads were sent to me by trainboy6218 in 2016.

Folks, the D&RGW Dispatcher's Train Sheets I use for the narrow gauge episodes were posted by a fellow named Jimmy Blouch on the NGDF. He posted the 1939 (January to March); 1944-1945; 1935 (January to May 14); 1936-1937 (Late August to April 30), 1940-1941 (October 13 to May 9); & 1948-1949 (September to May) seasons.

Back to the episode.

As the train rolls downhill...







... it rolls through Monero

[motor1]

The train rolls through Lumberton...





... & stops at Dulce to let The westmound San Juan Pass.

[motor1]

As the train heads west...



... it rolls through Navajo.

[motor1]

The train rolls over the bridge between Juanita & Gato.



At Gato, the train pulls into a siding to meet the eastbound San Juan.



After the meet, the train continues following the river.

[bennycdn]

What route is this?

[motor1]

Bennycdn, the route is the Cham - Durango route that Slim Rail Mike is making (it's a work in progress).


As the train follows the river...







... it rolls through Arboles.

[atsf37l]

I love what Mike has done with the weeds!