The Recordings of Jim Adams, Volume 2 Burlington Mine Run
Jim Adams was an employee in
the shops of the Illinois Central Railroad at Centralia, Illinois. He used his unparalleled access as a railroad
insider to document the last days of the steam locomotives he loved, taking his
reel-to-reel tape recorder trackside and into the cabs of locomotives. In this volume, we present recordings made in
the cab of Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 2-10-4 #6315 on a mine run from
Valier to Centralia, Illinois.
It’s railroading as it was,
just before complete dieselization.
Track 1 – Introduction
Track 2 – Pulling loads at the mine. -
3:45
Track 3 – Switching at the mine. -
5:58
Track 4-5 – Departing the mine at Valier and marching
upgrade. - 18:00
Track 6-7 – Northbound through Waltonville. -
9:00
Track 8-9 – Hitting the grade north of Woodlawn. -
25:30
Track 10-11 – Arriving at Centralia. -
10:39
75 Minutes (73 minutes of recordings with 2 minutes of descriptive
narration between recordings)
