BLOL 7591 leaning into the curve alongside Illinois Route 47 just North of Sibley.
Bloomer Line bringing grain loads South back to the NS.
BLOL 7561, an original NYC GP9 and BLOL 7591, an original NP GP9 bringing 25 empty potash cars North on the Bloomer Line's former N&W mainline between Strawn and Gibson City.
Looking across the frozen farm fields we get a view of the full lash up on today's Bloomer train. BLOL 7591 leads south with a duo of leaser GP's trailing. LTEX 3802, the engine sandwiched, is ref... (more)
BLOL 7591 continues south down the old N&W leaving Sibley in its rearview. 7591 is a GP9 built for the Northern Pacific in 1958.
Behind a trio of EMD workhorses, the first half of a CN corn train bustles south on its return trip to Gibson City. These 58 cars came from the Cullom and Charlotte elevators on the northeast end ... (more)
A Bloomer southbound cruises through the farmland surrounding the old Wabash main.
BLOM 7561 burst through the plow lines in Sibley, IL on Wabash's former Chicago line
The Bloomer lugs 20 fertilizer loads North through Sibley.
BLOL 7561 leads two LTEX GPs and 20 fertilizer loads towards Sibley.
The Bloomer Line rumbles south through the dense fog at Sibley with loaded grain to interchange with the CN at Gibson City.
The Bloomer Line is seen heading south along Route 47 between Strawn and Sibley.
Route 47 traffic and Bloomer Line traffic paralleling side by side in Central Illinois. I’ve done this shot probably 3-4x now and I’ve never had such car traffic while getting my shot. Althoug... (more)
LTEX 3802 leads a Bloomer Line grainer into the curve at Sibley Illinois with an other LTEX leaser and a Bloomer geep.
