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 7591 meeting a NB coal train in Strawn, Illinois, just South of Risk Jct... nvm it's just storage cars. If only!

BLOL 7591 & 7561 bringing a train of loaded grain for interchange back to the NS in Gibson City. Here they are on the East leg of Risk Jct just North of the small town of Strawn. This is where the... (more)

Bloomer bringing grain loads back South for interchange to the NS in Gibson City.

Two original GP9s built in 1958 & 1956 pass by the town elevator in Chatsworth, which was built back in the late 1800's. This elevator lived through the Illinois Central glory days here in Chatswo... (more)

BLOL 7591 & 7561 bring their grain loads from the elevator in Cullom through the Illinois countryside.

Bloomer 7591 & 7561 bringing grain loads for the NS across the North Fork Vermillion River.

A pure Central Illinois scene as grain is being moved by a small railroad with an empty corn field, fall color, an elevator, and a water tower fills the scene of an October morning.

BLOL 7591 and 7561 on the rear bringing Potash cars towards Colfax for loading.

The Bloomer slowly bringing a cut of empty potash hoppers for loading in the town of Colfax. These cars were picked up off of the NS for loading. They had a cut of about 25 cars total.

Bloomer Line bringing potash empties toward Colfax where they will layover for the weekend and begin loading on Monday. It is always a good time on the Bloomer Line when you’ve got a GP9 or GP10... (more)

The Bloomer just finished interchanging its train and pulls onto the NS. The snow has slowed down, leaving BLOL 7591 posing next to an old Wabash searchlight.

Drift busting continues as BLOL 7591 is a few miles north of its destination of Gibson City. From here the train will interchange the train with the CN.

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)