Running just short of a 12hr day, BLOL 7591 leads a 50 car grain train into Gibson City during the golden light of harvest season in central Illinois.

A pair of Bloomer geeps with a half ass matching lease bomb in the middle lets it rip along Rte 47 with a 50 car train for the NS at Gibson City. The crew will make it to town with just minutes le... (more)

After loading at Cropsey and Colfax, a 50 car Bloomer train is seen shoving into the siding at Risk where the three engines will run around the train for the trip south to Gibson City, IL.

A pair of Bloomer Line engines switch at Sibley.

The Bloomer backs around the connection to the old IC at Risk Junction.

Bloomer 7591 and LTEX 3801 are closing in on the elevator in Anchor, where they will take on loads.

Bloomer's high hood takes the day off as it basks in the sun outside the engine house.

While the EMD's do most of the work for the Bloomer Line, we must not forget the Plymouth 12 ton. The little critter brings a few cars into town for loading.

Bloomer GP10 7591 leads a bean train west through the fields of Illinois as it approaches the small town of Anchor.

A pair of classic, chinese red Bloomer Line GP10's sandwich an LTEX Geep as they shove a bean train around the curve at Risk Junction.

A Bloomer train full of soy beans heads for the elevator at Strawn on a sunny, but scorching hot day.

Cab ride in a GP9 = ✔️. BLOL 7591 is the unit in charge of the very short train today as we head Eastbound towards Gibson City, IL on the old IC tracks.

The Bloomer heading back South towards Gibson City IL after a day of work up North on the line.

A pair of Bloomer Line geeps leading a 45 car grain train South to Gibson City Illinois.

Bloomer Line GP10 7549, still with its high hood and long hood forward setup, sits at the Alliance Grain complex west of town with leased LTEX SW1200RS 1206, in a unique purple and yellow paint sc... (more)