Unloading cars on the main

Loading cars that will soon get picked up and head South

Chinese red, high nose, torpedo tubes, class lights...what year is it again? A Bloomer Line GP10 slowly moves grain hoppers over the scale track along IL-47. Any excess grain in the cars is remove... (more)

Bloomer Line leased GP15-1 is on its first test run. The LTEX 1413 and the Bloomer 7561 depart with 32 loads at Cropsey. STEVE SMEDLEY

Seen from the Ward Bridge, the Bloomer Line leased GP15-1 is on its first test run. When the 18 car train gets to Cropsey, crews will combine the 1413 and the Bloomer 7561 with the other loads and... (more)

Bloomer Line has leased a former NS, Conrail GP15-1 from Larry's Truck and Electric. The unit is shown on its first run, taking the siding in Colfax to run around a 18 car train after loading at t... (more)

Alliance Grain Company is the owner of this Plymouth locomotive, sitting on what was once part of the Wabash mainline through Gibson City, Illinois. While the Bloomer Lines red locomotives pull la... (more)

The Bloomer Line makes a rare early morning south bound run along former Wabash trackage as three Geeps struggle with 58 loads of grain, south of Sibley, Illinois. The train is bound for interchan... (more)

With the train finalized, all three Geep's are now on the head end ready to depart Sibley for the 10 mile trip to Gibson City.

Bloomer 7591 winds the train through town negotiating the tight right hand curves with ease.

This is the cliche view of the Bloomer that always comes to mind... open fields and weeds...

For a good 5 mile stretch, the Bloomer Line parallel's Rte. 47 opening the window for easy chasing and pacing.

Now on heavier, well maintained rail, the engineer opens up the old girls and takes em for a run as they pick up speed through the town of Strawn.

The pair of Geep's split vintage Wabash search lights and battery boxes at the Risk Junction.

The pair of Geep's are struggling through town about to slam the TP&W diamond.