Bloomer Line GP9 7591, the first engine ever rostered by the BLOL, sits at the Alliance Grain elevator in downtown Gibson City.

Departing Charlotte with a string of loads bound for Gibson City.

"Relics of the Past" An old Wabash searchlight signal that used to protect the N&W/WAB and IC diamond just north of Strawn, IL, stands dark. This trackage is now part of the Bloomer L... (more)

The Alliance Grain Corp was busy on this Friday in Gibson City loading a grain train for the NS. The lone high hood is seen shuffling a cut of cars together as their 12-Ton Plymouth loads the last... (more)

12-Ton plymouth used to spot cars for loading at the Alliance Grain Elevator in downtown Gibson City.

A former NYC GP9, now working for the Bloomer Line, pulls a cut of cars at the Alliance Grain elevator at Gibson City West.

On a perfect October afternoon, a ex-NP GP9 and ex-IC GP10 now working for the Alliance Grain Co (aka The Bloomer Line), arrive Gibson City with 22 loads of grain from the elevator at Cropsey. The... (more)

Bloomer Shippers Line engineer Paul Jones heads North with 25 empty cars to be loaded at the end of the in service portion of the railroad at Cullom, Illinois as an early morning sun begins to bur... (more)

Thirty minutes after cleaning snow off the 7591, one can hardly tell its been done as The Bloomer Shippers Line Railroad uses two Geeps to plow out the entire railroad Friday. Engineer Paul Jones ... (more)

The Bloomer Shippers Line Railroad used two Geeps to plow out the entire railroad Friday. Former Northern Pacific 7591, the Bloomer's first loco, gets some attention as trackworkers use scoop shov... (more)

With more yellow and rust than when I last saw her 4 years ago, Alliance Grain's critter still toils in Gibson City.

Bloomer Line 7549 brings a cut of ethanol cars out of One Earth Energy as the Alliance Grain switcher waits for its next cut of cars to load.

Torpedo Geep 7549 shows off its classic profile as it drags a cut of dried distiller's grains and ethanol out to the Norfolk Southern interchange tracks on the west side of Gibson City. This unit... (more)

Sleeping away on a cold night in Gibson City.

A Bloomer Line GP7 begins to shove a cut of former CNW hopper cars back into the plant after being loaded with corn at one of the huge grain mills in Gibson City Illinois.