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.

BLOL 7591 leads a LTEX motor w/ half loaded NS grain cars down the scale track in Sibley, IL. This is where they’ll finish their loading before taking the train to home base in Gibson City.

BLOL 7591 heading South with a cut of loaded grain cars for NS. They loaded these cars half way to capacity in Cullom, IL and they would then stop in the town of Sibley to finish the cars off.

BLOL 7591 is approaching Sibley where they will finish loading cars before continuing to Gibson City

The day is nearing the end for this southbound Bloomer Line train. They had been loading all day at Cullom and are on there way to Sibley to top the cars off. At Cullom, they try to load two full ... (more)

BLOL 7591 curves into Sibley in notch 8 as the sun starts to set for the day

BLOL 7591 & 7561 leading a SB loaded grain train bound for NS in Gibson City. They loaded this section of the train up in Cullom, IL. They are here approaching Sibley where they will finish loadin... (more)

The Bloomer Line bringing a grain train from CN North on their trackage towards various elevators on their line. This train would shortly stop in Sibley to drop off a cut of cars & BLOL 7504.