After Alliance Grain spent about 4hrs loading, The Bloomer is seen departing Cullom as central Illinois experiences another round of freezing fog begins to settle in.
A 4 pack of EMD’s leading a loaded grain train up the grind out of the small town of Sibley, Illinois.
Bloomer 7561 sits at Gibson City on a cold night.
A Bloomer GP10 stands by in Gibson City.
A 4 pack of EMD’s lead a loaded grain train South on the Bloomer Line.
A Bloomer Line veteran by the old depot in Gibson City.
A pair of Bloomer Line engines switch at Sibley.
A former NYC GP9, now working for the Bloomer Line, pulls a cut of cars at the Alliance Grain elevator at Gibson City West.
Bloomer Railroad 7561 + LTEX 1413 + Bloomer 7514 struggle out of Sibley IL with grain loads for Gibson City on 1 October 2008
Bloomer loaded grain train waits to deliver to the NS.
The BLOL shoves on the loads to clear the run-a-round.
The grain loads pause as they prepare to hand-off the train to a waiting NS crew.
Lugging hard on the loads up and around the curve south of Sibley.
Splitting the crossing signals.
