The Bloomer Line cuts through the thick fog with Alliance Grain loads from Cullom and Charlotte.
The Bloomer Line is seen heading south between Chatsworth and Risk with heavy fog and an ice-covered landscape.
Bloomer 7561 is about to hit the TP&W diamond in Chatsworth as it heads south with a loaded train for the CN at Gibson City.
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.
Two GP10s lead a cut of CN cars South down the Bloomer mainline towards Gibson City.
A colorful lashup at Risk Junction as BLOL 7591, LTEX 3802 and 3801 spend the night at Risk Junction after being tied down on the way to Gibson City on a frigid cold night. I ended up getting mino... (more)
Bloomer line GP9 7591 rests with 3 cars just north of Charlotte on the Bloomer mainline. This portion of the line is in the process of being rebuilt.
BLOL 7591 and LTEX 3802 finish running around their train and make their way back south to Gibson City with loads beginning the journey back south heading south out of Cullom, seen here passing th... (more)
After loading grain at a grain elevator a few miles to the north, BLOL 7591 makes it’s way back south with loaded grain hoppers to take back to Gibson City. The train would later tie down at Ris... (more)
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)
The Bloomer Line bringing approx 25 grain loads for the CN towards the small township of Charlotte, Illinois.
Bloomer Line's high hood GP10, #7549, shuffles cars around Gibson City on a cold, but sunny morning. 7549 began life as a New York Central GP9 in 1956. It then spent time with Conrail and was rebu... (more)
A North bound Bloomer Line train passing some codeline in the small farm town of Strawn, Illinois.
LTEX 3801 leading it’s train of empty CN grain hoppers North out of town.
A frosty sunrise illuminates Bloomer 7549 at Gibson City, IL.
