After re-assembling their train as one, 7591 and 7561 depart Charlotte for Sibley where they will combine the rest of the cars and pick up 7504 for the trip to Gibson City.
A former CR GP10 is seen here loading a cut of grain cars at Charlotte, IL. Sister units 7504 and 7591 will later meet up and head back to Gibson City.
A Bloomer Line grain empty with three geeps heads north from Risk, Ill. to loading at Cullom, Ill.
A Bloomer Line train with former Conrail GP10 #7561 on the point, slowly loads a train of soybeans at the Alliance Grain Company Colfax Elevator, in Colfax, Illinois. When the last car is loaded,... (more)
Two Bloomer Line GP10s head north with a turn for Cullom, IL wearing the Chinese red colors of the old CB&Q.
The Bloomer’s collection of GPs hang out just north of Gibson City and look sweet in this CB&Q inspired paint scheme.
The conductor of this Bloomer job rides out the storm as they switch out cars in the Gibson City yard.
The snow is really coming down as a Bloomer geep 10 spots a cut of grain cars at a local elevator to be loaded.
Bloomer's CB&Q paint scheme stands out quite nicely in this snowstorm.
A pair of Bloomer geeps coupled nose to nose roll into Gibson city with a grain train.
Two jobs combined trains and power at Risk, IL for the rest of the trip to Gibson City, IL.
Trailing unit is #7561
