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Owner: Bloomer Shippers Connecting Railroad Co.
Model:EMD GP9Built As:NP 370 (GP9)
Serial Number:24060Order No:5560
Frame Number:5560-13Built:6/1958
Notes:ex-BLOL 91
Other locos with this serial:  BLOL 7591(GP9) BLOL 91(GP9)
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BLOL 7591
Title:  BLOL 7591
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/14/2017  Upload Date: 2/3/2018 8:43:14 PM
Location:  Gibson City, IL
Author:  Wyatt M
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLOL 7591(GP9)
Views:  72   Comments: 1
Bloomer GP9 in the Cold
Title:  Bloomer GP9 in the Cold
Description:  BLOL 7591 sitting in the cold outside the shops on a nice evening.
Photo Date:  12/26/2018  Upload Date: 1/7/2019 1:25:52 AM
Location:  Gibson City, IL
Author:  Joshua Bauer
Categories:  Night
Locomotives:  BLOL 7591(GP9)
Views:  181   Comments: 0
BLOL 7591 7549
Title:  BLOL 7591 7549
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/25/2019  Upload Date: 8/13/2019 4:38:16 PM
Location:  Gibson City, IL
Author:  Zachary Walters
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  BLOL 7591(GP9) BLOL 7549(GP10)
Views:  97   Comments: 1
BLOL 7591
Title:  BLOL 7591
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/6/2020  Upload Date: 4/7/2020 12:40:48 PM
Location:  Chatsworth, IL
Author:  Seth Lakin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLOL 7591(GP9)
Views:  150   Comments: 0
BLOL 7591
Title:  BLOL 7591
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/6/2020  Upload Date: 4/7/2020 12:40:49 PM
Location:  Chatsworth, IL
Author:  Seth Lakin
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLOL 7591(GP9)
Views:  177   Comments: 0
LTEX 3801
Title:  LTEX 3801
Description:  Bloomer doin what every shortline does best.... just sittin and not movin.
Photo Date:  10/6/2020  Upload Date: 10/7/2020 10:46:23 AM
Location:  Gibson City, IL
Author:  Wyatt M
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LTEX 3801(GP38-2) BLOL 7591(GP9) BLOL 7561(GP10)
Views:  92   Comments: 0
BLOL 7591
Title:  BLOL 7591
Description:  Bloomer 7591 loads grain cars at Cropsey.
Photo Date:  10/30/2020  Upload Date: 10/31/2020 12:32:50 AM
Location:  Cropsey, IL
Author:  Robby Gragg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLOL 7591(GP9)
Views:  36   Comments: 0
BLOL 7591
Title:  BLOL 7591
Description:  BLOL 7591 sits in front of the Bloomer shop in Gibson City.
Photo Date:  10/30/2020  Upload Date: 10/31/2020 12:43:20 AM
Location:  Gibson City, IL
Author:  Robby Gragg
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLOL 7591(GP9)
Views:  51   Comments: 0
BLOL 7591
Title:  BLOL 7591
Description:  After all the elevator employees off the hopper cars, the Bloomer southbound blasts off out of Cullom, passing the grain elevator leaving town and the A-7 on display.
Photo Date:  1/31/2023  Upload Date: 2/22/2023 10:08:53 PM
Location:  Cullom, IL
Author:  Jacob Werling
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLOL 7591(GP9)
Views:  40   Comments: 0
BLOL 7591
Title:  BLOL 7591
Description:  BLOL 7591 and sister disconnect from their set of cars and pull forward through the siding track around the LTEX 3802 and its cars. There apparently used to be a really cool wooden grain elevator here I discovered later on. Too bad its not still here!
Photo Date:  1/31/2023  Upload Date: 2/22/2023 10:13:17 PM
Location:  Charlotte, IL
Author:  Jacob Werling
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLOL 7591(GP9)
Views:  37   Comments: 0
BLOL 7591
Title:  BLOL 7591
Description:  Full Notch 8 south through Strawn!
Photo Date:  1/31/2023  Upload Date: 2/22/2023 10:24:37 PM
Location:  Strawn, IL
Author:  Jacob Werling
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLOL 7591(GP9)
Views:  47   Comments: 0
BLOL 7591
Title:  BLOL 7591
Description:  The train passes the wooden elevator at Sibley.
Photo Date:  1/31/2023  Upload Date: 2/22/2023 10:29:18 PM
Location:  Sibley, IL
Author:  Jacob Werling
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLOL 7591(GP9)
Views:  51   Comments: 0
BLOL 7591
Title:  BLOL 7591
Description:  Garber would make for the final shot of the Bloomer. NS keyed up CN and asked for permission to get back over to their tracks to head south to Decatur. Being this close to Wabash Searchlights I wasnt going to pass that up. What a chase! Definitely will do this again!
Photo Date:  1/31/2023  Upload Date: 2/22/2023 10:33:53 PM
Location:  Garber, IL
Author:  Jacob Werling
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLOL 7591(GP9)
Views:  49   Comments: 0
BLOL 7591
Title:  BLOL 7591
Description:  My hopes in seeing the Bloomer were beginning to slowly fade away after I had spent so much time on the IC, but things were regenerated again when I got almost into Collum and heard both an engineer and a conductor on the Bloomer come in very clearly on their frequency. Sure enough, they were just finishing loading up their first cut of cars at Cullom! For the first time, I was going to get to photograph the Bloomer! I picked up a couple quick shots while they were loading before setting myself up for the southbound run.
Photo Date:  1/31/2023  Upload Date: 2/22/2023 10:04:38 PM
Location:  Cullom, IL
Author:  Jacob Werling
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLOL 7591(GP9)
Views:  43   Comments: 0
BLOL 7591
Title:  BLOL 7591
Description:  Shot from the other side of the elevator. It was about 100 times cooler to see a pair of corporate units on this train. The crews tend to favor the GP38-2 leasers from LTE over the corporate GP10 "torpedo cabs", so getting a pair of these was a treat!
Photo Date:  1/31/2023  Upload Date: 2/22/2023 10:06:13 PM
Location:  Cullom, IL
Author:  Jacob Werling
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLOL 7591(GP9)
Views:  48   Comments: 0
BLOL 7591
Title:  BLOL 7591
Description:  Once combined with the other engine and set of cars, the Bloomer southbound takes off from Charlotte with no stops until Gibson City. Was really happy that the corporate units were left on the head end!
Photo Date:  1/31/2023  Upload Date: 2/22/2023 10:16:30 PM
Location:  Charlotte, IL
Author:  Jacob Werling
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLOL 7591(GP9)
Views:  36   Comments: 0
BLOL 7591
Title:  BLOL 7591
Description:  The Bloomer passes the wooden grain elevator in Chatsworth, about ready to cross the TPW diamond which is directly behind me.
Photo Date:  1/31/2023  Upload Date: 2/22/2023 10:18:18 PM
Location:  Chatsworth, IL
Author:  Jacob Werling
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLOL 7591(GP9)
Views:  48   Comments: 0
BLOL 7591
Title:  BLOL 7591
Description:  The Bloomer crosses CR 2800N north of Strawn.
Photo Date:  1/31/2023  Upload Date: 2/22/2023 10:20:18 PM
Location:  Strawn, IL
Author:  Jacob Werling
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLOL 7591(GP9)
Views:  41   Comments: 0
BLOL 7591
Title:  BLOL 7591
Description:  The Bloomer makes the sharp turn south toward Gibson City north of Strawn.
Photo Date:  1/31/2023  Upload Date: 2/22/2023 10:21:36 PM
Location:  Strawn, IL
Author:  Jacob Werling
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLOL 7591(GP9)
Views:  45   Comments: 0
BLOL 7591
Title:  BLOL 7591
Description:  The trains roars up the small grade out of Strawn.
Photo Date:  1/31/2023  Upload Date: 2/22/2023 10:26:05 PM
Location:  Strawn, IL
Author:  Jacob Werling
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLOL 7591(GP9)
Views:  52   Comments: 0
BLOL 7591
Title:  BLOL 7591
Description:  Wind Turbine Farms began south of Sibley. I found some silos to make for a nice frame beside them and the train splitting the two objects.
Photo Date:  1/31/2023  Upload Date: 2/22/2023 10:31:04 PM
Location:  Sibley, IL
Author:  Jacob Werling
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BLOL 7591(GP9)
Views:  47   Comments: 0


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