Wearing its Burlington Route-inspired color scheme, Bloomer EMD GP9 No. 91 waits to go to work at Gibson City, Illinois, on April 24, 1993. This short line was formed in 1985, originally operating a former Illinois Central Gulf route between Kankakee and Bloomington, and is primarily a grain hauler called the Bloomer Shippers Connecting Railroad, or more commonly known as “The Bloomer Line”.
