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The Bloomer Line

Reporting marks	BLOL
Locale	Central Illinois
Years of operation	1985 – present
Rail gauge	4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm)
Headquarters	Gibson City, Illinois

The Bloomer Shippers Connecting Railroad Company (or Bloomer Line) (AAR reporting mark BLOL), headquartered in Gibson City, Illinois, is a Class III railroad serving agricultural communities in east-central Illinois. The following are reporting marks assigned by the Association of American Railroads (AAR) to rail carriers operating in North America and the companies (railroads and rail equipment owners/operators) to which they were assigned. ... State nickname: Land of Lincoln, The Prairie State Other U.S. States Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Governor Rod Blagojevich Official languages English Area 149,998 kmÂ² (25th) - Land 143,968 kmÂ² - Water 6,030 kmÂ² (4. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rail gauge is the distance between two rails of a railroad. ... Foot (unit of length) - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Mid-19th century tool for converting between different standards of the inch An inch is an Imperial unit of length. ... A millimetre (American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is an SI unit of length that is equal to one thousandth of a metre. ... Gibson is a city located in Ford County, Illinois. ... Categories: Organization stubs | Rail transport | Industry trade groups ... The following are reporting marks assigned by the Association of American Railroads (AAR) to rail carriers operating in North America and the companies (railroads and rail equipment owners/operators) to which they were assigned. ... Gibson is a city located in Ford County, Illinois. ...

History

In June 1985, the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad (ICG) sold a portion of its circuitous route between Kankakee and Bloomington to a new spin-off railroad company which called itself "The Bloomer Line" (after the ex-Illinois Central Railroad division it had purchased). Specifically, the Bloomer Line purchased the right-of-way between Herscher and Barnes. The railroad has since taken the line between Herscher and Kempton and Barnes and Colfax out of service. 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Illinois Central Gulf Railroad (AAR designation ICG) was the result of the merger between the Illinois Central (IC) and the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio (GM&O) railroads. ... Kankakee is a city located in Kankakee County, Illinois. ... Bloomington is a city located in McLean County, Illinois. ... Categories: Rail stubs | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Defunct companies | Illinois railroads | Iowa railroads | Louisiana railroads | Missouri railroads | South Dakota railroads | Wisconsin railroads ... Herscher is a village located in Kankakee County, Illinois. ... Kempton is a village located in Ford County, Illinois. ... Colfax is a village located in McLean County, Illinois. ...

At Chatsworth, the Bloomer Line makes a connection with the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway. In May 1990, the railroad purchased from the Norfolk and Western Railway its ex-Wabash Railway line from near Risk south to Gibson City. Connections to N&W successor Norfolk Southern and ICG successor Canadian National Railway are made at Gibson City. Chatsworth is a town located in Livingston County, Illinois. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Norfolk and Western Railway - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Wabash Railway ( AAR reporting mark: WAB) was a railroad that operated in the mid-central United States. ... Norfolk Southern Corporation (AAR reporting mark NS) (NYSE: NSC) is a US publicly-traded stock corporation based in Norfolk, Virginia. ... Missing image Canadian National Railways logo or herald (used pre-1960) Missing image Network Map of Canadian National Railway The Canadian National Railway (CN; AAR reporting marks CN, CNA, CNIS), known as Canadian National Railways (CNR) between 1918 and 1960, and Canadian National/Canadien National (CN) from 1960 to present...

Operations

The Bloomer Line is owned by Alliance Grain Company, which owns the seven grain elevators served by the railroad. It is primarily a grain transporter, shipping carloads of corn, soybeans and wheat from these silos to the connecting railroads, but also serves several other industries, including a soybean processing plant in Gibson City. Species Zea diploperennis Zea luxurians Zea nicaraguensis Zea perennis References ITIS 42268 2002-09-22 Sorting Zea names This article is about the staple food. ... Binomial name Glycine max Soybeans (US) or soya beans (UK) (Glycine max) are a high-protein legume (Family Fabaceae) grown as food for both humans and livestock. ... Species T. boeoticum T. durum T. monococcum T. spelta References: ITIS 42236 2002-09-22 Wheat (Triticum spp. ...

Bloomer Line locomotives are painted bright red and labelled in a font which looks very similar to that used on the former Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (AAR reporting mark CBQ) was a railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States. ...

Locomotive maintenance was conducted at Chatsworth until shops were constructed at Gibson City after that line was purchased.

External Links

Alliance Grain Official Bloomer Line Website

Bloomer Line Map

The Bloomer Line: Geeps in the Heartland in Chinese Red

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