I miss the Monon. It was Indiana's railroad I'm pretty sure no other state Had a railroad that spanned it's entire length. The Monon was unique just to Indiana. I miss it. It never should have been abandoned.
Don't know about up there where these photos were shot, but here in Southern Indiana between New Albany & Orleans, IN The last train I saw on it was in 2010 and after that it was used for car storage for a year or two but wasn't officially abandoned by CSX until I think 2020. Even then they couldn't have used it as there was a half mile long washout at Fogg Siding just east of Salem, Indiana in May of 2017. Where I live the railroad dates back to it's charter in 1847 (built 1851) as the New Albany & Salem RR. While by 1882 with extensions and connections it was called "The Monon Route" it was officially the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago RR until 1897 when it was foreclosed on and reorganized as the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville RR. It officially became The Monon Railroad in 1956. Down here the main rails are all still in place though all the sidings have been ripped out and a lot of the original semaphore signals dating back to around 1910 have suspiciously vanished.
@@silverhawk5191 yes and yes you got to remember when it merged with the l&n they took over a lot of the lines. The problem was around in Indiana they were trying to be competitive with the c e & I. And towards the end of Lowell those mergers basically CSX just decided certain lines they don't need no more at a lot of them happen to be the old monon tracks. But that being said going down Lafayette to Monticello that Monon line is still used and not torn up.
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Nice showing the photos of the current status usually a trail as opposed to the 1970s photos in action. Nicely done!
At 0:59, the photo is mislabeled. It's not 1970, it's 1984. That was the second year of the Indiana Transportation Museum's Fair Train.
The last train I remember seeing on this line was in late summer 1986. The tracks were pulled up early in 1987.
Did anyone feel like sad watching this???
I miss the Monon. It was Indiana's railroad I'm pretty sure no other state Had a railroad that spanned it's entire length. The Monon was unique just to Indiana. I miss it. It never should have been abandoned.
L&N railroad
I dig that music. Who is it?
Great video! Awesome photos.
When was this line abandoned?
Don't know about up there where these photos were shot, but here in Southern Indiana between New Albany & Orleans, IN The last train I saw on it was in 2010 and after that it was used for car storage for a year or two but wasn't officially abandoned by CSX until I think 2020. Even then they couldn't have used it as there was a half mile long washout at Fogg Siding just east of Salem, Indiana in May of 2017. Where I live the railroad dates back to it's charter in 1847 (built 1851) as the New Albany & Salem RR. While by 1882 with extensions and connections it was called "The Monon Route" it was officially the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago RR until 1897 when it was foreclosed on and reorganized as the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville RR. It officially became The Monon Railroad in 1956. Down here the main rails are all still in place though all the sidings have been ripped out and a lot of the original semaphore signals dating back to around 1910 have suspiciously vanished.
The line was abandoned in 1986 And the track was ripped up in 1987
This is what they call progress. Indiana lost part of its soul.
So this is basically just all around Indianapolis for the most part not the monon up around Gary and further out that way?
And here I was hoping to see it further south around Campbellsburg, Salem, Pekin, Borden and New Albany, lol.
Indiana has lost a great asset when the Monon was dismantled. It’s a shame that Indiana lost this great railroad. Sad !
@@silverhawk5191 yes and yes you got to remember when it merged with the l&n they took over a lot of the lines.
The problem was around in Indiana they were trying to be competitive with the c e & I. And towards the end of Lowell those mergers basically CSX just decided certain lines they don't need no more at a lot of them happen to be the old monon tracks.
But that being said going down Lafayette to Monticello that Monon line is still used and not torn up.