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The Monon Railroad (reporting mark MON), also known as the Chicago, Indianapolis, and Louisville Railway (reporting mark CIL) from 1897 to 1971, was an American railroad that operated almost entirely within the state of Indiana.
The MONON Railroad was the first class "A" railroad to become fully dieselized. It operated entirely within the state of Indiana, having only a few miles of out-state trackage rights to connect it to its two major terminals - Chicago and Louisville, Kentucky.
The Monon Railroad (Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway) was an Indiana institution whose moniker, "The Hoosier Line," suited it well.
The Monon Railroad (MON), formerly known as the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway from 1897 to 1971, was a rail line that operated almost entirely within Indiana. In 1971, the MON merged with the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, which became part of the Seaboard Coast Line in 1982 and CSX Transportation in 1986.
The Monon Railroad’s Indianapolis branch dates to 1865 when the Indianapolis, Delphi, and Chicago Railway, later the Indianapolis and Chicago Air Line, was incorporated. The railway was used by the state’s growing limestone industry, and it served as an invaluable resource for Union soldiers during the Civil War .
Monon Railroad history is tied to Indiana state history. Imagine a meandering Midwestern railway constructed through difficult, sparsely settled territory and soon bankrupt as a result, discovering upon completion that it had been built between the wrong cities.
The Monon Railroad Historical-Technical Society, Inc. was formed in the mid-1970s as a not-for-profit organization exclusively for educational purposes by a group of individuals interested in preserving the memory of the Monon Railroad.
Indiana native and Bloomington resident Scott Shackelford was curious what happened to the state’s once thriving passenger train, known as the Monon Railroad. “I have had the good fortune to live in some wonderful places that are actually pretty well served by public transit,” Shackelford says.
The stuff of dreams, now realized in one of the most modern, up-to-date railroad museums, The Depot transforms the great moments of a past era of Monon history into a reality to be remembered and enjoyed by countless visitors — those who remember they were once kids, and those who have the spark of adventure and intrigue that says they still are.
If you wanted to travel from Delphi to Broad Ripple, or from Gosport to Smithville, you took the Monon. The self-proclaimed "Hoosier Line" celebrated its heritage by naming its flagship passenger...