Description
Book SynopsisFor several generations Indiana shippers and travellers enjoyed an excellent network of railroad services, in large part thanks to the Monon Railroad. This title celebrates the history of this railroad, from its inception in 1847 as the New Albany & Salem Rail Road and then the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago to its merger in 1970 with the L&N.
Table of ContentsTable of Contents
Preface
1/Memories of the Monon: A Personal Accounting of the Hoosier Line
2/Indiana's Own Railroad: Origins of the Hoosier Line, 1847-1909
3/From Glory to Bankruptcy to Rebirth: The Hoosier Line, 1910-1946
4/The Barriger Years: Seven Years of Change, 1946-1952
5/Tranquil Times, Troubled Times: The Hoosier Line, 1953-1959
6/The New Monon, the Last Monon: The Hoosier Line, 1960-1971
7/They Called It Shops: The Heart of the Hoosier Line: Lafayette Shops
8/Red-and-Gray through the Hoosier State: A Recollection of Monon
Passenger Trains, 1946-1967
9/Tonnage on the Hoosier Line: A Pictorial of Monon Freight Operations
after World War II
10/Epilogue: The Hoosier Line after July 31, 1971
Acknowledgments
Afterword by Frank Van Bree
Rosters
Index
Color Insert The Monon in Color (follows page ___)
