I model mostly Santa Fe engines and stock but now own a Monon BL-2. Just wondering if these two railroads ever intermingled in any way. I'm a stickler for realism.
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The Monon Railroad (reporting mark MON), also known as the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway (reporting markCIL) from 1897–1956, operated almost entirely within the state of Indiana. The Monon was merged into the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in 1971, and much of the former Monon right of way is operated today by CSX Transportation.[1]
Back in the 1980's, Santa Fe owned the TPW, which crossed the Monon right around Reynolds, IN. Santa Fe built a large intermodal ramp near there named Hoosier Lift. The traffic through Hoosier Lift never reached the levels ATSF believed would materialize which may have been one of the reasons they unloaded the TPW.
Although this was well after the Monon had disappeared into the L&N and later CSXT, there was, for a while at least, a point where the former Monon and Santa Fe crossed each other.
Curt
Was that Hoosier Lift located right next to I-65 beween Lafayette and Chicago....
not far west of the town of Monon that the railroad was nicknamed after? Seems I
remember seeing it, and it for some time seems to have faded away. While I am not a diesel fan, I remember seeing and thought interesting Monon BL-2's when I saw them
switching a concrete plant that I remember as being in Sellersburg?, Ind., this soon
after I got out of school.
Colorado hi Rail:
Yes, Hoosier Lift was visible off the east side of I-65 near Remington, IN and just a bit west of the town of Monon.
Curt
Originally Posted by Miguelito:
I model mostly Santa Fe engines and stock but now own a Monon BL-2. Just wondering if these two railroads ever intermingled in any way. I'm a stickler for realism.
Yes, they both used Dearborn St. Station in Chicago.
