Monon in news

www.mononconnection.net     may help you.  John

Ugh, wish I would have seen this while my daughter attended IU in Bloomington. Maybe I can work it in on a trip back from MSU (to Chicago area).

Been there a couple of times.  Well worth the visit.  I actually found it by accident. We were returning from a job in Rensselaer, Indiana, and decided to take a different route for a change of scenery.  As we were heading down the highway I noticed what I thought was the boom from a wrecking crane sitting perpendicular to the road.  As we got closer I realized I wasn't dreaming. We pulled into the parking lot and went into the restaurant for a meal.  The owner gave us a private tour of the museum and grounds.  I need to get back there sometime soon.

Tom

Flagler car 90 is in its own shed connected to the museum and is well worth the guided tour. A search in this forum for 'Flagler 90' will get you a thread featuring #90.  John

Did a quick check - the murders were in Delphi, Indiana - not too far from Lafayette/West Lafayette (Purdue University).

The Monon was known for an "X" patterned  right-of-way that crossed in Monon, Ind.  I had problems trying to overlay that pattern on Delphi and the museum location, Chicago and Louisville terminals. Never having toured the museum, or much of the area, l wondered why it was there, but with a rail crane displayed, l am guessing the museum is near former Monon tracks? 

The museum in Linden is small.  A caboose, some signals, a few artifacts, a couple of layouts in a nearby house, and a reproduction 1837 steam engine.  Worth a stop if you're nearby.   www.lindendepotmuseum.org

Back doing Wheaton show trips in the 1990's, l passed as close as the Interstate frequently., oblivious, although l remember once blundering on a abandoned NKP/?rr crossing. Don't remember a station being there., as at Linden.  There is a lot on the Monon on the net, so l searched steam, and found a photo of #222, one of two 4-8-0's they operated, apparently as switchers, with three 2-10-2's as their biggest steamers. Photos were possible copyright so ....

@colorado hirailer posted:

The Monon was known for an "X" patterned  right-of-way that crossed in Monon, Ind.  I had problems trying to overlay that pattern on Delphi and the museum location, Chicago and Louisville terminals. Never having toured the museum, or much of the area, l wondered why it was there, but with a rail crane displayed, l am guessing the museum is near former Monon tracks?

The former Monon tracks are right across the road from the museum.  The crane is not of Monon heritage.  If I recall, it was brought in by truck, (well, several trucks) and set up in its current location.  There is quite a bit of additional rolling stock displayed outdoors at the museum.

Tom

The Hoosier Valley museum in North Judson has the original Monon DS50 SW1 undergoing restoration along with an original Monon transfer caboose.  An excellent museum that has grown in leaps and bounds in recent years.   While in North Judson, check out Baileys Discount Center.  4 acres of closeouts and discounts under one roof.  My wife and I go up there from Kokomo a couple times a year.  Sometimes we come home with barely room in the Jeep for us to sit, other times not so much.  Its all closeouts on food and about anything else, so its pot luck on what you might find.  The Monon Connection museum is also now the home of the Flagler passenger car that was at ITM for decades.  AD

I rebuilt a number of American Flyer 3/16ths O gauge locomotives to running condition that had been donated to the museu.  I was introduced to zinc pest (Dorfan's Disease) on large scale with those models - fortunately, the crumbling shells had mechanisms that were valuable as parts donors. Hopefully those models are still on display.