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Monon Property => Buildings and Bridges => Topic started by: George Lortz on March 10, 2014, 12:09:22 pm
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I spend a lot of time looking through L&N photos on the Internet trying to find photos of Monon depots after the merger. Rarely do I find a photo of a former-Monon depot labeled as an L&N depot. This brings up a couple of questions.
After the merger, did the L&N immediately close or stop using the Monon depots? I imagine the depots in Louisville, Indianapolis and Chicago and maybe Lafayette and Bloomington were continued to be used, but what about all the smaller depots?
George L.
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George,
The Louisville Times, 12/11/1972, listed 7 small depots that the L&N were to close. These were: Pekin, Salem, Orleans, Paoli, Mitchell, Ellettsville, and Clear Creek. W. T. Dudley said that the L&N was going toward a "mobile agency" concept and Bloomington was to be the "base" agency. This article mentioned only plans and not the exact date of closure or dismantling. It is a dim, hard to read article, but I will try to scan it and send to you.
David Longest
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Attached is the article.
DL
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Check out this note in the Lafayette Journal & Courier today. http://on.jconline.com/1mSzFNV