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MONON Trains => Passenger Trains => Topic started by: Tim T Swan on August 06, 2014, 06:18:50 pm

Title: New Classic Trains photos
Post by: Tim T Swan on August 06, 2014, 06:18:50 pm

Found two more MONON photos on the Classic Trains website, one of which I've never seen before.  The first one shows express freight being unloaded at an "unidentified small-town station," probably in the late 50's.  Anybody hazard a guess as to which "small town" this is?

The second photo is a Linn Westcott shot of the Fall Creek bridges in Indianapolis which is in one of the MONON books, Hilton's Monon Route I believe.  Apparently Westcott chose to shoot these as a "study in (3 different) bridge types".

Title: Re: New Classic Trains photos
Post by: Steve Dolzall on August 06, 2014, 09:01:24 pm

The passenger train is shown at Monticello.

Steve

Title: Re: New Classic Trains photos
Post by: Heath Matthias on August 07, 2014, 09:03:43 am

the Fall Creek bridge shown was replaced by a steel bridge at some point, probably when it was made a rail trail

Title: Re: New Classic Trains photos
Post by: Robert Gibson on August 07, 2014, 09:41:23 am

The 1974 tornado destroyed the Monticello depot before the L&N could do the same thing.

Title: Re: New Classic Trains photos
Post by: Tom Kepshire on August 07, 2014, 03:51:00 pm

Wednesday, April 3, 1974