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Monon Property => Right Of Way => Topic started by: George Lortz on October 17, 2014, 09:55:17 am

Title: Is This A Monon Freight Station?
Post by: George Lortz on October 17, 2014, 09:55:17 am

The su[not allowed]ect of the attached photo being sold on eBay is a "Monon Freight Station".  Doesn't look like it.  Anyone got ant ideas?

George L.

Title: Re: Is This A Monon Freight Station?
Post by: Ron Marquardt on October 17, 2014, 10:07:25 am

George, the end of the building in the center left is the freight house in Louisville.  See the attached photo.  Your picture doesn't show much of the freighthouse, does it?  / Ron

Title: Re: Is This A Monon Freight Station?
Post by: George Lortz on October 17, 2014, 05:44:34 pm

Ron,

That sure looks like the building.  Thanks for identifying it.  There was no caption with the photo.

Was the ramp used for loading trailers?

George L.

Title: Re: Is This A Monon Freight Station?
Post by: Steve Dolzall on October 17, 2014, 07:13:19 pm

That sure would be a great scene to model. Lot's of details in that photo.

Steve

Title: Re: Is This A Monon Freight Station?
Post by: Ken Weller on October 17, 2014, 08:04:52 pm

Here is a close-up picture of the Louisville Freight Station in 1945, showing many men on the steps,   almost all wearing hats.

Title: Re: Is This A Monon Freight Station?
Post by: Ken Weller on October 17, 2014, 08:09:36 pm

And this picture may be of the same building, but a picture of much more recent vintage.

Title: Re: Is This A Monon Freight Station?
Post by: Steve Ford on February 24, 2015, 01:29:12 pm

As near as I can tell, I believe that's the last remaining Monon structure in New Albany, or Louisville.  This structure is actually very close to the old Pennsy / current Louisville & Indiana RR lift bridge.  Is that a holdover from when the Monon crossed into Louisville from Jeffersonville?  Did they have a freight house at Youngtown Yard also?

Here are some links that might shed some light on the location.
Google Maps:
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.2605101,-85.7727033,216m/data=!3m1!1e3 (https://www.google.com/maps/@38.2605101,-85.7727033,216m/data=!3m1!1e3)
Historic Aerials
http://www.historicaerials.com/ (http://www.historicaerials.com/)
This is just the general url, but if you search for Louisville, KY, they have some images from 1949 that show an additional structure along one side.

Finally, Bygone Places Along the Monon
http://www.monon.monon.org/bygone/louisville.html (http://www.monon.monon.org/bygone/louisville.html)
Has several pictures of the Louisville Freight House.  They also indicate there was a freight house at Youngtown Yard, but I believe that is just the same Louisville freight house but the picture is taken from the back side of the structures.

Steve