MONON BOARD
Monon Property => Right Of Way => Topic started by: Chuck Stewart on December 01, 2016, 07:35:04 am
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News tidbit from Passenger Train Journal issue 2016-4 #269: “The Federal Transit Administration has given the green light to the West Lake Corridor, a southern extension of the South Shore Line to southern Lake County. The initial phase of the project would be a nine-mile line from the Munster and Dyer area to Hammond, primarily USING THE FORMER MONON TRACKAGE AND RIGHT-OF-WAY."
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When we bought our first home in 2014, I had no clue as to the railroad history that existed just a few steps away from our front door, nor did I have any clue that commuter service would be brought to us. I've been documenting the construction since the beginning in a very amateur sort of way.
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South Hammond yard
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South view at 173rd
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Little Calumet river bridge prior to removal
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drone view of the South Hammond area
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original Monon bridge piers, eventually replaced w/ concrete structure
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North view at Conkey Street
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looking south from 165th from trail bridge
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"South Hammond" platform at 173rd and Lyman
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Southbound at 173rd, towards Munster & Dyer
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzypLt (https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzypLt)
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Excellent pictures - thank you for sharing!
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Thanks, David!