Is This A Monon Freight Station?

[George Lortz]

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.

[Ron Marquardt]

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

[George Lortz]

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.

[Steve Dolzall]

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

Steve

[Ken Weller]

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

[Ken Weller]

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

[Steve Ford]

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
Historic Aerials
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
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