MONON Speed limit signs

[Rick Berg]

Is it correct or should there be a line between the two speeds and which speed is passenger and freight speeds?

[Rick Dreistadt]

A line between wouldn't be necessary.  Where 2 speeds are given, the top one is always for passenger trains.  If only 1 speed was given it would apply to both passenger and freight.
Rick

[Rick Berg]

The next question of course, is this style sign a MONON or L&N sign?

[Mark Baker]

Rick,
I think it should be yellow with black numbers.

[Rick Dreistadt]

I did get around to looking up the L&N sign today.  It is orange with black lettering, and it does have a line across the middle.  The Monon rulebook does not show an illustration and unfortunately, I can't remember back that far.  The Seaboard System rule book(dated 4/29/84 slows a yellow sign with black lettering, it doesn't show an example for two speeds and thus no line.
Rick

[Craig Myers]

I think the Monon speed limit signs were small rectangles.  I can't find a picture of one but I did find this picture of a southbound coming into Monon with a resume speed (RS) sign.  I found this picture on the By Gone site and there was no photographer mentioned there.  I would imagine the other side of the post has a sign the same size with 15 on it.  I seem to remember a picture on one of the Monon CD's of a train at Midland where you could see a speed limit sign.  I beleive it was one of the Fontaine CD's.

[Sharon Eberhard]

I think this is one of the many photos that I took when I was 15 and was running around Monon on a bicycle shooting every train I saw.

Sharon

[Heath Matthias]

my hard drive on my train sim machine crapped out, I'll have to get a new one before Rick releases his next Monon route, as it looks like it will be great!

[Craig Myers]

I got this from the accident report from the wreck at Monon.  It gives the mesurments of the speed limit sign: 

"A speed-limit sign, governing south-bound movements, is located west of the auxiliary track adjacent to the main track on the west. This sign is 30 feet west of the center-line of the main track and 1,103 feet north of the junction switch. It is 15 inches in height and 36 inches in length, is mounted on a mast and is 5 feet 6 inches above the level of the tops of the rails. It bears the numerals "15-15" in black on a yellow background."

Also if you have the Marquardt CD check out picture DSL000515003.  If you look just to the left of the two tall poles on the right side of the picture you can see a speed limit sign.

[Rick Berg]

Well

That made me watch the Monon movies and yes is the answer.....

The 1948 milepost is a white background and black letters and the speed posts are yellow with a line splitting them if showing two speeds.

I would assume the white signs we see in later picks are L&N replacements which explains the mixture of white or yellow speed signs we see in pictures from time to time…

Rick B