Monon Railroad

E369712
defunct railroad railroad company

Monon Railroad was a regional railroad company in Indiana, historically significant for its passenger and freight services connecting major cities within the state.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Monon Railroad canonical 2
Monon Railroad Historical-Technical Society collections 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
abbreviation CIL ⓘ
colorScheme crimson and gray ⓘ
connectsCity Bedford, Indiana ⓘ
Bloomington, Indiana ⓘ
Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois

Indianapolis ⓘ
surface form: Indianapolis, Indiana

Lafayette, Indiana ⓘ
Louisville, Kentucky ⓘ
Michigan City, Indiana ⓘ
Monon, Indiana ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateDissolved 1971 ⓘ
dateFounded 1847 ⓘ
dateOpened 1854 ⓘ
endPoint Michigan City, Indiana ⓘ
formerName Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway ⓘ
Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway ⓘ
surface form: Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railway

New Albany and Salem Railroad ⓘ
headquartersLocation Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois

Indianapolis ⓘ
surface form: Indianapolis, Indiana

Lafayette, Indiana ⓘ
Monon, Indiana ⓘ
heritagePreservedAs Monon Railroad self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Monon Railroad Historical-Technical Society collections

Monon Railroad Museum exhibits ⓘ
historicalSignificance important regional carrier within Indiana ⓘ
key connector of Indiana cities and universities ⓘ
knownFor college passenger trains in Indiana ⓘ
intrastate passenger service in Indiana ⓘ
limestone freight traffic from southern Indiana ⓘ
serving Indiana’s major universities ⓘ
mergedInto Louisville and Nashville Railroad ⓘ
namedAfter Monon, Indiana ⓘ
nickname Monon Route ⓘ
The Hoosier Line ⓘ
operatingArea Indiana ⓘ
primaryCommodity agricultural products ⓘ
coal ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
manufactured goods ⓘ
railGauge standard gauge ⓘ
railLine Chicago–Indianapolis corridor ⓘ
surface form: Chicago–Indianapolis line

Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway ⓘ
surface form: Chicago–Louisville line

Indianapolis–Michigan City line ⓘ
New Albany and Salem Railroad ⓘ
surface form: Monon–New Albany line
reportingMark CIL ⓘ
servedInstitution Butler University ⓘ
DePauw University ⓘ
Indiana University ⓘ
surface form: Indiana University Bloomington

University of Notre Dame ⓘ
surface form: Notre Dame University (via connections)

Purdue University ⓘ
Wabash College ⓘ
serviceType freight rail service ⓘ
passenger rail service ⓘ
startPoint New Albany, Indiana ⓘ
state Indiana ⓘ
successor CSX Transportation ⓘ
Louisville and Nashville Railroad ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Frederic Adrian Delano → employer → Monon Railroad ⓘ
Monon Railroad → heritagePreservedAs → Monon Railroad self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Monon Railroad Historical-Technical Society collections
Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway → alsoKnownAs → Monon Railroad ⓘ