“We used to play on the Monon railroad tracks, putting pennies on ... A neighbor, Peter Bult, who was raising chickens inspired Button to raise his own. Bunton now has a rooster and five hens ...

The 300-pound locomotive bell, first awarded as a trophy in 1932, was a gift from the Monon Railroad. Founded in 1847 as the New Albany and Salem Railroad, the Monon provided service from Lake ...

Plans to make the former Monon Railroad a leafy greenway through the center of the north side of Indianapolis were met with skepticism — and fear. Homeowners thought it would invite criminals ...

Indianapolis had purchased the physical rails from CSX, owner and operator of the former Monon Railroad, but not the land underneath. “It was found last-minute on a legal check, before we ...

Phase one of the project will extend three quarters of a mile to State Road 47, following the historic Monon Railroad route into the center of Sheridan. Phase two of the project will extend the ...

That stems from how the land was originally acquired from when it was the Monon Railroad. Part of DPW's statement reads: "During the planning and design for the Monon widening project, it was ...

Like the train that inspired it, a new art installation has arrived in French Lick with a collection centered around The Hoosier Line, better known as the Monon Railroad. The “Art of the Monon ...

CSX recently revealed its latest heritage locomotive—a tribute to the Monon Railroad—fresh out of the Class I railroad’s paint shop in Waycross, Ga. The Monon Railroad, known as the Chicago, ...

In 1932, a locomotive bell from the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railroad Company, also known as the Monon Line, was donated and became the winner's trophy each year. Learn more about the ...

When the Monon Railroad stopped using the track along the Westlake corridor in 1993, ownership of the railroad right of way was given to NICTD, which operates the South Shore rail lines.