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 ...

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 ...

After CSX stopped running trains on the Monon Railroad in 1989, the company donated the old railbed to Indianapolis. The city built a multi-use path now used by more than 1 million people.

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 ...

and ending in Mitchell. Rick Driestadt, former telegraph operator and dispatcher for the Monon railroad, said building a trail along the railroad will help people learn more about its history ...

Nearly half of that comes from the costs involved in acquiring the land. The trail was built on the old Monon Railroad railbed, and Parker says an Indiana Supreme Court ruling meant the city didn’t ...

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, ...

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 ...