When you hear the word “Monon” what springs to mind? My guess is “Oh! The Monon Trail! I’ve heard of that.” Well, before the Monon Trail was a thing, it was a railroad that helped build and shape ...

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, ...

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. Homeowners ...

An abandoned railroad corridor used as a fly dump was an unlikely site for a major outdoor attraction. Clearing the discarded tires, busted box springs, rusty appliances and broken glass stacked on ...