RAILROAD OPERATING INFORMATION

CSX TRANSPORTATION

Monticello Branch

FORMERLY Chicago Indianapolis & Louisville Railroad (Monon Railroad)
(Monon/Indianapolis Branch/Second Sub-Division)
CONSTRUCTED 1882 by Chicago & Indianapolis Air line Railroad
ABS installed 1911
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: Hoosier and Tippecanoe/1959
ABANDONED 1984 (Frankfort-Indianapolis)
ABANDONED 1992 (Delphi-Frankfort)
ABANDONED 1993 (Monticello-Delphi)
REMAINDER DOWNGRADED

Radio Frequency - 161.370 (AAR Channel 84)
Dispatcher - 160.290 (AAR Channel 12)

Stations/Milepost Locations

Direction is southward from Monon to Indianapolis
Distance is from Chicago

ITALICS INDICATE ABANDONED SEGMENTS

88.4 Monon
93.8 Guernsey
98.0 End Of Track
98.6 Monticello (PRR crossing)
104.4 Yeoman
107.9 Pittsburg
110.4 North Delphi
111.0 Delphi (Wabash crossing)
115.8 Harley
120.1 Ockley
125.6 Rossville
129.7 Cambria
136.0 Frankfort (NKP/PRR crossing)
142.2 Cyclone
146.9 Kirklin
151.5 Terhune
155.4 Sheridan
159.9 Horton
163.4 Westfield (CI crossing)
167.8 Carmel
172.4 Nora
175.3 Broad Ripple
178.1 Fair Grounds
178.5 Boulevard (38th Street)
180.4 Belt Junction
181.7 Massachusetts Avenue
183.5 Indianapolis

1 track, unsignaled, controlled by CSX "RA" Dispatcher in Calumet City.


CLASSIC TRACK DIAGRAMS

Track diagram as the line existed in the 1960's, when this was a signaled main line.


LOST STATIONS

Known discontinued passenger railroad stations. Includes zoomable Google maps.

INTERLOCKING TOWERS

Past and present towers and interlockings.