yes louisville the moment on top and chicago railroad center of the nation the mon arms northern terminus chicago brief history does the story of civilization goes but world capital of the crago indianapolis louisville the mon on links together these three great cities post a fine communities in between east west arteries and it's part of the land and serves as a great railway bridge between lake michigan and the ohio river a mon on is proud of its place on the railroad map proud that it has helped the heart of america to grow  up and down all of us on the railroad i hope you did we hope you like this moan on countries much as we do we hope to saw them on on means something to you whether you live in indiana or some far away part of the country we think that the monacan means something to you we think it means better handling of your transportation problem better travel when you come  through indiana faster service for your shipment through this crossroads of america one thing we're sure you will agree with us on this america of ours is the greatest place earth and the one thing above all else that makes it is a fact that so many individuals had a hand in building it up that secret in a nutshell individual that's why everyone of us can be so proud of his own corner of america that's why i'm so proud of the moon and of indiana that's why all those boys down at purdue when they sing book about began to build the railroad that was not a very good way to whole thing once you got away from the river that's what kept the country from developing faster depending on riverboat a few men like james brooks carry their point railroads were built and the people took to them they ship their goods over them they wanted to ride the drink whenever they cook they got up here to orleans not very far you might say but it was hard going there and some other folks at crawfordsville they decided to build a indiana only like michigan point maine probably had with the whole thing was money it didn't grow on bush's in those days around washington cherry tree either by the time the railroad got to love yet it was out of money and that's where hoosier ingenuity took over and that's why this roving charter came in mighty handy they loaned out the charter roll along that's what we've been doing have way that's what we've been doing for a lot of years i don't play much for my part it's when you think of all our american efforts to gether i've gone and talk till it's time for the hoosier to command i gotta go now how about you taking a ride up and down the mall now see for yourself how she's still helping her part of america roll along i can go with you but the boys on the train will take good care of you all up and down the line can see how the railroad has helped to create american prosperity farms producing great quantities of never be fully marketed without modern mass transportation factories which assemble their raw materials from a lot of far flung and send their finished products everywhere towns and cities in which people have grown used to buying things which are brought from all over the world our way of life which is literally a product of railroads at work take these factories which make prefabricated house their lumber comes from as far away as the deep south and the pacific northwest they're steel begins iron ore from the minnesota range or which is converted in some of the world's largest m located in northern indiana accomplish other items have to be shipped in from hundreds of different places in order that one complete house can roll off the assembly line all up and down the railroads of america this miracle is repeated and repeated railroads are not the only transportation you would of course but because of their tremendous capacity their unfailing reliability and their basic economy they are the backbone of american industry and american agriculture railroads like the mon ami help out the territories they serve in other ways to these great steel highways not only link the communities together thus helping to create wealth they distribute much of their income in the communities they se every time a train like this the railroad will spend ten dollars and two cents on the labor and materials to operate the train maintain the tracks pay taxes and other costs each mile represents an investment of nearly one hundred thousand dollars and costs nearly six thousand dollars per year to maintain this length of steel rail cost the railroad over seventy dollars when late each one of these new tires will cost more than four dollars when placed in the track even the lowly spike carries a price tag of nearly five cents the mon on has to haul a ton of freight three miles in order to earn five cents work like this creates big payrolls payrolls which are spent in cities along the line taxes take a large part of it to taxes consume more than half of the revenue which is left after other expenses have been paid every mile of track which the stranger versus pays an average annual tax to the county state and federal governments of two thousand one hundred sixty three dollars taxes paid by the railroads go to maintain the public schools and to provide other essential services in the community in many counties more than half of all the local taxes are paid by the railroads and on a national basis the railroads pay out four times as much in taxes as they do in dividends to their stockholders no other form of transportation makes any such contribution to the area it serves this indiana which the mon on is help the baileys quite a place it's a place that fabled in story and in spring mill the dunes they're all part of the great picture which the good lord painted in indiana and which hoosiers have tried to preserve and throw open for the enjoyment of everybody take a look at the towns and cities in indiana to there looked progressive forward moving full of good sound enterprise and their homey and friendly hoosier town with all that that term implies even the big industrialized places like indianapolis the capital who you're right down to the roots all of its factories its varied business enterprises haven't robbed indianapolis of that friendly atmosphere which prompted a famous who your poet to call the city high heaven soul and only understudy monument circle which is the city's most distinguishing landmarks typifies this survival of the neighborly spirit which is so apparent throughout the hoosier state indianapolis too is the scene of one of the world's great annual sports events the five hundred mile memorial day race each year since one thousand eight hundred nine america's most daring drivers have piloted their mechanical steed around this great proving ground for the automotive industry in these growing contests have tested nearly all of the new developments in automobile engineering for years the monaro has helped to bring in the conflict thousands who descended on indianapolis for this event transported them in an atmosphere of real who's your hospitality on its famous chicago indianapolis train the hoosier the present management of the monacan has been extremely progressive in its efforts to provide its online communities with the finest in transportation service and equipment the mon on was the first class one railroad to become completely these allies centralized servicing facilities with every modern device for maintaining equipment and expediting repairs insure dependable schedule diesel power and all switching operations means move handling of cars minimum breakage or damage to shipment along the railroad vast improvements have been made miles of new track have been laid lines have been shot and straight bridges have been strengthened some have been completely rebuilt signal systems are being continually improve new enter lockers installed to increase speed of pain movement  when it is recalled how many major railroads intersect the monaro and how strategically located the railroad is as a bridge line between its great terminals the picabo indianapolis and louisville go mon on strike or just primarily in indiana and it is known as the hosier line the railroad is intimately connected with the commercial and industrial life of its great terminal cities in kentucky and in illinois louisville the falls city key spot in the early winning of the west hub of a great business area you've been in louisville a derby time no doubt or you are planning to go some time come see louisville see the derby and all the other great and serves as a great railway bridge between lake michigan and the ohio river known on is proud of its place on the railroad map proud that it has helped the heart of america to grow and to prosper proud that it is kept hope you did we hope you like this moan on countries much as we do we hope to saw them moan and mean something to you whether you live in indiana or some far away part of the country think that the monacan means something to you we think it means better handling of your transportation problem better travel when you come endure go through indiana faster service for your shipments is the fact that so many individuals had a hand in building it up that secret in a nutshell individual initiative that's why everyone of us can be so proud of his own corner of america that's why i'm so proud of the monarchy and of indiana that's why all those boys down at purdue when they sing