page_title: Monon Railroad
section_title: Colleges served
hierarchical_section_title: Monon Railroad / Colleges served
caption_attribution_description: English: Restored Monon Caboose in town park in Monon, Indiana
context_page_description: The Monon Railroad, also known as the Chicago, Indianapolis, and Louisville Railway from 1897 to 1956, was an American railroad that operated almost entirely within the state of Indiana. The Monon was merged into the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in 1971, and much of the former Monon right of way is owned today by CSX Transportation. In 1970, it operated 540 miles of road on 792 miles of track; that year it reported 1320 million ton-miles of revenue freight and zero passenger-miles.
context_section_description: The Monon served six colleges and universities along its line:
  Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana
  Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana
  DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana
  Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana
  Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana
  St. Joseph's College in Rensselaer, Indiana
  The university traffic was important enough to the Monon that the railroad used the schools' colors on its rolling stock. The red and white of Wabash College (and similar to the colors of Indiana University) was used on the railroad's passenger equipment, and the black and gold used by both DePauw University and Purdue University adorned the railroad's diesel freight locomotives and later replaced the red and white on passenger equipment as well.
caption: Restored Reading Railroad caboose painted as a Monon, in Monon, Indiana
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