#453 • Monon Route

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This book is a full-dress history of the Monon Railroad, including 463 photographs, maps, drawings, illustrations, a locomotive roster, footnotes, bibliography, and index. The Monon was Indiana's home railroad, the shortest line between Indianapolis and Chicago, and a connection to Chicago for the state's fine universities. Hilton was born in Monon, and spent numerous hours of his adolescence watching trains depart. The book includes a focus on the coal fields of the Monon and the impact of coal on the railroad. Hilton has also written other railroad-related literature, including 'The Maumee & Piqua, A History of the Indiana, Lake, & Southeastern Railroad' and 'The Great Lakes Car Ferries; The Night Boat'. George Woodman Hilton