Unused/Abandoned Portions of the Former Monon Railroad in Delphi, Indiana
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- čas přidán 27. 12. 2016
- Remnants and times are listed below. In this video, I explore the former Monon Railroad right-of-way through Delphi, Indiana. Most of the line was abandoned by CSX (the last owner) in the late 1980s and removed in the early 1990s. Part of the line was kept and acquired by Norfolk Southern to serve the limestone quarry on the west side of Delphi. Track still remains but hasn't been used since about 2009. This video shows footage from Pittsburg just west of Delphi, to the Deer Creek trestle that is still owned by CSX. Different parts of this video were filmed at different times of the year. This was filmed mostly in 2016 with very few 2015 shots.
Sections of the right-of-way:
0:39 Former bridge site at Pittsburg, Indiana
1:29 Remaining rails and crossings of the right-of-way (owned by Norfolk Southern)
14:15 Rails removed but railroad bed remains
22:40 Railroad bed remains but has been turned into a trail
34:11 Abandoned Deer Creek trestle/High Bridge (owned by CSX)
Remnants left behind:
1:37 Monon Railroad and Beltline Railroad junction (now owned by Norfolk Southern)
8:19 Bridge over a farm access lane
11:09 Loading ramp and water tank foundation
11:45 Rail fragments of the loading dock/elevator spur
13:36 Monon Railroad and Wabash Railroad junction (now owned by Norfolk Southern)
19:19 Viaduct over the former interurban right-of-way
24:06 Bridge over old State Road 25
25:29 Rails from side a spur that connected with the Monon
26:42 Bridge over Milroy Farm access lane
30:56 Part of a section house
32:36 Part of another section house
33:08 Concrete bases from signals
34:11 Trestle over Deer Creek/High Bridge (owned by CSX)
In the photo at 35:26 you are standing exactly where the BG was standing 2 months later when the girls were recording him, parallel to the end of the last platform. And in the next photo, Libby would be standing just in front of you, slightly to the right, when she was filming him. Men, how creepy is that?!
Great footage.
Glad they caught that creep, hope he's convicted.
Wrong guy. @@castercamber
So there is a trail leading directly back to town. Very interesting. Thanks for the hike. Loved it!
Thank you!
Hello, I read a 1997 Pharos Tribune online article which states that there’s an inter-urban tunnel under the Monon High Bridge. Would you happen to know anything about that? Mr. Alan Smith of the Carroll County Historical Museum is adamant that there isn’t one. I love your video, by the way. It has a mysterious yet melancholy vibe. The town looks so desolate - almost like you’re the only person left..😳😄.
Hi. I would guess not. I've never heard anything about a tunnel, though I don't know everything haha. The interurban did pass under the Monon line about a mile west of the Monon High Bridge. The tunnel-like bridge is still there. Thank you, I appreciate it! There are definitely desolate areas around there.
@@gmftrainvideos thank you so much for responding.
FDR walked the tunnel to avoid the crowds
@@buddyrich3875yes, I read that somewhere. How intriguing! I’d love to know more!
Oh Lord...how in the world could anyone cross that dilapidated bridge. Makes me sick just looking at it.
Very good video. Gives a nice perspective of the area. My heart breaks every time I see that bridge. 😟 So sad. It’s so beautiful there.
Hey thank you!
Impressive bridge, like so many in the USA. Did it have guard-rails back when in regular use, or does staff safety not matter?
@@EllieMaes-Grandad Yes it did have protective railing on the platforms. Not sure about the actual bridge though. I don't think so.
Love the video. I have always loved trains and the history of railroads.
This is a great video, and I thank you so much for it. I grew up in western Howard County not too far from here, and I really appreciate the legacy you have preserved. Thanks!
Hey thank you I appreciate it! Thank you for taking the time to look at it.
Cool seeing where the tracks go after they pass the crossings. I bet engineers see so much back there...on active tracks of course.
Nicely done images of a long gone railroad that was once owned by the Monon - and once upon a time the track hosted the Hoosier between Chicago and Indianapolis.
Thank you.
For someone to record while walking a 70 foot trestle they would probably be extremely familiar with that bridge & path.
Or maybe wearing a hand-free device like a GoPro.
@@bettinastebner He will be unable to zoom on the fly if the camera is clipped to his hat or jacket. This is a hand held phone camera
Very interesting video! Thanks for including so many details about this historic line!
Thank you!
I have been by there many times as a teen- great video- thanks!
Thank you!
I. Thoroughly enjoyed this presentation
Thank you!
Crazy how after all this time you cam tell the railbed was there, even if the tracks are gone.
I can see how that could be a dangerous place. Maybe even moreso than the ones we have here with live trains. You're kind of committed once you get out on it.
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BY PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said-“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”
You must be in good shape to walk all this. Great video
Haha decent shape anyway...thank you!
@@gmftrainvideos Do you have another video that shows the continution of this one....going across the Monon High bridge and continuing in a suth/west? direction that the tracks would have headed?
On Valentine's Day. (2017)a guy lured two teenagers them below the tracks. He murdered both of them. The case is still open to this day (the last scene)
Probably BG's channel we r commenting on
@@Shortica I swear a couple parts towards the end there the trees are dead not green looks just like the same day weather as the footage the girls took and you can see someone down the Bridge possibly the girls ???
@@rickycarr3428 Oh my goodness, I rewatched & got cold chills!! Good eye💯
@@rickycarr3428@Beth Campbell (now Lilbit_40) How would that be possible? This video and pictures are from 2015 and 2016 was uploaded in December 2016. Perhaps doing the tiniest of digging before commenting would be wise. That's why so many people are wasting LE resources.
@@shortymcshort1427 So maybe he had a channel before he murdered! Ur point is????????? And how bout u not belittle people trying to help 2 murdered young girls? Maybe ur BG's friend or better yet BG himself? GTFOH
Awesome video, I enjoyed watching
Thank you!
I just ran across ur channel new sub I love the way u show everything
Thanks so much. I appreciate it!!
Very Good Video!
Well thank you!
What a beautiful bridge who ever knew how tragic she would one day b
Excellent
Thanks for your comment.
Put them tracks back!!🙏🏽
terrifying
Well Documented!
Filmed in 2016 and 2015 🤔 Who filmed this?
Thanks, it was me!
Great vids
Thank you!
Hi, I watched much of this video of abandoned RR ROW of the Logansport. & EEL RR with GreAT. SADNESS & STRONG FRUSTRATION & Disillusionment ! I wonder why AGAIN. I See the wonton recklessness, and poor judgment carried out. In the USA by abandoning and complete removal of railroad track . Though in the video MUCH of this track,/rail happily is still present!!but it still broke my heart seeing it abandoned, trackage, 😮 Such activity is not fully done on the part of the railroad, they should though at least make efforts to be aggressive and keeping and expanding your customer base. because the government as well should strive to encourage And keep intact ANY Rail lines in the US, freight and passenger service. I live in an area where Conrail back in 1984 was determined to abandon and lift their tracks leaving the (few) customers They did had without the option of RAIL service. that was bad enough, but the way they did it with subterfuge and making traffic go 200 some miles in the opposite direction by putting the other track direction “ out of service, “ it should’ve gone and other shenanigans that which only infuriated them more! Fortunately, the counties affected put together a developmental agency called SETA-COG {council of government} who was smart enough to save and purchase the tracks that CONRAIL gave up on. A new short line was then to operate and lease the lines effected. In fact, this new short line has continued service. They have made it immensely profitable and making shippers extremely happy, they are a standout in short line railroads!!
If only CONRAIL 😠 18 had given the same effort this new short line has done they would still be operating this trackage. I HATE seeing abandoned rail lines with all hardware removed to be turned into trails from rails or other uses that are non-rail.. I love railroads and hate to see them lifted. I was shocked at all the rail and other hardware were completely intact especially on the.Loganton & Eel?? RR, the ties were in excellent usable condition, rails were doable, and overall they looked like they could once again have operating rail service. At least the rail lines shown in this video were still there and NOT lifted for some stupid trail use. That being. The worst case scenario. At least in this video nearly all rail and ties in the first part were present.. if it doesn’t operate anymore at least they retained the rail and right of way. I grew up with a New York Central railroad line behind our house up until 1966. 😮😢😭SADLY I do not remember it when it operated and or was in service, why I missed such a treasurable opportunity at 6/7 i’ll never know. It wasn’t until 1970. after.PENN CENTRAL did I explore, and trace where the empty ballast right away existed. Ii 18 So Continue operating, Functioning, preserving ANY rail lines in the US! Please do NOT ABANDON OR ESPECIALLY REMOVE ANY RAIL PACKAGE TO PUT IN A UN HISTORIC RAIL TO TRAIL SET UP! it’s only historic IF the railroad hardware is left intact and in place, Make effort to return them to active service again!!
Great video.
Thanks!
The s. Norfolk railroad tracks run through delphi now.
Yeah that's how the Delphi murderer got out of town he jumped a freight train at least that makes sense to me anyhow
@@jamesfay4881 He probably lives right there in Delphi.
@@spaceghost8995 I would think that but they have DNA Of some sort.. whoever did this was familiar with the area. Maybe a seasonal worker.
@@spaceghost8995turns out you were right! (Allegedly)
Good video
Thank you
I need this guy to show me the point of where the old rail and new rails meet
Footage of the Monon high bridge got me nauseous. Too high
Do you know which rail line runs through Delphi now
Norfolk Southern's Lafayette District. It runs between Danville, Illinois and Peru, Indiana. NS also has that tiny branch line into the quarry in Delphi.
Whats the tracks in Pittsburgh? Where do they go into?
In Pittsburg, the was a bridge that crossed the river. The tracks went southeast into Delphi and North to Monticello.
This is your most popular video I expected it to be a chase of a train
Lol nope! I went to Frankfort tonight to try and catch 122, but it never came while I was there.
GMF Train Videos it just passed 30 minutes ago in scircleville 5 engines a little over 1 mile long oops
@@nicholasyoung2104 Dang so it would have been in the dark probably. I had the idea they were coming I just didn't know when. Wow five engines seems good!
It is because of the double homicide that occurred 2 months later.
What specifically were the platforms on the Monon Bridge used for?
I think somewhere for trespassers to run to if they were on there as a train was coming.
I take it they had railings along their edges back in the day? Thanks for the speedy reply, btw! :)
Haha no problem! Yes they all had railings. The platforms on the far end of the bridge still have part of them hanging off the edge.
Thanks!
No problem
👀
From Hammond IN to Munster-Dyer Indiana the former MONON TRACKAGE was purchased by NICTD for the future expansion of South Shore Line passenger service and there's construction on that part of the line. Hopefully passenger service will be up and running by 2025.
Thanks for the information. I'm so glad that is happening.
@@gmftrainvideos Me too! I will have to ride this new line as soon as it's in operation. I sure like abandoned railroad beds being brought back to life.
just past 16 min it sounds like a train is going by lol
Lol it's possible. While working on these videos I heard several horns in the distance and I'm near the tracks here to that's probably what the rumbling is!
how old is this line?
This part of the line was built in the 1890s and removed in the 1990s
Why did CSX not take this line from them but instead remove it? It seems a lot of industries would want them.
CSX did take over this part in 1986, however the line was already sinking during the L&N and the Seaboard System ownership, so it didn't take long for CSX to abandon this section in 1987 and remove it in 1992.
@@gmftrainvideos Unlimited highway building while taxing the railroad. The Passenger Service for example ended when General Motors got the mail it carried put on trucks.
Does anybody know the last year a train actually went over
1987
Why do the most beautiful things disappear. Old houses barns stores ànd railroad tracks.
I know, I don't like it either. Probably a few different reasons things are taken down.
😅
Trespass much?
New rules. Fences only matter if they're around the White House now. At least he's sharing his camera and not some gun. Enjoy a good video, and choose your battle's wisely.
Better question to ask is Does go killing 2 young girls b/c he's a sick weirdo???!! We see u
Why are you upset someone is on the southeast end of the bridge?