


Sources:
THL's 1984 VOL 4-2, 1985 VOL 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 1987 VOL 7-1,
1995 VOL 14-2, 14-3.
Monon Route (George W. Hilton) 1980
MONON THE HOOSIER LINE (Gary W. Dolzall and Stephen F. Dolzall) 1987
Correspondence Ken Wilken and Mont Switzer (2001)
The Wood Caboose listings is not a complete list. All #'s did
not have a Caboose. |
Previous Car # |
Car # |
Type |
C-233 - C-328 |
81101 - 81107 81301
- 81314 81401 - 81412 |
Bay / Cupola / Transfer |
The first extended vision caboose was purchased from Thrall in 1951, and was numberd 81515. |
Previous Car# |
Car # |
L&N Car #'s |
CRR Car # |
Notes |
C-350 |
81515 |
915 / 6915 / 51? |
1064 |
Thrall Rivet Caboose |
In 1952 the International Company steel cabooses were purchased. |
Notice the variations in paint schemes. There are differences even on the same car in these pictures. |
These cars were numbered C-360-C-368 and re-numbered 81501-81509.
All have a center cupola. |
Previous Car # |
Car # |
L&N Car #'s |
SBD Car # |
Notes |
C-360 |
81501 |
906 / 6906 / 153 |
12153 |
Herald on top |
|
81501 |
|
|
Herald on bottom |
C-361 |
81502 |
907 / 6907 / 154 |
|
|
C-362 |
81503 |
908 / 6908 / 155 |
12155 |
|
|
81503 |
|
|
Silver trucks |
C-363 |
81504 |
909 / 6909 / 156 |
|
|
C-364 |
81505 |
910 / 6910 / 157 |
12157 |
|
C-365 |
81506 |
911 / 6911 / 158 |
12158 |
C-365 in delivered paint |
C-366 |
81507 |
912 / 6912 / 159 |
12159 |
|
C-367 |
81508 |
913 / 6913 / 46 |
12046 |
|
C-368 |
81509 |
914 / 6914 / 47 |
|
|
In 1956, the Monon built their own extended vision cabooses in Lafayette, Indiana. |
They were numbered 81525-81532. |
Car # |
L&N Car #'s |
SBD Car #'s |
Type |
Notes |
81551 |
924 / 6924 / 58 |
12058 |
2 Steps |
Built at Lafayette Shops 1956 |
81552 |
925 / 6925 / 59 |
12059 |
3 Steps |
Built at Lafayette Shops 1956 |
81553 |
926 / 6926 / 60 |
12060 |
3 Steps |
Built at Lafayette Shops 1956 |
Rider Cars also known as Head End Cabooses, was the name the Monon
applied to |
several cars used to haul less than carload freight and crew members on local freights. |
Eight cars were constructed by the Lafayette Shops, but other cars were also used. |
Here is a roster of road numbers and types: |
Previous Car # |
Car # |
L&N Car #'s |
Built / Using |
Notes |
|
C-206 |
|
2-18-1937 / Box 2843 |
Retired 12-8-1945 |
|
C-207 |
|
2-19-1937 / Box 2122 |
Retired 09-29-1945 |
|
C-208 |
|
03-01-1937 / Box 2118 |
Retired 01-25-1945 |
|
C-209 |
|
03-05-1937 / Box 2224 |
Retired 01-25-1945 |
C-211 |
|
900 / 6900 / 52 |
04-27-1946 / Gon 32023 |
|
C-212 |
|
901 / 6901 /
53 |
08-01-1945 / Gon
32114 |
|
C-213 |
|
|
12-28-1946 / Gon
31958 |
|
|
|
902 / 6902
/ 54 |
09-14-1947 / Gon
3105 |
|
C-218 |
2207 |
|
09-14-1947 /
Army Kitchen 8745 |
|
C-219 |
2208 |
|
09-13-1949 / Army Kitchen 8760 |
|
C-220 |
2209 |
|
12-28-1953 / 201 / Army Kitchen 8762 |
|
|
2210 |
|
3/24/1953 /
202 / Army Kitchen 8747 |
|
|
|
903 / 6903 /
55 |
1956 / Stone
Gon |
|
|
81223 |
|
1956 / Stone
Gon |
|
|
|
904 / 6904 /
56 |
1956 / Stone
Gon |
|
|
|
|
1956 / Stone
Gon |
|

Below is a listing of several Monon cabooses still in
existence today, as reported by railroad fans on the Internet. Many thanks
in particular
to Roger
Kirkpatrick for a lot of this
information.
City |
State |
Monon Number |
Location |
Calera
|
AL
|
Monon
81502
|
Ex-Monon 81502 Heart of Dixie Railroad. |
Stevenson |
AL |
Monon
81530 |
Displayed at the Stevenson Train Depot |
Duluth
|
GA
|
Monon 81515
|
CRR 1064, Southeastern Railway
Museum, Atlanta Chapter, NRHS
|
Atlanta |
IN |
Monon 81528 |
Nickel Plate Express. Monon Society.
Indiana Transportation Museum, Logansport, IN.
|
French Lick |
IN |
Monon 81532 |
French Lick, West Baden & Southern RR, built 1956. Monon
Society. |
Merrillville |
IN |
Monon C-234 |
Michigan City, Indiana. Under restoration. |
Monon |
IN |
Monon
C-283 |
On display at the Monon Connection Museum, Monon, IN. |
Monon |
IN |
Monon C-302 |
On display at the Monon Connection Museum, Monon, IN. |
Monon |
IN |
EJ&E 179 Not Monon |
City Park, north of town, east of US 421 (Monon lettered/painted) |
North Judson |
IN |
Monon 81551 |
Transfer caboose, at the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum. |
Salem |
IN |
Monon 81402 |
Washington County Historical Society,
and is displayed at The Depot Museum, Salem, IN |
Brandenburg |
KY |
Monon 81506 |
Olin Park, Olin Corporation. |
New Haven |
KY |
Monon 81525 |
As L&N 6916, Kentucky Railway Museum |
Versailles |
KY |
Monon 81526 |
Ex-CRR, ex-L&N, Bluegrass RR. Museum, L&N Historical
Society. |
Nashville |
TN |
Monon 81507 |
Ex-SBD, ex-L&N, Tennessee Central Railway Museum. |
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