Monon 50 Relocated to Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum
By Patrick Webb, Staff Writer Monon 50 in operation at the Indiana Transportation Museum, and how she will appear when restored at the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum. Image ⓒ Don Nickel -North Judson, Indiana. One of Indiana’s earliest diesel locomotives has found a new home. Monon 50, a privately owned diesel switcher, will undergo restoration at the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum, in North Judson, Indiana, according to the HVRM’s news release. Monon 50 was built in 1942, according to the HVRM, as a member of the EMD SW1 class. Monon 50 has 600 horsepower, and was delivered new to the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway, known as the Monon. Monon 50 was the railroad’s first diesel engine. Monon 50 was bought by a private owner, and for decades resided at the Indiana Transportation Museum in Noblesville, Indiana. In 2018, the ITM was evicted and given two weeks to move their collection out of Noblesville by July 12, 2018, according to The Indiana Lawyer. All equipme...