#peerlessin

[railwayhistorical]

Peerless

Here’s a southbound freight at Peerless, Indiana—we’re on the Louisville & Nashville’s former Monon line. I’ve got a little camera-shake here with use of the long lens, but these images show the “S” curve well. The bridge takes the line over Salt Creek. It looks like the roadbed has been firmed up with bits of native limestone, probably scraps from local mills.

Two images by Richard Koenig; taken March 14th 1976.

[railwayhistorical]

Peerless

Here we see a northbound Amtrak Floridian on the former Monon in southern Indiana. The Louisville & Nashville has been the owner of the line since 1971, but the distinctive semaphore signals of the Monon are still intact; one of these would be preserved upon retirement, I’m happy to report.

The Floridian was run with two SDP40Fs running elephant style as the train was split into two parts down in Florida for different destinations. This cars are all legacy equipment at this time as well, necessitating the steam generators on the big EMD units.

One image by Richard Koenig; taken December 14th 1976.