Time Table, No. 12, to take effect Monday, April 7, 1856

New Albany and Salem Railroad

Published by The Railroad, New Albany, IN, 1856

About this Item

8 X 11 in. printed both sides. "Instructions to Conductors and Engineers For Running Trains" on one side; "Time Table, No. 12" on the other side. The origin of Monon Railroad dates back to 1847 when James Brooks and six others organized the New Albany and Salem Railroad in Providence, (now Borden) Indiana. By 1854, the track, stretching from the Ohio River to the Great Lakes, was opened for traffic. However, in 1858, financial difficulties resulting partially from the Panic of 1857 forced the railroad into receivership. By 1859, the N.A.& S. was renamed the Louisville, New Albany, and Chicago Railroad under the trusteeship of D.D. Williamson. The L.N.A.& C. prospered during the early 1860s by carrying Union supplies to the Mason Dixon Line. (As an interesting note, in 1865, Lincoln's funeral train rolled over the northern part of the L.N.A.& C. track on its way to Illinois). After the War, however, traffic plummeted and by 1869 the railroad was sold to a New York group headed by John J. Astor. During the 1880s, after ten years of stagnancy, the L.N.A.& C. rapidly expanded. It was renamed "Monon" after a creek near Bradford (Monon), Indiana, the site at which the L.N.A.& C. and its newly acquired Chicago Air Line crossed. The Panic of 1893, however, once again brought foreclosure and in 1897 the railroad was passed to the Chicago, Indianapolis, and Louisville Railway Company (C.I.& L.). Small closed tear to side and bottom not affecting text. [Loc.: E 385.065].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Time Table, No. 12, to take effect Monday, April 7, 1856
• Publisher: The Railroad, New Albany, IN
• Publication Date: 1856
• Condition: Very Good