the Linden Railroad Museum is owned and operated by the Linden-Madison Township Historical Society. In 1852, the Michigan City, Salem and New Albany Railroad cut through Montgomery County. The old stage road between Crawfordsville and Linden was given to the railroad as an inducement to get it to build through Linden. 1852 also saw the building of the first Linden depot, on a site behind the present day post office. The building was moved to the current location in 1881 when the Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad was built through Linden, crossing the Monon at this location. The John Hay Center in Salem has the Depot Railroad Station Museum, honoring the Monon. It has also been the home of the Monon Railroad Historical/Technical Society since summer 2012. The Kentucky Railway Museum in New Haven, Kentucky, displays Monon's Diesel Engine No. 32, an Electro-Motive Division (EMD) BL2 model, in its original black and gold paint scheme. The French Lick West Baden Museum in French Lick acquired a major Monon Railroad Artifact collection in 2021 that is on display from November 2022 through mid-2023. See also The Boilermaker Special, the official mascot of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. A brass bell and steam whistle were donated to Purdue University by the Monon Railroad in 1940 for installation on the original Boilermaker Special I. The brass bell is still in use on the current Boilermaker Special VII. References 16. Rhymed Americana by William O. Thomson, 1967. Poem "The Monon Route." Further reading Dolzall, Gary W., and Dolzall, Stephen F. Monon: The Hoosier Line, Interurban Press (1987). Hilton, George. Monon Route, Howell-North Books (1978). Longest, David, "The Monon Railroad in Southern Indiana", 2008, Arcadia Publishing External links Monon Railroad Historical-Technical Society List and Family Trees of North American Railroads Tom Kepshire's Bygone Places Along the "Hoosier Line" site Bygone Places Along The Monon Monon Railroad Company collection, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library Predecessors of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Former Class I railroads in the United States Defunct companies based in Chicago Defunct Illinois railroads Defunct Indiana railroads Defunct Kentucky railroads Railroads in the Chicago metropolitan area Transportation in Louisville, Kentucky Transportation in Indianapolis Michigan City, Indiana Railway companies established in 1956 Railway companies disestablished in 1971 Predecessors of CSX Transportation American companies established in 1956