service over the former Monon Railroad's tracks in Indiana. With the termination of this service in 1979, Bloomington, Indiana, and the rest of southern Indiana lose passenger railway service. 1999: Portions of the line around Indianapolis are converted to a bicycle and pedestrian trail known as the Monon Trail. 2004: CSX stops using the former Monon Railroad's tracks through Bloomington, Indiana. Over the next decade, Bloomington sections of the tracks are converted to the B-Line Trail (within the city proper) and the Rail-Trail (south of the city). After 2009, the tracks between Munster and Hammond, Indiana, are removed and the line converted into another section of the Monon Trail. Colleges served The Monon served seven colleges and universities along its line: Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana St. Joseph's College in Rensselaer, Indiana West Baden Northwood Institute/College in West Baden Springs, Indiana. The university traffic was important enough to the Monon that the railroad used the schools' colors on its rolling stock. The red and white of Wabash College (and similar to the colors of Indiana University) was used on the railroad's passenger equipment, and the black and gold used by both DePauw University and Purdue University adorned the railroad's diesel freight locomotives and later replaced the red and white on passenger equipment as well. Genealogy Monon Railroad Chicago and South Atlantic Railroad 1879 Chicago, Indianapolis, and Louisville Railroad 1956 Chicago and Wabash Valley Railroad 1914 Indianapolis and Louisville Railroad 1916 Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railroad 1898 Bedford and Bloomfield Railroad 1886 Chicago and Indianapolis Air Line Railway 1883 Indianapolis, Delphi and Chicago Railroad 1881 New Albany and Salem Railroad 1873 Crawfordsville and Wabash Railroad 1852 Orleans, Paoli and Jasper Railway 1886 Monon route The railroad got the name Monon from the convergence of its main routes in Monon, Indiana. From Monon, the mainlines reached out to Chicago, Louisville, Indianapolis, and Michigan City, Indiana. In Chicago the Monon's passenger trains served Dearborn Station. Branches connected the Louisville mainline to Victoria and French Lick in Indiana. The Monon's main line ran down the middle of streets in several cities, notably Lafayette, New Albany, and Bedford. It also installed an unusual "home grown" warning signal at many grade crossings; these used a green signal light (similar to and adapted from a