Left: 173rd Street crossing 1920. Right: 173rd Street 2004.
Left: 165th Street crossing 1920. Right: 165th Street 2004.
Hammond Page Five
The pictures on the left of this page were obtained from the Hammond Public Library. They are grade crossings at various locations along the Monon in Hammond. These were taken sometime during the 1920's, however, exact dates were not available. We will start south at 173rd Street and work our way north. The images on the right are the same location, circa 2004. These images are courtesy of Kevin Heggi.
Special thanks go out to the Hammond Public Library, Kevin Ruble and Kevin Heggi for taking an afternoon and scanning all these images, or wandering out and taking current images.
Left: 173rd Street crossing 1920. Right: 173rd Street 2004.
Left: 165th Street crossing 1920. Right: 165th Street 2004.
Left: Lewis Street crossing 1920. Right: Lewis Street 2004.
Left: Kenwood Street crossing, 1920. Right: Kenwood Street 2004.
Left: Conkey Street crossing, 1920. Right: Conkey Street 2004.
Left: Detroit Street crossing, 1920. Right: Detroit Street 2004.
Left: Highland Street crossing, 1920. Right: Highland Street 2004.
Waltham Street crossing, 1920. Right: Waltham Street 2004.
Left: Douglas Street crossing, 1920. Right: Douglas Street 2004.
Leftt: Fayette Street crossing, 1920. Fayette Street 2004.
Left: Russell Street crossing, 1920. Right: Russell Street 2004.
Some new pictures from Hammond from days gone by.
Northbound
making a station stop in downtown Hammond, circa 1936.
The
Monon mainline (Left to right in foreground in front of the tower) where
it crossed the C&O and other lines in Hammond. This picture dates from
the 1920's. -Courtesy of Bob Clark-
Looking up at the southbound Train #11, Hammond, Indiana. April 9, 1959. This was the last scheduled passenger run of Train 11. The Monon would continue to run mail between Chicago and Indianapolis through 1960.
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