Editing Monroe County, Indiana (section)

===Railways===
[[File:Monroe County - Victor Pike - abandoned railway - trestle - P1120786.JPG|thumb|A trestle on an abandoned railway line (the former Monon Railway mainline) in Perry Township]]
Although Monroe County has a rich railway history, currently its only railway is the [[Indiana Rail Road]], whose mainline crosses the county from the north-east to the south-west, with branches to a few industrial facilities.<ref>[http://www.inrd.com/images/system_maps/pdf/inrd_map.pdf Indiana Railroad map]</ref><ref>[https://www.in.gov/indot/files/MAIN-RR-11_V1.pdf State of Indiana 2012 railway system map] (The branch to Elletsville, labeled "CSX", is presently abandoned.)</ref><ref>[https://www.in.gov/indot/files/Local%20Trax%20Rail%20Density.pdf Rail Density)]</ref> There is no passenger service.

Between 1854 and 2004, an important north–south line connecting the Ohio River with Lake Michigan crossed Monroe County as well, serving Stinesville, Elletsville, Bloomington, Smithville, and Harrodsburg. It was operated by the [[Monon Railroad]] throughout much of the 20th century, and later by [[CSX]]. The last passenger service operating on this line was [[Amtrak]]'s  ''[[Floridian (train, 1971–1979)|Floridian]]'' Chicago-Miami service, during 1972–1979. With the termination of this service in 1979, Monroe County lost passenger railway service. CSX continued to use this line for freight for another quarter of a century, but in 2004, it stopped using this line. Large parts of it have since been converted to trails.
<ref name=lime>[https://mcpl.info/sites/default/files/Timeline.pdf Limestone Industry TIMELINE]</ref><ref>[https://www.in.gov/ifa/brownfields/files/Bloomington_B-Line_Trail_Success_Story.pdf Site Highlight: B-Line Trail in Bloomington]</ref>