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| name = ''Hoosier''
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| image = Monon Railroad The Hoosier.JPG
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| caption = Postcard depiction the ''Hoosier'' crossing the [[Wabash River]] at [[Delphi, Indiana]]
| type = [[Inter-city rail]]
| status = Discontinued
| locale = [[Midwestern United States]]
| predecessor = ''Chicago Limited''
| first = August 27, 1911
| last = April 9, 1959
| successor = ''[[Hoosier State (train)|Hoosier State]]''
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| start = [[Chicago, Illinois]]
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| end = [[Indianapolis, Indiana]]
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The '''''Hoosier''''' was a [[passenger train]] operated by the [[Monon Railroad|Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway]] (Monon) between [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], and [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]]. It operated from 1911 to 1959. A [[Hoosier]] is a resident of the state of Indiana.

==History==
The train was inaugurated in 1911 as the ''Hoosier Limited'' and was intended as the premier service of the Monon Railroad. New [[Barney and Smith Car Company|Barney and Smith]] cars were acquired for the service. In April 1914 the trains name was shortened to simply the ''Hoosier''. The train's consist featured an elaborate [[dining car]] and [[observation car]].<ref name="sanders" />{{rp|18}} Unique among the Monon's passenger trains, the ''Hoosier'' retained its name through [[World War I]].<ref name="sanders" />{{rp|19}}

Twice-daily service was suspended through [[World War II]], but was restored in 1946. The service was [[streamliner|streamlined]] starting on August 17, 1947, with full conversion completed that November.<ref name="sanders" />{{rp|23}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dolzall |first1=Gary W. |last2=Dolzall |first2=Stephen F. |title=Monon: The Hoosier Line |date=2002 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=9780253340832}}</ref>{{rp|84}} Due to competition from automobile and highway use in the 1950s, passenger numbers began to decline. Dining car service was gradually reduced and then finally eliminated in 1957.<ref name="sanders" />{{rp|26}}

In 1958, the railroad petitioned the Indiana Public Service Commission to discontinue its passenger trains. The ''Hoosier'' made its final run April 9, 1959, with little fanfare.<ref name="sanders" />{{rp|26}} The Monon considered reviving the service in 1964, but this did not come to pass.<ref name="sanders" />{{rp|27}}

[[Amtrak]] began operating their ''[[Hoosier State (train)|Hoosier State]]'' service between Chicago and Indianapolis in 1980, partially on former Monon tracks.<ref name="schafer" />{{rp|153}}

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="schafer">{{Schafer-Classic}}</ref>
<ref name="sanders">{{Sanders-Indiana}}</ref>
}}

== External links ==
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{{Monon named trains}}

[[Category:Named passenger trains of the United States]]
[[Category:Passenger trains of the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway]]
[[Category:Railway services introduced in 1911]]
[[Category:Railway services discontinued in 1959]]

Hoosier (train) - Revision history

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