Frankfort's Railroads | Farley's Frankfort Fun Facts

001welcome back to Farley's fun facts today I'm going to share with you facts about the backbone of Frankfurt the railroad Frankfurt was home to three different railroad companies the Pennsylvania the monan and the Nickel Plate the first railroad the Pennsylvania is a railway that ran from Frankfurt to Louisville it then branched off to cities like St Louis and New York this Railway was abandoned in 1974 the second was the monan this Railway was considered the Hooser line however it did go to Chicago the word monan has been defined in two different ways it has been declared by some to be a Padawan Indian name meaning to carry there is also a tradition that suggests it means swiftly moving the monan was removed in 1987 the third Railway is a nickel plate Nickel Plate had routes that ran from Frankfurt to porori Illinois Toledo and Lima Ohio the Nickel Plate had over 4,000 Mi of track across six different states in its prime the Nickel Plate had 500 locomotives 100 Passenger cars and over 28,000 Freight cars this route sunsetted between 1984 and 1988 during the time of these Railways almost all points of the United States and Canada were connected by rail which ran through Frankfurt today millions of dollars are made between between the North folk southern and CSX railroads which take products from Fredo L and ADM to places like Lafia in Indianapolis for example CSX takes approximately 30 Freight cars of soybeans to Indianapolis every other day that's it for Farley's fun facts have a great day hot dog