Word: monon
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Designer Loewy, 52, has come a long way since he landed in New York, at 27. He has streamlined automobiles (the old Hupmobile, the present Studebaker), railroad locomotives, club cars and coaches (for the Pennsylvania and the Monon), ships (the Matson line's Lurline), airplane interiors (Constellations), fountain pens (Eversharp), supermarkets (California's "Lucky" chain), department stores (Houston's new windowless' $12,000,000 Foley Bros...
...rejuvenate the Monon, the trustees last year brought in a new president, John W. Barriger III. Barriger, a stocky, cheerful hustler, had been an assistant yardmaster for the Pennsylvania, railroad analyst for Kuhn, Loeb & Co., adviser to RFC, and operator for about a year of the strikebound Toledo, Peoria & Western (TIME, May 18, 1942). He had some young ideas for Monon, and he put them into effect as he traveled over the Monon in his business car (purchased secondhand from the Southern Pacific in 1887). As a result, when the Monon celebrates its 100th anniversary this week, it will...
When Barriger took over, the Monon had 72 old coal-burning locomotives and 3,000 boxcars. He had 1,300 of the boxcars scrapped immediately and ordered replacements. He also ordered 33 diesel engines. Already the Monon's monthly revenue figures are showing a 50% gain over last year. To get his railroad back into the passenger business, Barriger bought 23 hospital cars from the Government and hired Manhattan Designer Raymond Loewy to turn them into streamlined coaches and diners. Soon diesel-powered passenger trains will begin regular runs on the Monon's two main lines, Chicago-Indianapolis...
Because of cash spent on improvements, the Monon is operating at a loss, but Barriger expects earnings to pay for improvements by 1949 and leave a little over for profit. He is well on toward that goal. In the first quarter this year, the Monon set aside $517,296 for new equipment, showed an operating deficit of $128,475. And by the end of the year, Barriger hopes to retire all his steam locomotives and make the Monon one of the first full diesel roads...
...After Monon, Ind., the railroad's main junction...