Class 900: Indianapolis

Exploring the route of the Big Four Railroad's Chicago Division on its line north of downtown Indianapolis.

Follow along with three Indianapolis teenagers as they embark upon a 522-mile bicycle tour through southern Indiana in 1911.

Exploring the 100+ year history of the Capitol Avenue bridge over Fall Creek in Indianapolis.

Examining the history of one of the strangest, and most notorious, intersections in Indianapolis.

Tracking the remains of the Indianapolis Northern interurban line in Indianapolis, Broad Ripple and points to the north.

Exploring the history of the original Bellefontaine Railroad depot on Massachusetts Avenue.

Exploring the history of a former streetcar maintenance and storage barn on the near northside of Indianapolis.

Exploring the history of the Virginia Avenue viaduct, and its role in connecting two sides of the city, and its eventual decline.

Exploring the history behind an Indianapolis based plan to launch a bike relay during the 1896 Presidental election.

Exploring the history of watercraft and water transportation on the White River in Indianapolis.

Exploring the history of the Brookside Park Bicycling Track in Indianapolis, Indiana.

This post looks at the history of the Fall Creek Aqueduct, which in some form, has been carrying the Central Canal over the creek since 1838

Exploring the history behind several old Indianapolis bridge photos won from an eBay auction.

Exploring one of the most deadly interurban crashes in Indiana history which occurred on the east side of Indianapolis along Emerson Ave.

Exploring the history of boating on the Central Canal in Indianapolis, and the sinking of the paddleboat Indiana on that waterway.

Celebrating 3 years of the Class 900 Indy, this is an expanded version of the blog's first post looking at the proposed White River Lake.

Exploring the history of the National Road Bridge over the White River through the sketches of Christian Schrader and other sources.

Exploring the 1923 and 1926 endurance automobile drives in Indianapolis by Daredevil Lockwood.

Exploring the history of public transit in the Butler Tarkington neighborhood of Indianapolis.

Why and when the city of Indianapolis changed the name of Bismarck Avenue to Pershing Avenue.