X was doing 90mph on Walnut! (40mph zone IIRC + a populated area) vs 150mph on the highway. Idk what’s worse, take your pick.
Virginia Opening a $80,000,000 Football Operations Center
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The players need more lamborghinis! If only those damn pedestrians would stay out of the way.
I’d say Michigan - the year when the wind changed for the 4th quarter.
It doesn’t affect the game often. But it sure affects me.
Mostly, a dome would send a message that IU is serious about changing things and leaving history behind and out-recruiting/out-playing the big boys in the new college football world.
Aha, the wind, as it changed directions in 1987 at Indiana, & the Michigan QB, in the 4th quarter, had to throw against a whirling wind & Joe Huff
As the wind changed direction the temple band took 5 and the crowd got a whiff of that crazy casbah jive.Aha, the wind, as it changed directions in 1987 at Indiana, & the Michigan QB, in the 4th quarter, had to throw against a whirling wind & Joe Huff
YOU get a Lambo and YOU get a Lambo, and YOU get a Lambo, and.........
I say the odds of IU having the largest NIL in college are slim and none. NO WAY, we could come close to OSU, Alabama, Texas, etc., etc..
I believe it was Indiana Railroad that offered this one year in the early 1990s. Fans boarded the train south of downtown Indy near the intersection of Senate Ave/Wisconsin Street and got off near Woodlawn Ave (I believe). It was a convenient and fun experience.
We are close to those schools in NIL with over $13m but I doubt football has the most money and most of it is directed to bball: mens and maybe womens.
That sounds like fun. If they sold booze I'd be all in. Especially the return trip after a win.
Some entrepreneurs are missing out big time by not running party trains to various events in the state.
Indiana was a major player in public transportation with the Interurban. It's too bad we can't have something like that now.
I took the fan train from Indy to Bloomington many years ago, the
problem was the train had to go from Indy to Terre Haute then
down to Bloomington on the Monon tracks because the
more direct route through Nashville was not certified
for passenger traffic, I believe the Nashville route
is now passenger certified.
It was a fun train trip, and they had a baggage car
full of barrels of iced down beer, good time.
They strapped your ass to a pine rail and sent you up the Monon line. "Leave the ball George".
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I didn't realize there's a train from Indy to Nashville. Isn't there one that goes straight south through Morgantown and Bean Blossom?
I may be wrong about the Nashville part, I thought the
one from Morgantown went to Nashville??
Believe it stays north of Nashville... I recall it running along Lake Lemon and crossing at a somewhat west to east slight oblique over SR135 (north of Nashville)...
I really don't know. I just figured it would be a straighter shot to Bloomington through Morgantown, but if you had to go through Terra Haute, then evidently not.
According to the conductor the track from Morgantown to Bloomington
was not certified for passenger traffic at the time, it is now.
They don't run a passenger train now, do they?
Here's the latest RR map I could find (but I didn't spend a lot of time doing so, so there's probably a much better one out there somewhere):
Looks like the preferred route would be the Indiana RR line from Indianapolis to Bloomington...
As long as they have the line certified it could be done... Seems to me that the major issues would be where they'd board and deboard at both ends of the route... Whoever is running it might need to also have shuttles available at either end (to link the boarding area with the respective parking lots).
Appears that the Indiana Railroad Company would be the ones to contact with questions (if they still exist).
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Here's all I could find on that:
Passenger Rail Service in Indiana
The answer appears to be: no...
Right, my son has a home on Lake Lemon & according to him there's no passenger train.Here's all I could find on that:
Passenger Rail Service in Indiana
www.in.gov
The answer appears to be: no...
That is an active line though I think mostly coal trains use it. I live close enough to hear the train’s whistle. Maybe something could be worked out on it.
I have a friend who works for a company that manages tourist trains - like in Colorado and Arizona.
I'm going to contact him to see if it would be feasible to set something up.
Thanks, @76-1 for the research.
There are no passenger trains on the line now, but a
fan train could use the line now since it has been
certified for passengers. Arrangements would have
to be made with the Indiana Railroad Co. for track use.
A couple of years ago when I was stopped at the
Southport road crossing a fan train passed by, I checked
with Ind. Railroad about how someone would get on
that train and the representative said it was by invitation only.
Update. I emailed Scott Dolson to share my Red Solo Cup sponsorship idea. Props to him for responding. I assume the idea will go nowhere, but I wanted to give him credit for not ignoring the idea. I raise my Red Solo Cup to you Scott!
A Fan Train could build into an effortless/leisure/fun scheduled home game experience. A car for families, a car for party fans. Easy, fast transportation arrangements needed in Bloomington from and to the train is a must.
Agreed!Update. I emailed Scott Dolson to share my Red Solo Cup sponsorship idea. Props to him for responding. I assume the idea will go nowhere, but I wanted to give him credit for not ignoring the idea. I raise my Red Solo Cup to you Scott!
The good news about track use is that, from my observations anyway, most of that track is utilized at night..., so getting a daylight run approved might not be as tough as it sounds...
Purdue should look into it. According to the map you posted, there are 2 routes from Indy to Lafayette - one is through Montgomery County and looks to be the most direct and the other is through Frankfort.
Hey..., We already found their stadium theme song for them... I see no reason to help them further... 😉
The minute we get it figured out INDOT will start major rail improvements on all lines between Indy and Bloomington to bring improved rail service by 2040. Please be patient during the delays and track closures.
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Either that or they'll start working on a key bridge that shuts down the entire line thru 2/1/25... 😖
Don't know for sure but the train was going south and
the people in the window seats had IU gear on.
I'd say that's a pretty good indication!
