Indiana Historical Society

2025 in Review: Finishing Indiana’s Interurban and How Your Gift Goes 7X Further

2025 in Review: Finishing Indiana’s Interurban and How Your Gift Goes 7X Further

The largest grant in our history brings our first interurban car restoration project for Hoosiers to enjoy the art, science, technology, and transformative empowerment that was Indiana’s electric interurban railway closer to completion. Join us to revive Hoosier history for future generations and to build an educational, community-placemaking driver for Indiana.

$100,000 Heritage Support Grant to complete historic Indiana interurban car restoration

$100,000 Heritage Support Grant to complete historic Indiana interurban car restoration

Impact Grant provided by the Indiana Historical Society and made possible by Lilly Endowment, Inc., will bring century-old Union Traction interurban No. 429 to 95% completion for public enjoyment and education.