With the storm images from the south fresh on everyone’s minds, thought this historical photo would bring back memories from the 1974 Super Outbreak.

An F4 tornado struck Monticello (IN), resulting in an estimated $100 million dollars in damages.

Part of the destruction included the Penn Central Railroad trestle over the Tippecanoe River.

Many of the spans were ripped off their concrete piers and thrown yards upstream of the bridge. The bridge was rebuilt and continues to serve Rail America’s Toledo, Peoria & Western line to Logansport, Indiana. Photo courtesy of Tippecanoe County, Indiana Amateur Radio Emergency Services April 2011 meeting.  – Chris Dees.