The Milwaukee County Zoo's popular zoo train will undergo some changes this year. The train's two steam locomotive engines will leave the zoo; they've been sold to the Riverside & Great Northern ...
While working in his Litchfield machine shop one day in May 1997, Mark Dalquist heard what he describes today as the “unmistakable sound of a steam whistle.” “I had never seen it before, but I ...
As more steam engines were added, more paid firefighters were needed. In 1875, Milwaukee established a full-time, paid fire department. The MFD faced numerous challenging incidents during its ...
The Mid-Continent Railway Museum has launched a fundraising effort to return its celebrated steam locomotive, Chicago & North ...
Lesha Johanneck and her family waited nearly two hours on a chilly Saturday morning for Milwaukee Road No. 261 to reach Litchfield, and it was “completely worth it,” she said. “It was one of my ...