For many years, operators of mainline steam locomotives knew they had a valuable friend in Jim Schwinkendorf, a veteran railroad manager who oversaw several high-profile special movements in his years ...

Q: The historic cars for the Milwaukee, Racine & Troy featured in the January 2025 episode of Ask Trains were very ...

Bubbler Talk listener, Sophia Heyn discovered the geological history of quarrying in Estabrook Park while researching a ...

Red Wing Mills was almost certainly burned by an arsonist. Investigators believed someone who knew the buildings ignited the ...

Some of our model trains had modern engines, but for many, the older steam engines prevailed with cowcatchers on the front and tall smokestacks. Colorado still has train lines with steam engines that ...

A historic Minneapolis train station found a new life as a hotel. Nearly 25 years ago, the former Milwaukee Road Depot was turned into the Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel, The Depot. “We’re very ...

The modern-day Royal Gorge Route Railroad is steeped in time-honored history, whether it be the retelling of its modest ...

Whitney Road, a driving thoroughfare on the University of Connecticut’s main campus, is set to partially close this week starting Monday, Feb. 24. Facilities crews will be replacing part of the steam ...

But, others said traffic on Milwaukee Road travels at too fast of a rate and something should be done about traffic safety in that area. Officials from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation ...

IN this, the third edition, Dr. Ewing has thoroughly revised his well-known text-book, and to some extent he has rewritten certain chapters; for example, the chapter on steam turbines is new, and ...