Wisconsin's train transport industry faces reliability and safety problems brought on by the harsh winter, congestion and federal limits on crews' hours, the state's top railroad official told the ...

Ride early Wisconsin trains and explore wood tracks, lantern signals, and rail innovations. Ride the rails with Doris Platt to discover Wisconsin’s early trains, wood-burning engines and wooden tracks ...

The locomotive in Pioneer Park is Thunder Lake Lumber Company No. 5, better known as the 5 Spot, and this year it turned 100 ...

Have you noticed longer and more frequent delays at railroad crossings in Milwaukee and throughout the state?Wisconsin Railroad Commissioner Jeff Plale says there is more rail traffic in the state ...

MADISON — Governor Scott Walker's office says Railroad Commissioner Jeff Plale has resigned. Walker's office issued a news release Tuesday, January 5th saying Plale quit Monday. The release didn't ...

For almost two years before her husband's death in December, Linda Weinfurtner worried about whether ambulances could reach their Auburndale home in an emergency. Linda and her husband, Bob, lived in ...

All aboard the Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad for a historic ride in the Northwoods. Hop aboard the Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad for a historic train ride through the Northwoods. The ...

Recent train accidents -- from a derailment in Slinger to a pair of car train crashes in Kenosha County -- are raising concern about the rising rail traffic in Wisconsin."Just the volume of trains all ...

EAST TROY (WKOW) — The East Troy Railroad could really be called the “Eat” Troy Railroad. For years, they’ve been offering history buffs a stunning view of the scenery in southeastern Wisconsin while ...

MENASHA - Canadian National is required by state law to keep its railroad crossings in good condition, but you wouldn’t know that from looking at the company’s crossing on Appleton Street in Menasha.

DENVER – Since a fiery Ohio derailment on Feb. 3 brought new attention to the rail industry, trains have derailed in many other states, including Florida, West Virginia, Michigan, Oklahoma, Alabama ...

Railroad companies have been notoriously arrogant and petty toward commoners over the past 160-plus years, even as our state and federal governments gifted them cheap easements, tax breaks and ...