An Amtrak Hiawatha train traveling over the Menomonee River railroad bridge in Milwaukee. Credit: WIS DOJ Subscribe to BizTimes Daily – Local news about the people, companies and issues that ...

The region acts as the gateway to the Northeast corridor, but activists have called for better connections to Chicago.

It was a fact Arthur Stone felt compelled to point out early in his report of the Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound railroad's Last Spike ceremony on May 19.

A proposal to add a second daily round-trip passenger train from Chicago to the Twin Cities — by way of Milwaukee — could start later this year.

The Milwaukee Beer Line was a section of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad that ran north of Milwaukee’s downtown area. Freight trains hauled grains to the breweries and ...

Railroad enthusiasts want to relocate a former train station in Highland Park that served the Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad from 1926 until 1963.

Milwaukee History On Feb. 5, 1953, the railroad finally arrived on Jones Island On this Feb. 5, 1953, a Milwaukee Road locomotive pulled a short train across Chicago & Northwestern tracks and onto ...

8 NW suburban mayors fight railroad merger along Milwaukee District West Line 'It would cause irreparable damage to our residents, children, businesses and property owners,' says Itasca mayor ...

UP’s purchase of Norfolk Southern could create a modern coast-to-coast railroad empire, but it’s not the first time America ...

A proposed merger between two major railroads will lead to “disruptive” delays to Metra service and exacerbate safety issues for passengers, the commuter rail agency said in a recent fe… ...