The Wisconsin Association of Railroad Passengers held a meeting titled, “New Trains for Wisconsin: How to Advocate for Them,” at Monona Terrace Oct. 25, discussing the benefits of creating new train ...

A state office building near the Wisconsin State Capitol is one of the proposed stops for high-speed rail. Reprinted by permission of Stateline.org. Photo courtesy of Wisconsin High-Speed Rail. A ...

The Marquette interchange in Milwaukee cost more than $800 million to rebuild between 2004 and 2008, and few people seriously questioned whether that “subsidy” of Wisconsin’s highway transportation ...

The US state of Wisconsin has finalised the purchase of a 70-mile segment of rail line between Madison to Reedsburg and Madison to Cottage Grove from the Union Pacific Railroad (UP). Earlier this year ...

Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker is accusing Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle and Democratic opponent Tom Barrett of advancing high-speed rail construction work without letting the public weigh ...

Many visitors line up for Alcatraz in San Francisco. Closer to home, a quieter pick waits on the rails:... The post Faster ...

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Rail transportation of frac sand is fueling another increase in train traffic in Wisconsin. Last week, The Associated Press and the La Crosse Tribune, citing newly released figures, reported that ...

“What we’ve done now as a group of communities is raised our hands and said we’re interested and we’d like to talk more about this opportunity," Appleton Mayor Jake Woodford said. Woodford said the ...

In 1999, Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson (R) unveiled a new “Midwest Rail Initiative” that would create a railway network connecting Milwaukee and Madison to existing passenger railways in Chicago and ...

The $1.2 billion in federal high-speed rail money originally intended for Wisconsin and Ohio is fueling an acceleration of train projects across the country. In Washington, for example, high-speed ...

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 ...