SILVIS, Ill. — Minneapolis based nonprofit "Friends of the 261" has purchased the former National Railway Equipment (NRE) shop complex located in Silvis, Illinois. The group plans to use the railway ...

Celebrate the return of steam to the Northeast Minneapolis railroad yards at 5 p.m. May 10 with the restoration of a 1944 Milwaukee Railroad steam locomotive. The public is invited to view the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 22—The dissolution of a longstanding partnership between Steamtown National Historic Site and a rail preservation group ...

Steve Sandberg, who used to follow his grandfather to work at the Milwaukee Railroad roundhouse in South Minneapolis, today supervises his own train and crew on a 1944 steam locomotive he helped to ...