Watco Railroad Company Holdings will purchase Great Lakes Central Railroad, expanding its Michigan presence. The deal is subject to approval by the Surface Transportation Board. Great Lakes Central ...

Correspondent photo / Susan Wojnar Author and historian Mark Strecker spoke on his book, “The Great Railroad Strike in Ohio” at the Brookfield branch of the Warren Trumbull County Public Library on ...

Many of the nation’s great railroads owe their size to the fusing of shorter lines over the years. The New York Central grew out of 400 independently constructed and operated lines, and the mighty ...

Hill trades with Asia, battles Harriman, advocates for the environment, and pushes for war loans. Hill initiates trade with Asia, transforming Seattle into a major port city; Hill faces Harriman in ...

With only traces of its great railroading legacy remaining, it’s hard to imagine that the city of Highland grew up around railroad facilities built to transport passengers and vast citrus crops. If ...

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in a September 2018 subscriber-exclusive magazine titled “Rail Town,” about St. Paul’s history as a railroad hub. Full copies of the magazine are available ...