By 1949, the Milwaukee rapid transit system was down to two interurban lines, running from the electric company's Public Service Building at 231 W. Michigan St. to Hales Corners and Waukesha.

The train ran for nearly half a century before the Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co. — the utility now known as We Energies — began the utility began abandoning less profitable interurban ...

East Troy Railroad Museum’s Milwaukee Day scheduled for June 28, 2025, including preserved equipment with Milwaukee ties to ...

Dec. 14: Rock Island, Milwaukee District North and Union Pacific Northwest lines; Dec. 21: Metra Electric (one train in the morning and one in the evening) and Union Pacific North lines.

The Electric Railroad is celebrating its 50th year of tourist trains and trolleys. It's on a line that was first completed in 1907 as part of an interurban rail system that connected cities and ...