What started with a couple of cranes seven years ago has grown into the largest supplier of rental cranes in Northeastern Minnesota. “No one’s bigger around here,” said David Lemke, president and ...

Although Rock Island passenger trains first came through Oelwein in 1877, the company that earned Oelwein its nickname as the Hub City was the Chicago Great Western, which was founded in 1892. The CGW ...

Book of the week From about 1880 to 1955 – the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's steam locomotive repair shops were a dominant industrial presence and driving economic force in Albuquerque. A ...

Early in January 1950, the railroad decided to restore car repair operations as soon as finances permitted in the hope that the car shops could resume year-round operations. They also mentioned the ...

Our Juniata Locomotive Shop in Altoona, Pennsylvania, comprises one of the largest facilities for locomotive repair in the industry. Today, the shop complex is situated across 70 acres, with ...

The Union Pacific locomotive facility south of Morrill will close next year according to company officials. UP Senior Communications Director Kristin South says the locomotive repair shop will close ...

Union Pacific Railroad has closed its longtime locomotive repair shop in El Paso and laid off workers as part of the company's nationwide streamlining plan. Union Pacific on Nov. 26 laid off 191 ...

LIVINGSTON – Trains don’t rattle and toot through downtown Livingston like they used to. That doesn't prevent the Murray Hotel from providing its guests a special amenity: Earplugs. A packaged pair at ...

What do "The Avengers," "Transformers," and "Terminator Salvation" have in common? They all filmed at the abandoned steam locomotive repair shops in Albuquerque, N.M. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser ...