RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - The South Dakota State Railroad Board has decided to tear up an old railroad line between Rapid City and Caputa. The old Milwaukee Road rail line had been left in place for ...

The Milwaukee Road was an electrified train line, so its passengers weren't choked by locomotive coal smoke in the mountain tunnels. All the rail and copper wire was stripped out after the ...

The Milwaukee Road was an electrified train line, so its passengers weren’t choked by locomotive coal smoke in the mountain tunnels. All the rail and copper wire was stripped out after the ...

Some of his ancestors worked for the Milwaukee Road. Roepke says as now an almost 50-year club member, he really enjoys when youth groups come in to see the model trains.

The Milwaukee Road was a local railroad company who, like many others at the time, tried to monopolize increased travel to national parks. MPL Special collections librarian Greg Comly explains how ...

The Milwaukee Road served the city for nearly 100 years, from 1881 when it acquired the Sioux City and Dakota Rail Road, until 1980 when, weakened by a bankruptcy, it finally ended its run.

“In 1983, they purchased the cabooses from Chicago & Northwestern and Milwaukee Road rail yards and acquired a one mile stretch of abandoned railway.” Interior Screen grab from Realtor ...

This postcard, from around 1915, shows crowds of people near the train depot in Marion. The city was a major stop on the Milwaukee Road rail line. (Gazette archives) Buy Photo This winter marks ...