Many Michigan towns find their roots along the railroad tracks that connected people nationwide for nearly a hundred years. And while train traffic isn’t what it once was, the impact of railways can ...

WASHINGTON — Sen. Gary Peters announced $119 million has been allocated to improve Michigan's railroads. The money is provided by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) through a bipartisan ...

Michigan's railroad history is packed with adventure, innovation, and stories that shaped how people traveled across the state. From steam engines that once chugged through small towns to electric ...

A century-old depot in East Jordan — a quaint city on Lake Charlevoix that recently has been emerging as an Up North vacation destination — is for sale. It received some social media attention after ...

An early steam train traveled on tracks at Wapakoneta. The locomotive was most likely part of the Dayton & Michigan Railroad. When Dr. George F. Holbrook came to Wapakoneta in the 1830s, he arrived in ...

Early last fall, on a Thursday morning just before sunrise, a 13,000-ton freight train with hazardous material on board was traveling south along the Grand Trunk Western railroad through Warren when a ...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Transportation recently announced the first round of recipients for the new 2023 Michigan Rail Enhancement Grant Program (M-REP) that will invest ...

Michigan Senate Democrats are working to put more regulations in place for the state’s roughly 3,600 miles of railways as a way to increase public safety after numerous reports of blocked traffic and ...

Train derailments and issues have caught national headlines and the concern of the public over the last few months, especially after the disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, with the derailments bringing ...

In 19th century Detroit, there was little stigma attached to public speaking. In the days before the arrival of 20th-century mass media, politicians, barkers and buskers often found eager audiences by ...