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Oldest Lionel Railroad Club chugs along in New Berlin

The oldest Lionel Railroad Club in the world is tucked inside a suburban commercial building in New Berlin, outside Milwaukee. ...

Riding On An Historic, Miniature Steam Locomotive

An historic railway, dating back to the 1940’s, welcomes nearly 16,000 families to Wisconsin Dells every year. Tucked off County ...

Somewhere Down the Line

In 1954, my older brother took the train to Junction City.  Two years later, I traveled by bus to the ...

Stormy Kromer, An Iconic Wisconsin-Born Cap

In 1903, a cantankerous railroad engineer and semi-pro baseball player named George "Stormy" Kromer began the Kromer Cap Co., in ...

Couple Share Their Love Of Toy Trains And Ingenuity

Buck Guthrie never lost his boyhood love of toy trains. In fact, Buck’s love grew until his hobby could only ...

Wisconsin Life #102: “All Aboard!”

A collection of eclectic people share their Wisconsin lives - including an Argyle couple with an impressive toy train collection and ...