Milwaukee entrepreneur Andy Nunemaker sure knows how to throw an event. Case in point, Nunemaker recently rented the 1948 Milwaukee Road Hiawatha for a special trip for the Young Presidents ...

In 1935, the Milwaukee Road introduced the first Hiawatha between Chicago and the Twin Cities. The trains were highly acclaimed, and covered 420 miles in 400 minutes including 12 stops.

Amtrak's Hiawatha and Empire Builder will soon be joined by the TCMC and maybe, eventually, others in Milwaukee. Why yes, there is passenger rail in Milwaukee and more is coming — maybe a lot ...

Amtrak has restored its Hiawatha train service between Chicago and Milwaukee after busing passengers for nearly two weeks while “corrosion” issues caused a shortage of railcars.

“The Hiawatha Service offers seven round trips weekdays between Milwaukee and Chicago and is one of the most popular passenger train routes in the country,” Craig Thompson, WisDOT secretary ...