The Twin Cities & Western Railroad Company celebrates 30 years of service this month. From Aug. 27-29, the short-line railroad will offer a series of passenger excursion trains to thank its ...

Way back in 1872, the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad built the first Hopkins train station just southwest of what is now Excelsior Boulevard and Highway 169. The land for the new train station ...

Minnesota’s Twin Cities & Western Railroad, also known as TC&W, operated three excursion trains this past weekend in recognition of the railroad’s 25th anniversary. The trips started Thursday ...

By Mark W. Olson No doubt about it – local railroad lines have been a key point of discussion this year. First came the March 23 collapse of a Union Pacific Railroad trestle bridge near ...