Steam and Cinders: The Advent of Railroads in Wisconsin
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Freight Train
The American Freight Train
Freight Train Cars
Cost of Railroad Transportation, Railroad Accounts, and Governmental Regulation of Railroad Tariffs![](<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kirstea/4687952732/" title="#006/365 by Kirstea, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4037/4687952732_0fc9424c17.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="#006/365" /></a>)
Railroads have two primary uses;hauling items and transporting people. Currently there are more trains in Wisconsin that are used for hauling things like lumber and coal than transporting people. There has been recent talk of building commuter trains between Milwaukee and Madison.