The Merci Train boxcar was gifted by France to New Jersey in 1949 and went missing in 1958. It has finally been found.

Utah’s “Merci Car” was transported from Ogden’s Union Station to Cheyenne, Wyoming, for restoration work to be completed by ...

The Merci Train boxcar was built in France between 1893 and 1895 and used in WWI to transport troops and supplies. The boxcar was discovered in a Tennessee field by officials with the National WWI ...

In November 2021 I wrote about modeling a boxcar storage scene based around an ex-Milwaukee Road car in Milbank, S.D. This time around we'll take a look at a car in the Minnesota Northern RR (MNN ...

A new law went into effect during the spring of 1885 concerning how grain was shipped from rural areas to flour mills in places like Minneapolis and St. Paul.

When I was a teenager living in Des Moines I had two favorite locations for hanging out: bowling alleys, and libraries. I won’t get into my bowling obsession. It eventually faded away.

Using historic film, photos and original testimonials, Boxcar People tells the story of Mexican workers recruited in the early 1900s to work the railroads in Galesburg, Illinois. It is a truly ...

MPD also said boxcar and semi-truck trailer thefts are down this year, thanks to a cargo theft task force. “Thefts from semi-trailers … we’ve cut those in half, by using our tactics as well ...

In honor of one of Bakersfield's most famous sons, the Haggard Boxcar Music Festival, a grand birthday celebration for the ...