Derailed

• Talgo Trains Return to Milwaukee

  Dec 10th, 2019 by Bridgit Bowden and Shawn Johnson

  After 5 years in storage, trains built for Wisconsin may be used on Pacific Northwest line.

• Could Doyle Have Saved High Speed Rail?

  Nov 29th, 2019 by Bridgit Bowden and Shawn Johnson

  And could the state still get it some day? Last in a series.

• How Republicans Became Anti-Train

  Nov 15th, 2019 by Bridgit Bowden and Shawn Johnson

  The politics of resentment replaced business-oriented development, as Tommy Thompson would learn. Part 8 of series.

• How Waterloo Lost High Speed Rail

  Nov 13th, 2019 by Hannah Haynes

  Blame Gov. Doyle. And Charlie Sykes. Part 7 in a series.

• State’s Talgo Trains Still Sit Idle

  Nov 7th, 2019 by Bridgit Bowden and Shawn Johnson

  Since Republicans killed deal with manufacturer, trains have sat unused in Beech Grove, Indiana. Part 6 of series.

• California Got Most of State’s $810 Million

  Oct 30th, 2019 by Bridgit Bowden and Shawn Johnson

  But unlike Wisconsin’s “shovel ready” train project, California’s hit many obstacles. 5th in a series.

• Decision to Refuse Train Funding “Purely Political”

  Oct 27th, 2019 by Hannah Haynes

  LaHood says Walker wanted to kill a Democratic plan created by Doyle and Obama. Part 4 of series.

• How Walker and Sykes Killed the Train

  Oct 23rd, 2019 by Bridgit Bowden and Shawn Johnson

  With constant support from talk radio, Walker rejected fully funded, $810 million rail project. Part 3 in a series.

• Stimulus Program Funded Entire Rail Project

  Oct 16th, 2019 by Bridgit Bowden and Shawn Johnson

  How Doyle administration got $800 million "100 percent funded” high speed rail. Part two in a series.

• Behind Wisconsin’s Abandoned High Speed Rail

  Oct 9th, 2019 by Bridgit Bowden and Shawn Johnson

  Former Gov. Tommy Thompson laid groundwork for the project that Gov. Scott Walker killed.