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Chain boats were a revolutionary 19th-century invention—steam-powered river vessels that pulled themselves along submerged chains to navigate shallow or fast-moving waters. These “water trains” could ...

The Milwaukee County Zoo's popular zoo train will undergo some changes this year. The train's two steam locomotive engines will leave the zoo; they've been sold to the Riverside & Great Northern ...