A sound that has been heard at the Milwaukee County Zoo for about six decades is the steam whistle from two coal-fired locomotives that have been clickety-clacking on the mile-and-a-quarter loop ...

MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee County Zoo is getting rid of its steam locomotives for environmental reasons. The zoo sold the engines to a museum in Wisconsin Dells.

Both of the steam locomotives came from Wisconsin Dells – and that is where both will be heading this year. The No. 1916 engine will roll out on April 1, followed by the No. 1924 engine on Oct. 31.

The train has been at the Milwaukee County Zoo since 1958, and the steam engines were gifts from The Milwaukee Journal; they're named after then-Journal executives Harry Grant and Irwin Maier.

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- The Milwaukee County Zoo is preparing to say goodbye to an iconic part of its history.This year, the North Shore Bank Safari Train's No. 1916 and No. 1924 steam locomotives ...

The 30-acre Milwaukee Railroad Shops site was built between 1916 and 1918 by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company to house their roundhouse, locomotive and car repair shops, and ...

Not only that, but these locomotives were “smokeless, noiseless, dirtless and ‘jerkless.’” Local journalism is essential.

Ward is friends with Milwaukee County Zoo train engineer Ken Ristow. He asked Ristow if the zoo's two 1958 steam locomotives could be used as guinea pigs to test the biomass fuel. The first test ...