Peeking over downtown Macon is a unique, concrete structure around 90 feet tall. It has stood for more than a century, surviving the age of steam, serving as a reminder of Macon’s industrial past and ...

A century ago, the Michigan Central Railroad built a coaling tower to dump coal into steam-powered locomotives passing underneath on its tracks that run parallel to Dunes Highway in Michigan City.

Amtrak is dismantling two coaling towers in southwest Michigan and Indiana, affecting the passenger line's Wolverine and Blue Water schedules in Michigan from Sept. 15-19. Charter buses will provide ...