On April 3, neighbors supporting building a landscaped greenway down the old Rock Island railroad right of way gathered at the City Yard. Among those briefing the neighbors were city parks ...

The State of Oklahoma, by and through the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT), and the Blackwell Industrial Authority (BIA) have petitioned the Surface Transportation Board (STB) for an ...

The historic achievement or running a railroad to the Mississippi River, celebrated by the Grand Excursion in 1854, will be forever memorialized in the film “The Rock Island Trail.” ...

More than 150 Missouri landowners along the Rock Island Trail will receive compensation from the federal government after a ruling last week from the United States Court of Federal Claims.

A federal judge ruled that more than 150 Missouri landowners should receive compensation for property seized for the Rock Island Line corridor. The compensation, if awarded, will be coming from ...

T INLEY PARK, IL — Metra will be bringing holiday magic to six rail lines—including the Rock Island—on four Saturdays this November and December with special holiday train rides on decorated ...

The only lines Metra owns, operates, and controls – and that thus would be certain to keep running – are the Metra Electric and Rock Island lines.

Rock Island Amtrak project: Adding a third track from the Gresham stop to 17th Street would boost train capacity along the line. Along with Amtrak, Metra is also planning to upgrade five rail ...

The reunion gathers families who immigrated from Mexico to Horton, Kansas, to work for the Rock Island Lines railroad. Many later followed the railroad to the Quad-Cities.

The Rock Island Trail now under construction intends to join up with the Katy Trail (shown). In 1986 a resident of Eldon, Missouri, called the newly created Rails to Trails Conservancy to ask what it ...