it's the road to ride … " That was how folk singers and rail fans referred to the Rock Island railroad, which built its rail lines westward from Chicago to many points in the American West.

CEDAR RAPIDS - Elected city leaders agreed Tuesday to the acquisition of what is left of the old Rock Island Railroad bridge over the Cedar River, a key milestone in plans for an iconic new ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Construction for the Rock Island Railroad Bridge will finally begin March 13 and contractors Mike Zeller and Dan Gibson are looking forward to the start of the project.

In 1887, it was said that the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad was the last major railroad to enter Nebraska, but at that time it was considerably south of Lincoln. Still, in 1889 ...