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 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.” ...

With bridge workers aboard, the locomotive Fort Des Moines, of the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, crossed the bridge between Rock Island and Davenport at dusk on Monday, April 21, 1856. At ...

The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway opened the 702-foot bridge in 1905. But after the need to carry livestock to the stockyards dissipated, the railroad stopped using the bridge and it ...

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.

Hernando, Miss.-based Rock Island—a rail carrier and short line holding company that offers switching, railcar storage, locomotive maintenance, railcar fleet management, and railroad management ...

Rock Island Trail breaks new ground, with plans for 450-mile loop across Missouri Backers of the 144-mile railroad corridor hope it will become a destination for cyclists and hikers.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A driver was taken to the hospital Monday morning after a Metra Rock Island train hit a car in Morgan Park. An inbound train hit a car on the mainline Rock Island branch near ...

Rock Island Rail Days kicks off June 3 and 4 in Fairbury with music, stage shows and a kid-powered model railroad.

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.