“The Rock Island Line is a mighty good road, the Rock Island Line, it's the road to ride … " That was how folk singers and rail fans referred to the Rock Island railroad, which built its rail ...

An estimated $107 million will be used to develop the Rock Island Line corridor, according to information provided by Missouri State Parks. The rail company, Ameren Missouri, took out the ties and ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Freight railroad strike could shut down multiple Metra lines 02:51. PARK RIDGE, ... and that thus would be certain to keep running – are the Metra Electric and Rock Island lines.

In 1986 a resident of Eldon, Missouri, called the newly created Rails to Trails Conservancy to ask what it would take to turn the old Rock Island Railroad Line Corridor into a trail. Now, nearly 40 ...