Like many men, Pike took on several jobs over his nearly 40 years with Rock Island. He recalled the bitterly cold nights he endured as an operator of the double-decker swing bridge from 1950 to 1960.

But Grant is also a railroad aficionado. He recalls the first time he saw a Rock Island “Rocket” bring President Harry Truman through Iowa back in 1948 on his famous “whistle stop tour.” ...

As the nation's premier rail hub, Chicago has long been home to some of the country's best known railroads. ... ABC7 remembers the Rock Island Lines. wls. By ABC7. Thursday, April 1, 2010.

The Rock Island Line reached the end of the line here in a weed-covered switching yard not far from where it all began. The rail line, named for the town where the first railroad track crossed the ...

“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 ...

The Oklahoma & Kansas Railroad, LLC (OKRL), a subsidiary of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, LCC (Rock Island), will lease and operate approximately 37.26 miles of rail line owned by the ...

June 1845: Col. George Davenport hosts meeting at his home on Rock Island at which plans to bring a railroad to the area are laid. Attendees Rock Island Lines timeline --1845-1854 ...

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.