A set of old tracks and remnants of an old swing bridge are reminders of the Rock Island Railroad’s 80 years of operations in Inver Grove Heights. And then there are the former employees ...

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.

The big day had arrived, as proclaimed on posters hanging from scores of buildings and posts: ``RAILROAD FESTIVAL.'' The first train on the newly completed tracks of The Chicago and Rock Island ...

Built in 1905 by the Rock Island Railroad for transporting livestock and freight, the bridge has been out of service since the 1970s. The Rock Island Bridge project — in the West Bottoms ...