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 ...

CHICAGO, Monday, Dec. 17. In the case of the Rock Island Railroad Co. against J.W. BISSEL, for conspiracy to burn the railroad bridge across the Mississippi at Rock Island, was concluded last ...

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 ...

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 ...