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 ...

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.