Train rides across the Quad Cities will become available this fall. The Railroading Heritage of Midwest America (RRHMA) will ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A new cross-state recreational trail is an important step closer to completion after Missouri announced Tuesday it was accepting ownership of an old railroad corridor that ...

In the fall of 1852, the Rock Island Line hired Farnam to build the railroad. On Feb. 22, 1854, the completion of the railroad to Rock Island was celebrated with a gala dinner in Rock Island.

Reid Dawe, Rock Island Railroad general manager, says their holiday train, Santa Rocket, is set to roll down the rails. “We’re excited, we’re ready to go,” Dawe said.

They came to the banks of the Mississippi River in Rock Island and Davenport on a cold winter night nearly 150 years ago, amid the roar of cannon and brass ...

Manly was once a hub for railroad operations, including the Rock Island, Chicago Great Western and Minneapolis and St. Louis railroads. In the early 1950s, as many as 14 passenger trains per day ...

The commuter rail said to expect extensive delays after the crash on the Rock Island Line near Robbins. Train No. 419, scheduled to arrive in Joliet at 4:02 p.m. was delayed after hitting the vehicle.

A train crashed into a car on Chicago's South Side on Saturday, ... The crash happened around 7:30 p.m. on the Rock Island line near 103rd and Vincennes in the city's Washington Heights neighborhood.