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

The Department of Natural Resources plans to develop a public trail along the 144 miles of the former Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad corridor, which stretches eastward from Windsor to ...

The crash happened on the Rock Island line near 103rd and Vincennes in Washington Heights. CHICAGO (WLS) -- A train crashed into a car on Chicago's South Side on Saturday, Metra officials confirmed.

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.

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.

I took a trip from Rock Island to Bureau Junction on a train pulled by the restored Milwaukee Road 261 locomotive in 2004. It was part of the 150th anniversary celebration of the first railroad to ...

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 men who turned Rock Island's dream of a railroad into reality were both easterners. Joseph E. Sheffield was born June 19, 1793, into a well-to-do-family in Southport, Conn. He entered business ...

On Thursday, July 31, listen as WGN Radio’s Your Hometown series spotlights Minooka. Your Hometown featuring Minooka is sponsored by the Village of Minooka. Take a drive west down I-80 about 44 ...

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.