After years of delays, part of the Rock Island Bridge in the West Bottoms is set to open next month, bringing the world’s ...

Next year’s race for Iowa Governor is already taking shape. And the Rock Island County Board tries to raise the stakes to bring that passenger rail service from Moline to Chicago. Host Jim Niedelman ...

A long-awaited train connecting Chicago with the Quad Cities is a big step closer to reality after a massive transit bill ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The opening of the Rock Island Bridge has been pushed back yet again. While developers were optimistic it would open Sept. 2, that date came and went. 'Worth the wait': Rock Island ...

The caboose was last used in 1982 by the Terminal Railroad/TRRA in Granite City, Illinois, in the greater St. Louis metro ...

Once a symbol of progress and pride, the Rock Island Line carried the heart of American industry across the Midwest. Its collapse wasn’t just the end of a railroad—it was the moment the nation turned ...

The Rock Island Trail now under construction intends to join up with the Katy Trail (shown). In 1986 a resident of Eldon, Missouri, called the newly created Rails to Trails Conservancy to ask what it ...

Wednesday, Feb. 22, 1854 dawned sunny and cold in Rock Island. A chill wind blew off the Mississippi. The city was abustle, nevertheless. The big day had arrived, as proclaimed on posters hanging from ...