MASON CITY - On Oct. 22, 1937, a Rock Island Rocket slammed into the side of the Renwick school bus at a blind railroad crossing between brickyard Plants 2 and Train crash brought tragedy to brickyard ...

For a number of years, the classy passenger train running from Colorado Springs to Chicago on the Rock Island railroad was called the Rocky Mountain Rocket. The Rock Island railroad eventually ...

Both inbound and outbound train traffic on the Rock Island line near the LaSalle Street Station has been halted as a result, Metra said. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are.

Metra Rock Island inbound and outbound train traffic is halted near LaSalle Street after a train derailed Monday morning. Michael Gillis, a spokesperson for rail service, said train No. 704 deraile… ...

An inbound train hit a car on the mainline Rock Island branch near 115th and Marshfield around 7:25 a.m. The driver was taken to the hospital, but their condition was not available, according to a ...

Rock Island Mainline inbound and outbound train service was halted in Midlothian. Metra later said train #400 passengers would board train #402, which may be delayed. Further details were not ...

Man fatally struck by Rock Island Line train at Midlothian station Trains were running about 20 minutes behind schedule as of 11:30 a.m. Service had been halted earlier in the morning.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Metra train struck a car, disrupting service on the Rock Island line Tuesday morning. Metra said Rock Island train #404 hit a vehicle at 111th Street near Marshfield Avenue ...