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 ...

When the Minneapolis-St. Louis Rock Island Rocket No. 190 pulled out of the Rock Island Depot shortly after 10 p.m. on April 8, 1967, passenger rail service ended in Cedar Rapids. The Rock Island ...

Riding the Rock Island Lines Rocket was exciting ... 1979, when the last passenger train out of the Quad-Cities made its final run. The highway and automobile had finally taken over.

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.

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 ...