On this day 150 years ago, transportation history was made in the Quad-Cities with the opening of the first railroad bridge across the Mississippi River. With bridge workers aboard, the locomotive ...

Railroad passenger service started a downward trend following World War II, as the increased affordability of automobiles, and the growth of the interstate highway system, made personal travel much ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The Rock Island County Board unanimously ...

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 ...

The Iowa Interstate Railroad still wants to consolidate its Quad-Cities switching operations at the former Rock Island Lines yard in Silvis, but the estimated $21.87 million price tag means the move ...

Nathaniel Belcher, one of the first settlers in Port Byron, was instrumental in getting a railroad through Port Byron. His efforts gained little for him but were of eventual benefit to others with ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — After years of delays, part of the Rock Island Bridge in the West Bottoms is set to open next month, bringing the world’s first entertainment and restaurant district built on a ...

At 130 years old, one Dakota County bridge has been traversed by horse-drawn carriages, a notorious bank robber and firefighters in the nick of time. But its story isn’t finished yet. The Rock Island ...

The Rock Island County Board unanimously approved a resolution this week in support of the Chicago-to-Moline passenger rail initiative currently under consideration by the Governor and Illinois ...