The Rock Island railroad eventually went bankrupt. Most of the railroad tracks through Colorado Springs were torn up and scrapped. The embankment on which the railroad was built can still be seen ...

Built in 1905 by the Rock Island Railroad for transporting livestock and freight, the bridge has been out of service since the 1970s. Arts & Life. Kansas City couldn't run without its bridges.

NORTH LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Shorter College in North Little Rock has been given a$1.2 million grant to renovate the Historic Rock Island Railroad Depot in North Little Rock to serve as their ...

Governor Kelly shared a comment about the Rock Island Railroad Bridge Project. “From its historic roots as a regional driver of commerce to this new revival as an entertainment space, ...

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 ...