Many, perhaps, waiting to grab a train to Omaha or Lincoln or even Chicago and Denver ... Home south of Waverly on the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, a now-defunct line that once ...

This once popular song was not popular among long-suffering customers of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway ... equipped with railroad wheels, that came down the track one day in 1936.

Scanlan. As a stockholder in the Wiggins Ferry Co. her wealth increased even more in 1902 when it was sold to the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Co. She died in 1904. Grace January ...

A typical example is Downing Bland Jenks, trail-blazing 41-year-old boss of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. Says he: “You don’t have to look 50 or 100 years ahead to see what ...

The Pacific Railroad was built with a state-decreed track gauge of 5 feet 6 inches. When it was begun, a bridge across the Mississippi was considered impossible, so interchange with railroads east of ...

Authorities in Rock Island have located a missing 4-year-old ... She has been reunited with her mother and will be evaluated by Chicago emergency medical services. It was not clear how they ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- An era is coming to an end in River North, as the Chicago outpost of the Hard Rock Café is soon to close after 39 years in business. The Chicago Hard Rock Café at 63 W.

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (WLS) -- An Amber Alert issued for a girl in Rock Island Thursday morning has been canceled after she was found safe. An 18-year-old man and four other teens were arrested and ...

After nearly 40 years downtown, one of Chicago’s longtime tourist destinations, Hard Rock Cafe, is closing permanently in March, marking the end of an era for one of the chain’s oldest locations.