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Following Rich's dad's death, Henry Patterson, in 2023, we received a veteran's flag from the funeral home honoring Dad's ...
The Wichita Valley Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society will sponsor a special railfan weekend June 20-21.
Rock Island Rail Days kicks off June 3 and 4 in Fairbury with music, stage shows and a kid-powered model railroad. The free event will be at the Rock Island Railroad Depot Museum at 910 Bacon Road.
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 ...
Rock Island Trail breaks new ground, with plans for 450-mile loop across Missouri Backers of the 144-mile railroad corridor hope it will become a destination for cyclists and hikers.
On April 3, neighbors supporting building a landscaped greenway down the old Rock Island railroad right of way gathered at the City Yard. Among those briefing the neighbors were city parks ...
The historic achievement or running a railroad to the Mississippi River, celebrated by the Grand Excursion in 1854, will be forever memorialized in the film “The Rock Island Trail.” ...
Located in the railroad yard off Route 92 is a 400,000 square foot, brown-bricked building that once was the largest locomotive repair shop of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad before it ...
Storytelling & Videos and Crafts —Burlington-Rock Island Railroad Museum, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Docent-led tours of this newly renovated museum that served as the Teague depot since 1906 ...
The Wichita Valley Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society will sponsor a special railfan weekend June 20-21, according to a chapter media release. The event will feature a trip on ...