On Sunday afternoon, May 31, 1970 – two Rock Island Rockets pulled into Iowa City. At 2:25 p.m., No. 7 – headed west to Council Bluffs – stopped at the Iowa City depot, and at 3:30 p.m., No. 10 – headed east to Chicago – did the same. Sadly, after 114 years of passenger train service – May 31, 1970 would become the last day when a regularly-scheduled passenger train would serve the residents of Iowa City and Johnson County. Read more at our website.
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