Gotta Catch That Train: The History of The Rock Island Railroad in Arkansas On this episode of Arts & Letters, we talk with reporter, KUAR news director, photographer, and writer Michael Hibblen about his independent project of chronicling the Rock Island Railroad in Arkansas. We also hear from former Rock Island employees, Joe Rook, L.T. Walker, and Guy Winters, he has interviewed over the years and railroad historian, Bill Pollard. Hibblen's book Rock Island Railroad in Arkansas ,