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Big discussions on hefty UP topics aboard the Big Boy steam train in Texas
October 15th, 2024
October 14, 2024 - ProgressiveRailroading.com - At midday on Oct. 9, Union Pacific Railroad’s Heartland of America train pulled by the famed Big Boy steam locomotive pulled into West, Texas. UP’s senior management team — minus one member, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Jennifer...
Fort Worth poised to be major hub for national rail travel. Will the pieces fall into place?
October 15th, 2024
October 13, 2024 - FortWorthReport.org, David Montgomery -Nearly 400 miles north of Fort Worth, Rod Kreie, the mayor of Newton, Kansas, happily envisions a day when he and his friends can hop aboard a southbound Amtrak to go watch his...
Dayton TX industrial rail park acquires more land toward 3,800 acre buildout
October 10th, 2024
October 10, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Gulf Inland Logistics Park, managed and developed by Liberty Development Partners, announced that it has completed the acquisition of 1,149 acres of prime industrial real estate in Dayton, Texas, along the Grand Parkway, south of...
BNSF new express service to aid in transporting supplies from Pacific Northwest to Texas, adding double track in Texas
October 10th, 2024
October 2, 2024 - FortWorthReport.org -Fort Worth-based BNSF Railway launched a new express carload service Oct. 1 to ship food and building supplies to key inland markets while increasing access to Texas.The new services come as BNSF is in the...
Texas NOT participating in share of $1 billion in fed/state partnership rail grants
October 7th, 2024
October 7, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Texas Rail Advocates has been told that, as of now, the Texas Department of Transportation will not be participating in a Federal/State Partnership Program where the state could receive a share of $1 Billion...
Texas, Mexican officials rally for Austin to Monterrey rail project
October 7th, 2024
October 7, 2024 - Cristela Jones, MySA.com - Imagine a world in which San Antonians wouldn't have to drive on I-35 to Austin. A world where travelers wouldn't have to take a bus or carpool to visit family or friends in Mexico.That's...
Texas Senate hearing on transportation: fix the railroad crossing safety funding shortfall
October 6th, 2024
October 6, 2024 - TRA Newswire -At the September Texas Senate Transportation Committee's interim hearing, Committee Chairman Robert Nichols, (R) - Jacksonville, raised concern that Texas isn't putting enough money into solving the issue of separating trains from traffic at...
Austin conference highlights Amtrak’s vision for Texas high-speed rail
September 30th, 2024
September 25, 2024 - KBTX.com, Donnie Tuggle -Amtrak is continuing to lay the groundwork to bring a high-speed rail to Texas, with plans to connect Dallas and Houston. Advocates say the proposal could transform the state’s transportation landscape and address...
Get on the train: Texas officials call for intercity passenger rail on I-35 corridor, elsewhere
September 24th, 2024
September 24, 2024 - TRA Newswire -A sizeable group of city, county and state officials rode on Monday's Texas Eagle from San Antonio to Austin and discussed what it will take to bring intercity passenger rail service to cities on...
North Tx Regional Transportation Council's Transit 2.0 agenda to be set in October; mulling high speed rail and funding options
September 18th, 2024
September 18, 2024 - TRA Newswire -The Regional Transportation Council (RTC) of the North Central Texas Council of Governments will decide, at their October monthly meeting, what proposals to push forward in the 2025 state legislative session from their innovative...