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BNSF fast-tracks freight service from Los Angeles to Houston with 3 day service
July 16th, 2025
July 16, 2025 - TRA Newswire -BNSF Railway announced the launch of a new, expedited rail service from Los Angeles to Houston with the first operating train on July 10th. In a statement from the railroad, "This third-day service marks a...
Surface Transportation Board backs CPKC in grain export dispute with Union Pacific
July 15th, 2025
July 7, 2025 - Trains.com -Canadian Pacific Kansas City can send Midwestern grain to export at the ports of Houston and Galveston via haulage rights over Union Pacific south of Beaumont, Texas, the Surface Transportation Board said.Union Pacific in 2023 had...
US rail workers worried over safety and security threats allowing Mexican engineers to operate trains in Texas and US
July 15th, 2025
July 15, 2025 - TRA Newswire -The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) have raised concern over safety and security threats linked to a plan by Class I railroads that would allow Mexican engineers to operate trains in Texas and...
Featured article: Texas cities encourage and cope With massive growth
July 15th, 2025
July 15, 2025 - Governing.com, Jared Brey - The growth of cities between San Antonio and Austin, separated by 75 miles, is creating one massive metro region. Passenger rail should be part of the equation.Within Texas, it’s the metros that have...
Dallas-based Railspire raises $4.6M in funding to develop self-driving locomotives
July 15th, 2025
July 15, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Dallas-based Railspire, a company that retrofits locomotives for autonomous driving, recently announced it raised an additional $4.6 million in funding. The new investment tops-off and closes Railspire’s fourth funding round, announced in August of last...
If the state of Texas won't save the Heartland Flyer, the Regional Transportation Council will
July 9th, 2025
July 10, 2025 - TRA Newswire -The North Central Texas Council of Government's Regional Transportation Council has done what the state of Texas shirked it's responsibilities in doing... fund the Heartland Flyer passenger rail service.In a vote today at their...
Rail Passengers Association national fall meeting scheduled for October 4-5 in San Antonio
July 8th, 2025
July 8, 2025 - TRA Newswire -DC-based Rail Passengers Association announces that their national fall meeting will be held October 3-5 in the Alamo City.It's called RailNation: San Antonio, and it bring together passenger rail advocates and supporters from around...
Timber Rock Railroad to begin $50M capital projects; added to BNSF short line program
July 3rd, 2025
July 3, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Timber Rock Railroad (TIBR), a short line railroad that operates in deep Southeast Texas, has been added to BNSF Railway's Shortline Select Program. The Class 1 railroad started the Shortline Select program in the...
What’s happening with high-speed rail in Texas: federal funding cut, but project developers press ahead
July 3rd, 2025
July 2, 2025 - Environmentamerica.org - Seventeen years after it was first proposed, the vision of a high-speed rail line connecting Dallas and Houston is still just that – a vision. But momentum is building again. New legislation, fresh debates, and...
Amtrak to begin Gulf Coast service from New Orleans to Mobile, AL August 18
July 1st, 2025
July 1, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Tickets are now available for new twice-daily Amtrak intercity train service starting Aug. 18 between Mobile, Ala., and New Orleans, along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The new state-sponsored Amtrak Mardi Gras Service will offer convenient morning...