July 15, 2026 - TRA Newswire -Five brand new 260,000 pound locomotives that will power trains on the Trinity Railway Express are in the finishing stages at Siemens Mobility in Sacramento, California and are expected to arrive at their new...

July 15, 2026 - TRA Newswire -Three Texas rail preservation organizations along with one each from Oklahoma and New Mexico are among some 34 around the country that have been awarded grants from the National Railway Historical Society to preserve...

July 15, 2026 - TRA Austin - Jakob W. Schmidt, Austin community liaison for Texas Rail Advocates, and TRA contributor Kal Silverberg - The Texas Department of Transportation has released its Austin-San Antonio Passenger Rail Study, a June 2026 report from consultant HNTB...

July 16, 2026 - TRA Newswire -Who did the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) board select for their new President/CEO? Despite a 9-6 board vote that pointed to an un-named "Candidate A", the finalist will not be publicly announced until...

Updated July 14, 2026 -TRA Newswire -Ahead of a board vote to pick the next President/CEO of Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), three finalists participated in a public meet & greet today at DART Headquarters at 1401 Pacific Ave. Stakeholders and...

July 9, 2026 - AustinChronicle.com, Jakob W. Schmidt -Texans will be paying to move people through this corridor either way. Why not invest in better rail options?I ride the Texas Eagle out of Austin, so I know what little it...

July 10, 2026 - TRA Newswire -Three Texas cities have been awarded grants for rail-related projects under the BUILD program, previously known as the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) and Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) discretionary grants.$25...

July 10, 2026 - TRA Newswire  -A recently restored short line railroad in Central Texas has debuted new rail safety technology that keeps trains on track and identifies any abnormal conditions in real time. Track inspection technologies play an important role...

July 9, 2026 - TRA Newswire -Members from a number of Oklahoma union organizations did a "ride-along" on the Texas-Oklahoma partnered Heartland Flyer Wednesday to show their support for the popular train, which is facing a funding issue. While the state...

June 27, 2026 - TRA Austin - Speaking before Texas Transportation Commissioners in Austin this week, Texas Rail Advocates President Peter LeCody asked the agency to add passenger rail priorities to its 2027 appropriations budget request. Earlier in June, Commissioners were...