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Amtrak grades BNSF & UP "host" freight railroads' performance

March 23rd, 2018
March 23, 2018 - TRA Newswire - Amtrak trains that run on the "host" railroads of BNSF and Union Pacific scored much higher in a new quarterly report card over other railroads that delayed passenger trains across the nation. Most of Amtrak's...

Welcome home! Streetcar No. 1506 arrives in Downtown El Paso

March 19th, 2018
March 19, 2018 - ElPasoTimes.com - El Paso $97M streetcar, restoration project nearly complete El Paso's streetcar No. 1506 is home. Amid a police escort, the newly refurbished President’s Conference Committee vintage streetcar made its way to the maintenance and storage facility on Santa Fe...

Congressman Poe: Bullet Train builds a better future for Texas

March 17th, 2018
March 16, 2018 - Houston Chronicle - U.S. Congressman Ted Poe - "There is simply not enough concrete to build enough highway lanes to keep up with all of this growth" As technology evolves, so does transportation. From the days of the horse...

Texas Central blasts SNCF's comments about Dallas-Houston bullet train

March 15th, 2018
March 13, 2018 - ProgressiveRailroading.com / TRA Newswire - Texas Central Partners officials are striking back at comments made last week by SNCF America Inc. about the private Texas-based company's plans to build a Dallas-to-Houston bullet train service. In a statement issued in response to the Federal Railroad...

Cotton Belt rail line marches closer toward reality

March 15th, 2018
March 3, 2018 - StarLocalMedia.com - The future Cotton Belt Regional Rail is moving closer to becoming a reality, as Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) moves closer to federal and local approvals. The $1.1 billion railway will connect the Stockyards in...

TEXRail breaks ground in Grapevine with $105 million project

March 15th, 2018
March 15, 2018 - TRA Newswire - Ground was broken last Wednesday in Grapevine, Texas, on the $105-million dining and entertainment complex on the TEXRail commuter rail line. The Grapevine Main district is a public/private project to be built around a five-story...

Texas and Arkansas transportation infrastructure receives $577 million boost from Union Pacific

March 15th, 2018
March 15, 2018 - TRA Newswire - Texas's transportation infrastructure will receive a $450 million boost from Union Pacific Railroad in 2018. According to a news release, the company's planned private investment will enhance safety, operating efficiency and support customer service. This...

Union Pacific reports fourth quarter Positive Train Control progress

February 15th, 2018
February 15, 2018 - TRA Newswire - Union Pacific continues to make strides implementing positive train control (PTC). The company anticipates it will make all required deadlines for installing PTC on its network. As allowed by federal law, Union Pacific will...

FRA Administrator Ron Batory finally confirmed by U.S. Senate

February 15th, 2018
February 15, 2018 - TRA Newswire & rtands.com - The U.S. Senate, in a voice vote Tuesday night finally approved President Trump's nomination of Ronald Batory as the administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). Batory's confirmation had been sidelined since last...

Amtrak route from Meridian MS to Fort Worth comes after Gulf Coast train

February 12th, 2018
February 3, 2018 - meridianstar.com - Negotiations are underway to revive a long-awaited Amtrak route connecting Atlanta and Ft. Worth, Texas, through Meridian, but it has taken a backseat to a Gulf Coast train route that was abandoned after Hurricane Katrina. “The...

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