May 2, 2018 - TRA Newswire - Bechtel, with deep Texas roots, will support high-speed train project’s delivery to implementation phase Selection of global engineering giant marks latest addition of industry expertise on Houston-to-North Texas line Texas Central, developers of the...

Updated to April 30, 2018 - TRA Newswire - Texas Rail Advocates has learned that Amtrak will be running its Marshall and Texarkana stations without any paid staff sometime after June 1. Marshall Depot Board members will hold a news conference, scheduled for...

April 25, 2018 - Progressive Railroading - ansas City Southern yesterday announced a new weekly intermodal service between the Port of New Orleans and Wylie, Texas, will begin in May. The Class I previously offered intermodal service in the lane, but it was discontinued following...

April 26, 2018 - TRA Newswire - Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) today reported 2018 first quarter net income of $1.3 billion, or a first-quarter record $1.68 per diluted share. This compares to about $1.1 billion, or $1.32 per diluted share,...

April 26, 2018 - TRA Newswire - Union Pacific continues to make strides implementing positive train control (PTC). The company anticipates it will meet all required deadlines for installing PTC on its network. As allowed by federal law, Union Pacific will...

April 22, 2018 - TRA Newswire - This past week North Texans representing Texas Rail Advocates and the Rail Passengers Association met with Congressman Pete Sessions in his Washington D.C. office to talk rail issues. Dallas-based Texas Rail Advocates President Peter LeCody,...

April 22, 2018 - TRA Newswire - Troubling comments from Richard Anderson, President of AMTRAK at a Southern California rail summit of 150 passenger rail officials, industry professionals and a handful of advocates. Paul Dyson, President of RAILPAC, a West Coast rail...

April 19, 2018 - RailwayAge.com - William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief - Ex-Florida Congressman John Luigi Mica, a foodie who spent a considerable amount of time when he was Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee questioning Amtrak’s food service costs, must be very...

April 11, 2018 - BY THE STAR-TELEGRAM EDITORIAL BOARD - EDITOR'S UPDATE: Thursday afternoon Regional Transportation Council members voted to approve funding that will allow North Texas transportation planners to begin studying a high speed rail route from Fort Worth to Laredo. Details...

April 12, 2018 - Fort Worth Star Telegram - BY GORDON DICKSON - The effort to build high-speed trains connecting Dallas, Arlington and Fort Worth — and eventually Waco, Austin, Laredo and possibly Monterrey, Mexico — took a step forward Thursday. The Regional...