August 4 , 2017 - TRA Newswire -
Texas Rail Advocates has learned that an innovative funding approach may be available for completion of the Cotton Belt cross-region East-West passenger rail line that has been on the drawing board since the...
August 4, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
Amtrak President and CEO Wick Moorman has named Richard & Christina Anderson of Marshall Texas as Amtrak Champions during the annual President's Safety and Service Awards program. Every year the national network passenger rail...
TRA Opinion -
We Texans have a lot of pride and for good reason. We have great sports teams, great universities, an actively growing population and the second largest economy in the U.S.
Even with the energy industry in a bit of...
July 27, 2017 - Dallas Business Journal -
Boston-based General Electric (NYSE: GE) could recall 225 workers to its Fort Worth locomotive manufacturing facility six months after laying off more than 200, GE Transportation Chief Executive Officer Jamie Miller told Bloomberg.
This comes in wake of the...
July 27, 2017 - MassTransitMag.com -
Metro has the blues -- and reds -- in hopes of getting people to give their trains a second look.
Pending approval by its board, scheduled for Thursday, Metropolitan Transit Authority is planning to spend $326,000...
July 29, 2017 - TahlequahDailyPress.com -
State Reps. Monroe Nichols and Forrest Bennett are on the right side of history - and they're on the side of Oklahomans who believe restoration of a robust passenger rail service could be a boon...
Updated August 3, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
Funeral was held today for Paul Mangelsdorf, one of the founding members of Texas Rail Advocates who passed away July 28 while in hospice at Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. Paul had surgery July...
July 27, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
Two Oklahoma State Representatives will co-host a hearing on September 6 at the State Capitol in Oklahoma City to discuss re-starting passenger rail service between OKC and Tulsa. The hearing will be held September 6,...
July 21, 2017 - RailwayAge.com -
Kansas City Southern reported record second quarter 2017 revenues of $656 million, up 15% on-year, as carloads increased 6%.
The Kansas City, Mo.-based company said operating income increased 9% to $239 million, a historic quarterly record....
July 19, 2017 - mysanantonio.com -
NEW YORK (AP) — Union Pacific Corp. reported a boost in second-quarter profit on Thursday as coal and industrial product shipments pushed revenue higher.
The railroad operator saw healthy gains in coal shipments despite a steady slide...
