UPDATED September 21, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Border tensions have notched up as U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) halted freight rail traffic at the Eagle Pass gateway into Mexico yesterday. BNSF Railway added a temporary embargo in El Paso,...

September 19, 2023 - TRA Newswire -In order to better serve the public and focus on regional rail issues, the Texas Department of Transportation is imbedding a rail division employee in five district offices around the state.These five new full-time...

September 18, 2023 - TRA Newswire -In just the first 6 months of 2023 there have been 239 injury and fatality reports across Texas that involved either trespassers on railroad property, vehicles or pedestrians hit at rail crossings or on-the-job...

September 15, 2023 - TRA Newswire -The Red River Shootout is just a few weeks away with the usual I-35 traffic jam all the way down from Oklahoma City soon to get on motorists nerves.Amtrak is offering a better way...

September 13, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Almost 200 opponents of the Dallas-Houston high-speed rail project met at the Truman Kimbro Convention Center in Madisonville Monday night and were updated on the latest developments by several rural elected leaders.The meeting was...

September 12, 2023 - TRA Newswire -A historic level of federal dollars is available to help communities nationwide separate highway and train traffic and Union Pacific is helping cities like Houston and others compete for these competitive grants.A 2021 federal...

September 12, 2023 - TRA NewswireThe newest offering of intermodal rail freight service between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico by Union Pacific Railroad now takes one day less transit time for customer shipments. The announcement of the faster Eagle and Falcon...

September 11, 2023 - freightwaves.com - FRA Administrator questions railroad if recent furloughs had role in defects found during focused inspections.Western U.S. Class 1 railroad Union Pacific expects to respond swiftly to recent remarks by the head of the Federal Railroad...

September 9, 2023 - TRA Newswire -The Southern Rail Commission announced at a quarterly meeting yesterday that Amtrak has reached an agreement with Canadian Pacific / Kansas City Southern (CPKC) to conduct the study for establishing passenger rail service from...

September 8, 2023 - TRA Newswire -A new federal rule proposed by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) could mean more options for shippers in Texas and around the country that are currently only served by one railroad.It's called Reciprocal...