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KCS to break ground next week on 2nd span of new International Bridge in Laredo
October 24th, 2022
October 24, 2022 - TRA Newswire -A ceremony next week will mark the start of groundbreaking on both sides of the Rio Grande for a new international railroad bridge between Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. The formal groundbreaking will...
Texas Central, while media silent, is quietly still around
October 22nd, 2022
October 22, 2022 - TRA Newswire - Hibernation mode. That's how one rail source describes current activity at Texas Central, the private company that is building the high-speed rail ine between Dallas and Houston. The railroad recently paid off back property taxes...
DART Silver Line trains ready for test track in Colorado
October 21st, 2022
October 21, 2022 - TRA Newswire - Getting ready for its late 2024 launch date, Stadler-built trains for the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Silver Line will undergo testing soon in Eastern Colorado.Ensco Rail and Stadler US Inc. have reached an...
Wabtec Fort Worth plant is modernizing 50 Canadian National locos
October 18th, 2022
October 18, 2022 - TRA Newswire - If you see a number of bright and shiny locomotives around North Texas sporting the distinctive CN logo from Canadian National Railroad, they're not lost and looking for their home tracks. CN is having...
CP and KCS defend merger, says no extra capacity needed through Houston
October 13th, 2022
October 6, 2022 - Trains.com -WASHINGTON — Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern made closing arguments for their proposed merger on Thursday, telling regulators that their combination was in the public interest and that critics either didn’t do their homework...
'Hell has frozen over': After $85 billion for road construction, Texas asks for federal rail funding
October 10th, 2022
October 10, 2020 - San Antonio Express-News - Shepard Price -The Texas Department of Transportation is asking the federal government for millions in railroad funding after focusing mainly on roadway infrastructure in recent years. In a letter dated Oct. 5, Marc D. Williams, the executive...
TxDOT asks the feds to consider multiple passenger rail corridors in the state
October 7th, 2022
October 7, 2022 - TRA Austin - In a letter dated October 5, Texas Department of Transportation Executive Director Marc Williams has asked Federal Railroad Administration chief Amit Bose to consider federal funding options for conventional intercity passenger rail expansion across...
TX-OK-KS ask US DOT and FRA to expand Heartland Flyer Corridor
October 5th, 2022
October 5, 2022 - TRA Newswire -Three states: Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas have requested U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Federal Railroad Administration Amit Bose to consider expansion of the daily Heartland Flyer from Fort Worth to Newton,...
J.B. Hunt announces transload border facility at Laredo
October 3rd, 2022
October 3, 2022 - TRA Newswire -Industry-disrupter J.B. Hunt Transport Services. the company with all those containers you see shipped cross-country on Class 1 railroads, announced a new transload operation to be located in Laredo, Texas.The Laredo operation is one...
Dallas-based TrinityRail scores a $1.8 billion multi-year GATX rail car order
October 3rd, 2022
October 3, 2022 - TRA Newswire -The freight railcar business continues to be strong for Dallas-based Trinity Industries (NYSE:TRN). It's subsidiary, Trinity Rail Group, LLC, has entered into a new long-term railcar supply agreement with GATX Corporation (“GATX”) to deliver...