August 14, 2026 - TRA Newswire -A federal grant from the Federal Railroad Administration will give the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) more than three-quarters of a billion dollars for rail grade separation projects across the state.TxDOT will receive more...

July 10, 2026 - TRA Newswire  -A recently restored short line railroad in Central Texas has debuted new rail safety technology that keeps trains on track and identifies any abnormal conditions in real time. Track inspection technologies play an important role...

May 7, 2026 - Jim Mathews, President and CEO, Rail Passengers Association -I want to say that one immediate reaction to the recent discussion around train security is sort of understandable, I guess: if someone dangerous boarded an Amtrak train...

March 30, 2026 - TRA Newswire -New Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) safety data shows that 2025 was the safest year on record for the rail industry, with improvements across almost every safety metric.Highlighted by the Association of American Railroads (AAR),...

January 13, 2026 - TRA Newswire -Fort Worth-based BNSF Railway had its best year ever in reporting safety results for 2025, a record in the company's 177-year history. The railroad continues to lead its peers in North America when it...

December 21, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Just as the Trump administration has been cracking down on foreign truck drivers that can't read road signs or speak English, the Federal Railroad Administration has been inspecting trains at Texas border crossings and...

December 6, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Thanks to the 89th Texas legislature passing a rail grant program to eliminate at-grade crossings,  supported by Texas Rail Advocates, cities are starting to gear up their application for funds. The grant program, first...

December 27, 2024 - TRA Newswire -The National Transportation Safety Board will determine why a tractor-trailer stopped on train tracks right before a deadly crash in the West Texas city of Pecos.The NTSB did release preliminary information showing that the...

April 24, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Texas Congressman Troy Nehls, Chairman of the House Transportation Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous MAterials, speaking in a pre-recorded video before the Southwestern Rail Conference said "on the record, I strongly support using...

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,...