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Time to get Texas on track: Start with the critical Austin-San Antonio rail segment

March 18th, 2025
March 18, 2025 - TRA Commentary -It's not going to get any easier to drive from north of Austin to south of San Antonio, and in between the next decade is going to be a nightmare of construction, delays and...

County Line Rail buys Sabine River and Northern Railroad in Southeast Texas "Golden Traingle"

March 17th, 2025
March 17, 2025 - TRA Newswire - Brent Hall, CEO of County Line Rail Operations and a FRA certified engineer and conductor, will have his work cut out for him bringing back to life the Sabine River and Northern Railroad (SRN),...

Final batch of rail bills gets in under the wire in Austin: help for short lines, transit "lanes", overpasses

March 16th, 2025
March 16, 2025 - TRA Austin -Bill filing for the 89th Legislature is now history. There were a flurry of bills that could affect both freight and passenger rail in Texas and we're going to run them down for you. Representative...

Amtrak Texas Eagle service to be interrupted for necessary UP track work during 8-day periods this spring

March 15th, 2025
March 15, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Springtime always brings out the track crews for necessary repairs and infrastructure upgrades and 2025 will have Union Pacific maintenance-of-way gangs hard at work between Marshall in East Texas and the Dallas-Fort Worth area. If...

New presentations at Southwestern Rail Conference: Amtrak, Association of American Railroads, Surface Transportation Board

March 14th, 2025
March 14, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Early registration for the 21st Annual Southwestern Rail Conference at the Hurst Texas Conference Center ends March 22nd so you only have a few days to take advance of a discounted rate.The only all-rail...

Firm start date for New Orleans-Mobile passenger rail to be announced soon

March 14th, 2025
March 14 2025 - TRA Newswire -You'll be able to buy tickets soon for the start of passenger rail service along the Gulf Coast from New Orleans to Mobile, Alabama. During the quarterly meeting of the Southern Rail Commission (SRC),...

Road/Rail Grade Separation Grant Program passes Texas Senate Transpo Committee

March 12th, 2025
Marfch 12, 2025 - TRA Austin -A state program that would allow the Texas Department of Transportation to issue grants for separating roadways from railroads at crossings passed the Senate Transportation Committee on a 9-0 vote and now heads for...

Twelfth of a Series: Amtrak-Sponsored Texas HSR Takes a Step Closer – But to What?

March 11th, 2025
March 10, 2025 - RailwayAge.com, David Peter Alan -The big buzz and bigger controversy around Texas during the past several years has been a proposal by a company called Texas Central to build and operate a high-speed rail line between...

Patriot Rail to establish Denton Texas transload facility on CPKC network

March 11th, 2025
March 11, 2025 - TRA  Newswire -Patriot Rail Company, U.S. operator of short line and regional freight railroads, transloading and other rail services, announces a new multi-commodity transload facility on Canadian Pacific Kansas City's (CPKC) network in Denton, Texas. The facility will...

UP to close Palestine East Texas shops, county continues to fight it

March 11th, 2025
March 11, 2025 - Trains.com -Union Pacific on Monday notified employees at its Palestine, Texas, car shop that their current jobs would be eliminated following the latest ruling in a long-running court battle over an agreement dating to 1872.The Dallas Morning...

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