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...

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...

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...

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...

March 9, 2025 - TRA Austin -We're catching up on some rail bills that have been filed over the last week, some that we favor and one that we do not.  All of the current session bills we track can...

March 6, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Texas Materials Group is proposing a 27 mile long rail line in Burnet county to transport aggregate between quarries and has petitioned the Surface Transportation Board (STB) for permission to proceed. The proposal would revive...

March 4, 2025 - ForrWorthReport.org, Eric E. Garcia  -An urban rail system that emanates from downtown Fort Worth and extends to the city’s rapidly growing areas to the north, south and west is among the sweeping transit recommendations a committee...

March 3, 2025 - TRA Austin -Lawmakers in Austin heard from members of the Texas Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (TSLRRA) Monday over issues important to the smaller railroads and their customers.At the top of the list is a...

March 1, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Viterra, a global network that connects producers to consumers, announced the groundbreaking at a new grain facility in the Texas panhandle town of Dalhart.The plant's grain handling system will be served with a new...

February 27, 2025 - TRA Newswire -As the Brownsville and Rio Grande International Railway (BRG) turns 40 this year, the short line that serves the Port of Brownsville has seen growth surge at the southern-most port in Texas. The Brownsville and...