May 6, 2023 - TRA Newswire -An April 26th Opinion Column in the Houston Chronicle intimated that because some signs say "locomotive cabs may be unoccupied" they pose a danger when Union Pacific trains are moved from one nearby yard...

February 27, 2023 - TRA Austin -Texas Representative Ana Hernandez (District-143) has filed a bill in the House to limit the length of trains that run through her district, citing that long trains block railroad crossings for extended periods of...

October 28, 2022 - TexasTribune.com - With lingering skepticism about Texas Central’s ability to build a high-speed rail line, landowners along the route want the company to be more forthcoming about the project’s status.A lawyer for nearly 100 property owners who...

October 25, 2022 - Trains.com -Union Pacific said that a video of a KCS train "breezing through Houston" misled federal regulators about Houston terminal operations.The railroads played the video, shot from the lead locomotive, for the Surface Transportation Board on...

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...

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...

October 3, 2022 - TRA Newswire -Mayors of Houston, Austin and San Antonio have asked the Executive Director of TxDOT to participate in a passenger rail corridor  program being developed as part of the Infrastructure bill passed by Congress.In a...

September 26, 2022 - TRA Newswire -Union Pacific Railroad and representatives from the city of Houston, Harris County and the Bayou City Initiative continue their discussions on measures to remediate a former wood-tie preserving site that UP inherited in the...

August 10, 2022 - TRA Newswire -A new short line railroad in a Baytown industrial park is expected to start service this week to provide common carrier service and interline with both BNSF and Union Pacific Railroad. TGS Cedar Port...

July 8, 2022 - TRA Newswire -In a statement issued today, Texas Central Partners, fresh off a win at the Texas Supreme Court  that allows them eminent domain rights as a railroad, said that "we look forward to being able...