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Dallas-based AECOM leads joint venture program management support for California HSR

November 13th, 2022
November 13, 2022 - TRA Newswire -Dallas-based AECOM (NYSE: ACM) a major infrastructure consulting firm, announced that its joint venture has been selected by the California High-Speed Rail Authority to provide program management support for the California High-Speed Rail initiative, a first in...

UP delivering $3MM to nature sustainability projects in North Texas, other states

November 13th, 2022
November 13, 2022 - TRA Newswire  - Union Pacific Railroad will be donating $3 million to three The Nature Conservancy projects in the next three years, including one for watershed health in North Texas.UP is adding Environmental Sustainability as a fourth...

Three U.S. Senators call for Dallas-Fort Worth to Atlanta passenger rail service

November 4th, 2022
November 4, 2022 - TRA Newswire -A trio of U.S. Senators voiced support yesterday to establish passenger rail service in the busy I-20 Texas-Louisiana-Mississippi  corridor from Dallas-Fort Worth to Atlanta.In a meeting of the Southern Rail Commission convening in Monroe,...

Watco completes expansion, upgrades at 222 acre Refugio Texas terminal

November 2nd, 2022
November 2, 2022 - ProgressiveRailroading.com - Watco yesterday announced the completion of a $6.7 million expansion and improvement project at its rail, storage and transloading facility near Refugio, Texas.The Refugio Transload Terminal has now gained heightened security and increased rail-car capacity, with...

Texas Central Update: Houston Delegation rides Japanese bullet train, tours Operations Center

October 28th, 2022
October 27, 2022 - TRA Newswire -On the third day of the investment and trade mission to Japan, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, Greater Houston Partnership President/CEO Bob Harvey, and members of the delegation learned more about the Japanese company that...

Dallas-Houston bullet train developer vows project is on track, but state officials lack confidence

October 28th, 2022
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...

San Antonio could receive new train routes if TxDOT secures federal funds

October 26th, 2022
October 26, 2022 - KENS-TV / San Antonio -The proposal would likely expand existing services from San Antonio and add new routes connecting the Rio Grande Valley all the way up to Dallas.They say everything is bigger in Texas, but...

UP and Canadian Pacific/KCS spar on Houston rail traffic during merger hearing at STB

October 26th, 2022
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...

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...

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