April 26, 2019 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Gordon Dickson -
Some tanker cars involved in a fiery train derailment Wednesday in south Fort Worth were older model rail cars that are considered less safe for transporting flammable liquids than newer models, federal...
April 26, 2019 - TRA Newswire -
Wabtec, formerly GE Transportation, celebrated the 1,000th locomotive produced at it's north Fort Worth plant this week. The locomotive will be delivered to Canadian National Railway (CN).
The Evolution Series Tier 4 was the first...
March 26, 2019 - Fort Worth Star Telegram - Gordon Dickson -
Since it opened in 2001, the Fort Worth Intermodal Transportation Center has served as a gorgeous little train and bus station – but with a truly awful acronym for...
February 3, 2018 - meridianstar.com -
Negotiations are underway to revive a long-awaited Amtrak route connecting Atlanta and Ft. Worth, Texas, through Meridian, but it has taken a backseat to a Gulf Coast train route that was abandoned after Hurricane Katrina.
“The...
December 26, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
The future of GE Transportation's Fort Worth plant got a little brighter this week with the announcement that CN, the Canadian National Railway Company, placed an order for 200 new locomotives over the next...
November 24, 2017 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Gordon Dickson -
If all goes according to plan, a year from now the long-awaited TEX Rail commuter train service will make its maiden voyage from downtown Fort Worth to Grapevine and Dallas-Fort...
November 13, 2017 - Dallas Morning News -
Dallas and Fort Worth officials are moving forward on plans to create a separate entity to manage a potential high-speed connection between the two cities.
The Dallas City Council's Mobility Solutions, Infrastructure & Sustainability Committee gave...
October 16, 2017 - Fort Worth Star Telegram - BY Gordon Dickson -
One of the first TEX Rail cars off the assembly line was publicly unveiled last week during a transit exposition in Atlanta — and Fort Worth officials say...
October 1, 2017 - TRA Newswire -
Attendees at the American Public Transportation Association's Expo in Atlanta will get the first look at TEXRail's self-propelled rail car this month.
The first Stadler "Flirt" Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) rolled out of the plant...
August 7, 2017 - GlobalAirRailNews.com -
Stadler has announced that the first FLIRT for the future TEXRail commuter line has been completed.
In 2015, Fort Worth Transportation Authority signed a $100 million contract with the rolling stock manufacturer for eight FLIRT diesel-electric...