February 4, 2024 - TRA Commentary and Analysis - Here's the billion dollar question. Can TxDOT, the Texas Transportation Commission and our state lawmakers get on the same page to receive a chunk of $66 billion in guaranteed federal rail grants,...

January 29, 2024 - KXAN.com - Travis County Judge Andy Brown joined KXAN Monday to talk about priorities for the year ahead of Travis County Commissioners Court on Tuesday.The conversation was centered around working to bring passenger rail to Central Texas,...

January 25, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Union Pacific's fourth quarter and 2023 financials in a nutshell:Earnings per diluted share of $2.71 were up 1% while the full year earnings (per diluted share of $10.45) were down 7%. 4th quarter net...

January 17, 2023 - dentonrc.com - As Amtrak moves forward with plans to bring high-speed rail to Texas — like the Shinkansen rail network in Japan — North Texas officials are hoping to turn downtown Dallas into a regional rail hub.Dallas...

January 17, 2023 - TRA Newswire -The head of the Federal Railroad Administration, Amit Bose, will give a keynote address during the 20th Annual Southwestern Rail Conference to be held in the Dallas-Fort Worth area April 15-16.Its not just rail...

January 15, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Depending on the commodity and the size of the railroad, traffic counts were both up and down in 2023 throughout Texas and the nation.Two of the three largest (Class 1) railroads operating in Texas...

January 10, 2023 - TRA Newswire -The acquisition of the strategic Bayport Rail Terminal (BRT) by PSC Group will allow the company to expand its footprint in the midst of the world's largest chemical and plastic production hub. The BRT,...

January 9, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Union Pacific has started installing hydrogen fuel-cell generators as a backup power source at Gulf Coast crossings, in case major weather events force a power outage on the electric grid. The deployment of the fuel-cell...

January 9, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Ground was recently broken for a new warehouse and distribution center in the Central Texas city of Bryan, and it will be fully rail optimized when it opens for business over the next several...

January 7, 2024 - TRA Newswire - The one remaining rail diesel car (RDC) that Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) held on to for years has found a new home at the Museum of the American Railroad in Frisco, Texas.According to...