December 5, 2022 - TRA Newswire -The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Rail Division has commissioned Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) to research the economic impact of short line railroads in Texas. They have requested support of the Texas Short...

November 22, 2022 - RailwayAge.com  -The Surface Transportation Board (STB) is ordering Union Pacific (UP) President and CEO Lance Fritz and other top UP executives to appear at a Dec. 13-14 public hearing on what it’s calling a “substantial increase”...

November 23, 2022 - TRA Newswire -The Southern Rail Commission has announced that an agreement has been brokered between Amtrak, Norfolk Southern, CSX and the Alabama State Port Authority to allow for two daily round trips a day between New...

November 18, 2022 - MarshallNewsMessenger.com - The Harrison County Commissioners Court recently approved a resolution in support of state rail funding to match funding available in the competitive federal rail program.The resolution of support was requested by Peter J. LeCody, president...

November 13, 2022 - TRA Newswire -Texas Rail Advocates has signed on to a letter of support for the North Louisiana Passenger Rail Plan. The application is being submitted to the U.S. Department of Transportation from the Louisiana Department of...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...