May 28, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Freight rail deliveries have started to improve after a horrendous Texas winter storm in February and late-season hurricanes in the Gulf Coast toward the end of 2020 disrupted the supply chain. Delivery schedules were upended...

May 27, 2021 - TRA Newswire - By 2035 Amtrak, the only national passenger rail service provider, wants to deliver more frequent and reliable trains to more Texas cities. In an announcement from Amtrak CEO Bill Flynn, the executive said that “now...

May 27, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Marc Williams has been named the Texas Department of Transportation's CEO, stepping in to replace Executive Director James Bass who previously announced his retirement. Bass' career with TxDOT spanned over 40 years. Williams has served...

May 24, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Aboard the Texas Eagle - Texas Rail Advocates President Peter LeCody was aboard the Texas Eagle today and observed the good, the bad and the ugly. Daily service on Amtrak's Texas Eagle was restored today,...

May 23, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Amtrak officials this past week explained their vision to extend the daily Heartland Flyer, which now runs from Fort Worth to Oklahoma City, northward to Kansas connections. Amtrak Government Affairs spokesmen Derrick James of Chicago...

Updated May 23, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Amtrak's Texas Eagle will return to daily service starting this Monday, ending temporary tri-weekly service that started last fall during the pandemic. However, the iconic Sightseer Lounge that passengers were accustomed to seeing on...

May 3, 2021 - RailwayAge.com - For first-quarter 2021, BNSF posted revenues of $5.401 billion, virtually flat with the year-earlier period, and volumes of 2.449 million, led by Consumer and Agricultural products, the railroad reported May 3. The change in revenue—a 0.3%...

May 8, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Watco announced earlier this week the start-up of a full-service rail, storage, and transloading facility near Refugio, Texas. The Refugio Transload Terminal is within the growing Corpus Christi, Rockport, and Sinton industrial areas and...

Updated May 8, 2021 - TRA Newswire / Rail Passengers Association - A U.S. House hearing on high-speed rail Thursday provided evidence that Congress is finally getting serious about a federal high-speed rail program. Spearheaded by a younger generation of elected...

May 6, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Texas Rail Advocates Board of Directors has signed on to a joint letter with other stakeholders indicating the importance of rail in upcoming infrastructure legislation now being consider in Washington. "While Congress is currently debating...