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KCS Holiday Express Train announces 5 Texas cities to benefit from the charity

September 29th, 2021
September 29, 2021 - TRA Newswire - The 21st annual Kansas City Southern (KCS) Holiday Express program will benefit five cities in Texas this year. In partnership with a fundraiser to benefit the Salvation Army the yearly holiday train has raised...

It's Rail Safety Week: Lets be careful out there

September 22nd, 2021
September 21, 21021 - TRA Newswire - It’s once again September, a good time to focus on public safety as kids head back to school and more drivers crowd the roads post summer-vacation. This week marks U.S. Rail Safety Week (Sept. 20-26), a...

Austin Project Connect light rail gets its first cash infusion: $312 million

September 22nd, 2021
September 16, 2021 - RTandS.com - Over $312 million has been approved for the Project Connect venture in Austin. The Austin Transit Partnership unanimously passed the amount on Sept. 15, and the money will be used to start the MetroRail Orange and...

With impending funding Amtrak CEO wants to see more train service in Texas

September 22nd, 2021
September 16, 2021 - TRA Newswire  - If and when President Biden's American Jobs Plan makes it to his desk for his signature it will include billions in funding to expand intercity passenger rail services. If and when that happens, Amtrak President...

CP, then CN and back to CP: KCS Railways' new partner

September 22nd, 2021
September 15, 2021 - TRA Newswire / Politico - The latest twist in a bidding war between two Canadian freight rail giants and the smallest Class 1 American railroad looks like it has finally been settled. Kansas City Southern (KCS) said it...

Texas Central: still waiting for the green signal

September 20th, 2021
Updated September 23 2021 - TRA Newswire - It's complicated. Start with a project that is one of the largest in scope ever dreamed of in Texas. And in Texas we do dream big. Think larger than building the mega-DFW International Airport...

Mexico revives dream of San Antonio-to-Monterrey rail service

September 5th, 2021
September 1, 2021 - Randy Diamond, San Antonio Express-News - For more than three decades, politicians and rail advocates have dreamed of building a passenger train link between San Antonio and Monterrey, northern Mexico’s largest city. Each time, they’ve woken up with...

Passenger trains to link Coahuila, Nuevo León Mexico and US border in Tamaulipas

September 5th, 2021
August 25, 2021 - mexiconewsdaily.com - The federal government (Mexico) is planning to launch an interurban train service to link Coahuila and Nuevo León to the border with the United States at Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. The passenger and freight train project will...

NETEX Rail District announces timeline for Sulphur Springs transload facility

September 5th, 2021
August 17, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Bids are expected in September for a rail transload facility in Sulphur Springs and construction is expected to begin by the end of this year, according to an announcement from the Northeast Texas Rural...

Gainesville signs agreement for North Texas rail park

September 5th, 2021
August 14, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Another Texas city is jumping on the rail park bandwagon, this time in the North Texas city of Gainesville. The Gainesville Economic Development Corporation has signed an agreement with Strategic Rail Industrial, a Philadelphia-based rail...

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