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Commentary: Passenger & freight rail is OK in Texas, as long as it's not in YOUR backyard
August 13th, 2023
August 14, 2023 - TRA Commentary -BNSF Railway recently pulled back from plans to develop a needed 950-acre logstics park in the small North Texas town of Gunter after outcries from some of the 2,250 locals that didn't want to...
Back on track? Amtrak and Texas Central look at partnership to advance high-speed rail Dallas to Houston
August 9th, 2023
August 9, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Texas Central Partners (“Texas Central”) and Amtrak announced today that they are seeking opportunities to advance planning and analysis work associated with the proposed Dallas-Houston 205-mph high-speed rail project to further determine its viability....
Complaints of "crewless trains" running in Houston are unfounded
May 6th, 2023
May 6, 2023 - TRA Newswire -An April 26th Opinion Column in the Houston Chronicle intimated that because some signs say "locomotive cabs may be unoccupied" they pose a danger when Union Pacific trains are moved from one nearby yard...
Blocked crossings in Houston: Bill filed in Texas House to limit train length
February 27th, 2023
February 27, 2023 - TRA Austin -Texas Representative Ana Hernandez (District-143) has filed a bill in the House to limit the length of trains that run through her district, citing that long trains block railroad crossings for extended periods of...
Dallas-Houston bullet train developer vows project is on track, but state officials lack confidence
October 28th, 2022
October 28, 2022 - TexasTribune.com - With lingering skepticism about Texas Central’s ability to build a high-speed rail line, landowners along the route want the company to be more forthcoming about the project’s status.A lawyer for nearly 100 property owners who...
UP and Canadian Pacific/KCS spar on Houston rail traffic during merger hearing at STB
October 26th, 2022
October 25, 2022 - Trains.com -Union Pacific said that a video of a KCS train "breezing through Houston" misled federal regulators about Houston terminal operations.The railroads played the video, shot from the lead locomotive, for the Surface Transportation Board on...
Texas Central, while media silent, is quietly still around
October 22nd, 2022
October 22, 2022 - TRA Newswire - Hibernation mode. That's how one rail source describes current activity at Texas Central, the private company that is building the high-speed rail ine between Dallas and Houston. The railroad recently paid off back property taxes...
CP and KCS defend merger, says no extra capacity needed through Houston
October 13th, 2022
October 6, 2022 - Trains.com -WASHINGTON — Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern made closing arguments for their proposed merger on Thursday, telling regulators that their combination was in the public interest and that critics either didn’t do their homework...
Houston, Austin, San Antonio Mayors ask TxDOT to engage in intercity rail development program
October 3rd, 2022
October 3, 2022 - TRA Newswire -Mayors of Houston, Austin and San Antonio have asked the Executive Director of TxDOT to participate in a passenger rail corridor program being developed as part of the Infrastructure bill passed by Congress.In a...
UP, Houston officials continue discussion on former wood-tie site
September 26th, 2022
September 26, 2022 - TRA Newswire -Union Pacific Railroad and representatives from the city of Houston, Harris County and the Bayou City Initiative continue their discussions on measures to remediate a former wood-tie preserving site that UP inherited in the...