March 6, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Texas Materials Group is proposing a 27 mile long rail line in Burnet county to transport aggregate between quarries and has petitioned the Surface Transportation Board (STB) for permission to proceed. The proposal would revive...

February 27, 2025 - TRA Newswire -As the Brownsville and Rio Grande International Railway (BRG) turns 40 this year, the short line that serves the Port of Brownsville has seen growth surge at the southern-most port in Texas. The Brownsville and...

January 25, 2025 - TRA NewswireThe railroad business keeps rolling along. Union Pacific exceeded Wall Street expectations with a 7% profit increase in the final quarter of 2024 while BNSF Railway announces that it will invest $3.8 billion in capital...

December 10, 2024 - TRA Newswire - In the season just ended, BNSF Railway announced record agricultural volumes, which includes grain harvest, for the month of October, with a 7 percent increase in volume and velocity from 2023.  BNSF handles more agricultural...

December 9, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Seeing the current and future demand for freight rail service in the Lone Star state, BNSF Railway continues to add double-track segments in a key north-south Texas route.BNSF has completed a new section of...

November 11, 2024 - ProgressiveRailroading.com -BNSF Railway Co. reported its total revenue in third-quarter 2024 rose 1% to $5.9 billion while net income climbed 13% to $1.4 billion compared to revenue and net income in third-quarter 2023. Average revenue per car/unit in...

October 24, 2024 - TRA Newswire -In partnership with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), the City of Fort Worth and the City of Haslet, the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) and Hillwood, a Perot Company, $80 million...

October 2, 2024 - FortWorthReport.org -Fort Worth-based BNSF Railway launched a new express carload service Oct. 1 to ship food and building supplies to key inland markets while increasing access to Texas.The new services come as BNSF is in the...

August 29, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Pinsly Railroad Company announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Hondo Railway LLC, a short line railroad company in Hondo, Texas (Medina County), just west of San Antonio. The purchase is subject to regulatory...

August 16, 2024 - trains.com -Nearly four years after new federal on-time performance standards went into effect, Amtrak is nearing agreements with BNSF Railway and Union Pacific for certification of disputed train schedules.Some 95% of Amtrak train schedules have been...