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Texas' slowest train: STB opens investigation into On-Time Performance of Amtrak’s Sunset Limited
July 11th, 2023
July 11, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Today the Surface Transportation Board (STB) opened an investigation into the on-time performance of Amtrak's Sunset Limited long-distance passenger train that runs between New Orleans and Los Angeles, along the I-10 corridor through Texas. Amtrak...
Texas peace officer turned Union Pacific safety supervisor preaches "Always Expect A Train"
July 4th, 2023
July 4, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Buck Russell is a Senior Supervisor, Public Safety for Union Pacific Railroad.In his words..... My story begins back when I was a police officer in South Texas 26 years ago. I was dispatched to...
Competition heats up for rail freight business on Class 1's and Texas is at the epicenter
June 28th, 2023
June 28, 2023 - TRA Newswire -In less than 90 days, all of the Class 1 railroads that operate in Texas have gone on the offensive to either create new business or see how they can funnel existing freight business...
Class 1's starting to get competitive in Texas markets, finally waking up to trucks, other RR's stealing share?
May 31st, 2023
May 31, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Union Pacific is the latest Class 1 railroad to announce faster, direct intermodal service from Texas to other key markets. UP announced Tuesday that it will provide a direct, quicker intermodal service from Port...
NTSB early report: Misaligned switch caused 2 UP trains to crash
May 26th, 2023
May 26, 2023 - TRA Newswire -The Federal Railroad Administration has issued a safety advisory following a National Transportation Safety Board preliminary report on a crash involving two Union Pacific trains in Chico Texas, 45 miles north of Fort Worth.According to...
Suit filed in fed court: Union Pacific wants a do-over in the recent CPKC merger
May 7th, 2023
May 7, 2023 - TRA Newswire - Union Pacific is not happy with the recent Surface Transportation Board decision that allowed the merger of Canadian Pacific (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS) into the new CPKC. UP has filed suit in...
Amtrak's Texas Eagle to operate at higher speeds, but not in the Lone Star state
May 6th, 2023
May 6, 2023 - TRA Newswire -The good news is that the daily Texas Eagle, operating from San Antonio to Chicago, will be running faster at 100 miles per hour, shaving time off its run. The bad news is that...
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...
UP announces seamless North American connection service; Q1 results battered by bad weather
April 24th, 2023
April 24, 2023 - TRA Newswire - A second cross-border rail alliance is born this monthHot on the heels of the recent merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern, now called CPKC, which created a North America funnel for...
HART to transform how Houston area deals with trains and traffic
April 9th, 2023
April 9, 2023 - TRA Newswire -It's called HART and that stands for Houston Area Rail Transformation. It's a way that various agencies are going to be able to collaborate with each other and make it easier for motorists to...