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Surface Transportation Board backs CPKC in grain export dispute with Union Pacific

July 15th, 2025
July 7, 2025 - Trains.com -Canadian Pacific Kansas City can send Midwestern grain to export at the ports of Houston and Galveston via haulage rights over Union Pacific south of Beaumont, Texas, the Surface Transportation Board said.Union Pacific in 2023 had...

US rail workers worried over safety and security threats allowing Mexican engineers to operate trains in Texas and US

July 15th, 2025
July 15, 2025 - TRA Newswire -The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) have raised concern over safety and security threats linked to a plan by Class I railroads that would allow Mexican engineers to operate trains in Texas and...

Union Pacific launches TrackSafe Houston to increase rail safety in the region

June 18th, 2025
June 18, 2025 - TRA Newswire - A Union Pacific Railroad pledge states "we will all go home safe." The pledge is now taking on an expanded meaning as the commitment extends beyond their team and customers to the communities they serve...

Another rail-served park pops up: Gateway Industrial Rail Park in Laredo

March 19th, 2025
March 19, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Ironhorse Resources, Inc. has announced a long-term partnership with Kraus Development to serve as the railroad developer and operator for the 2,000-acre master-planned Gateway Rail Industrial Park. The rail park is located within Kraus...

Brownsville and Rio Grande Railway celebrates 40 Years; port of Brownsville traffic shoots skyward

February 27th, 2025
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...

Fatal Pecos, Texas train/truck crash highlights need for state funding to improve safety at grade crossings

December 27th, 2024
December 27, 2024 - TRA Newswire -The National Transportation Safety Board will determine why a tractor-trailer stopped on train tracks right before a deadly crash in the West Texas city of Pecos.The NTSB did release preliminary information showing that the...

Hurricane Beryl halts freight and passenger rail activity along the Texas Gulf Coast

July 8th, 2024
Updated July 10, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Rail service is in a recovery mode following Hurricane Beryl's push through the Texas Gulf Coast. Union Pacific Railroad reports that "all impacted track segments, with the exception of the Galveston area, have been...

14 acre transload Texas Gulf Coast site acquired by Chemvest Holdings, served by BNSF and UP

June 17th, 2024
June 17, 2024 - Bluebonnetnews.com -Chemvest Holdings US Inc. has recently completed the acquisition of a 13.7-acre, rail-served site at Gulf Inland Logistics Park, a development overseen by Liberty Development Partners. This strategic move expands the company’s operations and enhances...

Freight rail is slowing down and we're not talking about speed

October 26th, 2023
October 26, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Class 1's, including those that operate in Texas and the Southwest are lowering their outlook for the year after volumes continued to slide in the 3rd quarter.Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) CEO Keith Creel...

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...

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