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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...
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...