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It's time for the ODOT-TxDOT Heartland Flyer to grow up

October 31st, 2015
June 14, 1999 was the first run of the Oklahoma state supported Heartland Flyer, a daily train that made a round-trip between Oklahoma City and Fort Worth, Texas. It ended a twenty year drought of passenger rail service in that...

Tiger Grant: $15 Million to upgrade Amtrak’s Southwest Chief route

October 28th, 2015
Ladailypost.com - October 27, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representatives Michelle Lujan Grisham, Steve Pearce and Ben Ray Luján have announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded $15,210,143 for the...

Neches River rail bridge study set for October 21 in Beaumont

October 13th, 2015
(Special to TRA) - October 13, 2015 - The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is proposing rail improvements for a major choke point at the Neches River Bridge in Beaumont, Texas.  TxDOT will hold a Public Open House on Wednesday,...

Americans love trains. So should conservatives.

September 30th, 2015
William S. Lind and Glen D. Bottoms • AmericanConservative.com September 8, 2015   At root, conservatism is about preserving good things from the past and, where they have been lost, restoring them. Conservatives know that life in the past was in many ways...

Amtrak ridership in Austin slips the more economy improves

September 20th, 2015
By Ben Wear - American-Statesman Staff - September 20, 2015  Amtrak’s Texas Eagle was 80 minutes late pulling into the Austin station Friday morning. Of course. According to Amtrak, its trains have come in to Austin on time just 30.9 percent of...

BNSF, Union Pacific say 'meltdown' in nation's rail grid is looming

September 20th, 2015
Railroad shutdown imminent as safety deadline approaches, industry warns KETV-Omaha / TRA  / September 10, 2015   OMAHA, Neb. —A looming deadline for implementation of new railroad safety standards could cause rail networks across the United States to come to a standstill, including...

Wicker Questions Railroad Administrator on Restoring Gulf Coast Rail Service

September 20th, 2015
WASHINGTON – Special to TRA - September 17, 2015 U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today questioned Acting Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Sarah Feinberg, about the agency’s efforts to...

Red tape delays Amtrak rail improvements in DFW area

September 19th, 2015
Plans to move Amtrak to faster tracks have stalled Passengers endure long waits stuck in freight yards Officials confident resolution is only weeks away September 11, 2015 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram / Gordon Dickson   The latest example is playing out in Fort Worth, where...

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