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Southwestern Rail Conference (Virtual) features State Rail Panel

January 13th, 2021
Updated January 17, 2021 - TRA Newswire - The 17th Annual Southwestern Rail Conference will go virtual Thursday, January 28th with an all-day lineup of rail leaders from the industry and from political circles discussing important transportation topics. http://texasrailadvocates.org/2021-southwestern-rail-conference/ The conference is...

Fort Worth staunch rail advocate claimed by Covid

January 12th, 2021
January 12, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Dennis Dunkins, who served on the board of Trinity Metro and was a strong supporter of mass transit and passenger rail, passed away recently after being hospitalized for Covid-19. Dunkins, a Fort Worth native,...

Abandoned south Austin railway could be restored to offer trail, transit options

January 4th, 2021
January 4, 2021 - kxan.com - For years, a Union Pacific Railroad line in south Austin provided a critical connection to the Bergstrom Air Force Base, but after the base was closed in 1993 the railway was decommissioned. Today, most of the...

DYK: Texas may have enough money stashed for an electrified regional railway between Austin & San Antonio

December 25th, 2020
December 25, 2020 - TRA Newswire - As of December 2020, the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP), which is administered by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), had nearly $2 billion in the bank, according to a...

KCS Holiday Express Train benefited Texas communities, others

December 25th, 2020
December 25, 2020 - TRA Newswire - Kansas City Southern Railway announced that the 20th anniversary KCS Holiday Express program in partnership with The Salvation Army has raised over $277,000 to benefit the Salvation Army in 20 communities on its U.S....

1st train in over 15 years uses South Orient RR tracks to Presidio - but no Rio crossing...yet

December 23rd, 2020
Updated December 28, 2020 - TRA Newswire - Two heavy haul locomotives pulling a 100 car ballast train from Alpine, Texas have made their way over the long mothballed South Orient Railroad line to Presidio, in deep Southwest Texas. This...

Texas short line RRs can benefit from 45-G passage

December 22nd, 2020
December 22, 2020 – TRA Newswire - The 45 short line railroads operating in Texas got their Christmas gift several days early when the omnibus appropriations/coronavirus relief/tax legislation passed in Congress. That bill contained the law that makes permanent the...

New rail delivered for DART's Silver Line in Plano

December 22nd, 2020
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) received new rail Dec. 18 for its Silver Line project in Plano. A total of 200, 80-foot rail sections, or 16,000 feet of rail, were delivered by special train from Steel Dynamics, Inc., of Indiana, to...

HR133 covid bill brings relief for Amtrak / transit agencies

December 22nd, 2020
December 22, 2020 - TRA Newswire / Rail Passengers Association - Congress has finally passed emergency coronavirus funding bill that will prevent further service cuts and layoffs at Amtrak and other U.S. transit agencies. The relief package includes $1 billion for Amtrak and...

Fort Worth-based shortline RR hopes to revive passenger, freight rail service on Colorado line

December 20th, 2020
December 20, 2020 - TRA Newswire - UPDATED January 2, 2021 to show agreement reached. Fort-Worth based Rio Grande Pacific subsidiary Colorado Midland & Pacific Railway Company (CMP) has entered into a commercialagreement with Union Pacific Railroad (UP) for the majority...

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