August 4, 2020 - GlobeSt.com - On the heels of another speculative project underway in El Paso, VanTrust Real Estate LLC recently broke ground on a 1 million-square-foot speculative industrial building in southern Dallas. Located south of Interstate 20, DalParc Logistics...

August 22, 2020 - TRA Newswire - Santa's elves will again be welcoming boys and girls, from 2 to 92, aboard the POLAR EXPRESS™ journey to the North Pole at Texas State Railroad this November and December. Tickets are now on sale...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]August 21, 2020 - TRA Newswire - The largest passenger rail advocacy group, Rail Passengers Association, has started a campaign to take Amtrak's Sunset Limited cross-country service from 3 days a week to daily service across Texas and other Southwest U.S....

August 17, 2020 - TRA Austin Bureau - The long-awaited update to the Texas state Rail Plan is now available on the Texas Department of Transportation website. The release of the 2019 Rail Plan executive summary and category chapters had been...

August 13, 2020 - TRA Newswire - Amtrak finally released their reduced 3-times-a-week schedule for the long haul trains. The schedule takes effect in less than 60 days on October 1. The Texas Eagle will be one of the biggest casualties...

August 7, 2020 - TRA Newswire - Billions of dollars in economic growth hangs in the balance as one landowner takes his case to the Texas Supreme Court later this month to try and stop Texas Central Railway from building their...

August 7, 2020 - RailPassengers.org - The fate of the National Passenger Rail Network was front and center at yesterday's Senate nomination hearing for two candidates to the Amtrak Board of Directors. From written testimony to the opening line of questioning...

August 6, 2020 - TRA Newswire - Denver-based Alpenglow Rail, specializing in operating and growing rail businesses, has acquired two major Texas and Louisiana rail facilities from USA Rail Terminals.  The terminals, under the USA Rail banner, are owned by  Jim...

August 5, 2020 - TRA Newswire - The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) will host a virtual public hearing 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 11, 2020 to present the Draft Texas Transportation Plan (TTP) 2050 and solicit public comments. During the virtual public hearing,...

August 3, 2020 - Trains Magazine - Bob Johnston - Deja vu: Amtrak service to be cut from daily to 3x weekly October 1 1995 plan that cut trains to "save money" didn't work Expected "savings" did not offset costs Any...