February 18,2022 - TRA Newswire - The North Central Texas Council of Governments' Regional Transportation Council has revised its policy to favor high speed rail between Dallas and Fort Worth which effectively eliminates a hyperloop connection from consideration. In another rail...

February 7, 2022 - David Peter Alan, Contributing Editor - Railway Age - Since 2016, Texas landowner James Frederick Miles and the companies that are planning the Texas Central high-speed-rail line between Dallas and the edge of Houston have been engaged...

February 6, 2022 - TRA Newswire - The Rail Division at the Texas Department of Transportation is adding new positions and has posted those on the agency website. Two new positions are now open for applicants: a Rail Program Coordinator and a...

February 4, 2022 - TRA Newswire - Union Pacific Railroad has again been named to Fortune magazine's World's Most Admired Companies list and is the highest ranked railroad in the Trucking, Transportation and Logistics category. The magazine's annual World's Most Admired list will...

January 31, 2022 - David Peter Alan, Contributing Editor, Railway Age - For a short time, it looked like the end of the line for James Frederick Miles and his supporters. Miles is the landowner from a rural county between Dallas...

January 30, 2022 - TRA Newswire - The Wabtec plant at Fort Worth is about to get a lot busier as Union Pacific Railroad announces the purchase of 10 FLXdrive battery-electric locomotives for use in its freight rail yards. The order...

January 23, 2022 - Russell Jackson, Contributor - The Texas Eagle is buried in the secondary of the hierarchy of the endangered species of passenger transportation, Amtrak’s long distance trains. For decades the Eagle has run daily between Chicago and San Antonio, then on three...

January 24, 2022 - David Peter Alan, Contributing Editor, Railway Age  - A landowner in rural Texas is locked in a legal battle with the companies that are planning to build the Texas Central high-speed rail (HSR) project, which would establish...

January 23, 2022 - TRA Newswire - Union Pacific Railroad announced it will be the primary intermodal rail transportation provider in the western U.S. for Schneider effective January 2023. The new partnership results from Schneider exiting their business with BNSF Railway....

January 21, 2022 - TRA Newswire - Forget about Infrastructure Week. 2022 is shaping up to be Infrastructure Year. With less than 70 days to go before the 18th Annual Southwestern Rail Conference, the buzz about the Infrastructure Act has everyone wondering...