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Sherman-Denison MPO expresses need for better freight rail access
June 9th, 2018
June 7, 2018 - ttnews.com -
In Texas, Sherman-Denison Metropolitan Planning Organization officials expect to present the draft version of a regional freight corridor plan later this summer.
These efforts to map and outline the major freight networks across Texoma come as...
U.S. Senators say Amtrak's waffling on Southwest Chief funding is "fiscally irresponsible"
June 8th, 2018
June 8, 2018 - TRA Newswire -
Three Congressional delegations that have supported the program to stabilize and improve the Southwest Chief route in CO, KS and NM have fired off an angry letter to Amtrak CEO Richard Anderson demanding to...
TRA and many others file letter of support for Texas Central with Surf Board
May 31st, 2018
Updated June 1, 2018 - TRA Newswire -
Texas Rail Advocates and Rail Passengers Association yesterday filed letters with the Surface Transportation Board supporting a Texas Central Railroad petition that would clear the way for STB to assume jurisdiction over the Texas high-speed rail...
Texas Central petitions STB to reopen case to grant interstate authority
May 7th, 2018
May 7, 2018 - TRA Newswire -
Texas Central has petitioned the Surface Transportation Board to reopen STB Docket 36025, which if approved, would give the builders of the bullet train project the authority to operate under broader federal law. Texas Central,...
Texas drillers find too few rail cars for all their oil and sand
May 5th, 2018
May 4, 2018 - Bloomberg -
Permian crude prices steeply discounted relative to Houston
Oil and sand competing for same Permian rail resources
Oil producers may be getting in their own way in the race to pump crude from the fertile...
Texas Central, Amtrak reach agreement to link Bullet Train and Amtrak’s interstate passenger network
May 4th, 2018
May 4, 2018 - TRA Newswire -
DALLAS – Developers of Texas’ high-speed train have forged an agreement with Amtrak, allowing passengers to use Amtrak’s reservation system to buy tickets for through travel on both the Texas Bullet Train and Amtrak’s...
Texas Central names Bechtel project manager for bullet train
May 2nd, 2018
May 2, 2018 - TRA Newswire -
Bechtel, with deep Texas roots, will support high-speed train project’s delivery to implementation phase
Selection of global engineering giant marks latest addition of industry expertise on Houston-to-North Texas line
Texas Central, developers of the...
Amtrak to de-staff Marshall and Texarkana stations
April 27th, 2018
Updated to April 30, 2018 - TRA Newswire -
Texas Rail Advocates has learned that Amtrak will be running its Marshall and Texarkana stations without any paid staff sometime after June 1.
Marshall Depot Board members will hold a news conference, scheduled for...
KCS relaunches intermodal service between Louisiana port, Texas terminal
April 26th, 2018
April 25, 2018 - Progressive Railroading -
ansas City Southern yesterday announced a new weekly intermodal service between the Port of New Orleans and Wylie, Texas, will begin in May.
The Class I previously offered intermodal service in the lane, but it was discontinued following...
Union Pacific reports record first quarter results
April 26th, 2018
April 26, 2018 - TRA Newswire -
Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) today reported 2018 first quarter net income of $1.3 billion, or a first-quarter record $1.68 per diluted share. This compares to about $1.1 billion, or $1.32 per diluted share,...