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Hurricane Harvey still disrupting some industries along the Texas coast / rail tallies cost

October 18th, 2017
October 17, 2017 - Two related stories: Railroads, shippers assess damage wrought by two historic storms - ProgressiveRailroading.com - As of late September, railroads and transit agencies affected by hurricanes Harvey and Irma were still evaluating the toll the devastating storms took...

Take a sneak peek at TEXRail trains that will carry riders in Fort Worth next year

October 18th, 2017
October 16, 2017 - Fort Worth Star Telegram - BY Gordon Dickson - One of the first TEX Rail cars off the assembly line was publicly unveiled last week during a transit exposition in Atlanta — and Fort Worth officials say...

KCS Railway announces new safety, environmental push

October 18th, 2017
October 17, 2017 - TRA Newswire - Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE: KSU) announced today that it has formed a new Health, Safety and Environmental group within the Operations department to consolidate occupational health, workplace and public safety, and environmental functions under a...

Gutting Amtrak would hurt flyover states most

October 6th, 2017
October 6, 2017 - Rail Passengers Association (NARP) - By Jim Mathews, Opinion Contributor, TheHill.com - This summer the White House and a handful of Congress members tried to kill Amtrak’s national network. Both the House and the Senate soundly rejected this outrageous proposal,...

Texas trains will roll as unions, freight-rail carriers reach tentative agreement on 5-year contract

October 6th, 2017
October 6, 2017 - ProgressiveRailroading.com - The six unions that make up the Coordinated Bargaining Group (CBG) have reached a tentative agreement with the nation's freight-rail carriers, the unions announced yesterday. The CBG represents the American Train Dispatchers Association; the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers...

Another key player, WSP USA, joins the Texas bullet train consortium

October 5th, 2017
October 5, 2017 - TRA Newswire - Another key player, WSP USA,  joins Texas Central railroad as the company moves ahead on its pre-construction phase of the bullet train project to connect Houston to North Texas. WSP will provide engineering support as...

Law enforcement, Union Pacific team up for safety

October 5th, 2017
October 4, 2017 - Houston Chronicle - Long. Long. Short. Long. The clattering of the wheels rotating quickly across the rail joints were only silenced by the blaring audible by the engineer pulling the horn as they approached the intersection at US...

Cap Metro adding MetroRail cars and expanding 'Pickup' service

October 5th, 2017
October 3, 2017 - Fox7 Austin - If you've actually taken Cap Metro's MetroRail service during the morning and afternoon rush hour, you'll know it's crowded.  Clearly a very popular service. "Really we've come to a point where we are simply at...

Some Tulsa-to-OKC Rail Supporters Already Thinking of High-Speed Trains

October 5th, 2017
October 3, 2017 - PublicRadioTulsa.org  - How would you like to get to Oklahoma City in 25 minutes? Some passenger rail supporters think it’s possible with high-speed rail. At state Sen. Kevin Matthews' interim study on passenger rail Tuesday, McGrath Construction President Jon...

Public transit: expanding choice, boosting economies

October 5th, 2017
October 4, 2017 - Fort Worth Star Telegram - Guest Column by Paul McManus - Each morning, staring into a sea of red brake lights, I think to myself: I would rather be riding public transportation. If only that were an option...

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