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Congressman Kevin Brady joins anti-high speed rail rant

February 6th, 2016
February 5, 2016 - KBTX.com CONROE, Texas - The man who represents the eastern portion of the Brazos Valley wants Texas' attorney general to give his opinion on eminent domain when it comes to a proposed high speed rail line that...

Union Pacific CapEx Plan is $3.75B for 2016 - down from last year

February 6th, 2016
February 4,  2016 - TRA Newswire The Board of Directors of Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP)  approved the Company's 2016 capital plan of approximately $3.75 billion, down about $550 million versus 2015. The plan includes $375 million to further implement Positive...

Dallas-Houston High-Speed Rail Opponents Prep For Legal Fight

February 6th, 2016
February 2, 2016 - NBCDFW.com Opponents of a plan to build a high-speed train between Dallas and Houston are gearing up for a legal fight. "Texans Against High-Speed Rail" announced a partnership with The Beckham Group, a Dallas law firm that will...

Trinity Railway Express, others won't meet 2018 PTC deadline

February 6th, 2016
Expected to meet deadline include UP, BNSF and KCS February 3, 2016 - CBSLocal.com WASHINGTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Three of the biggest freight railroads operating in the U.S., including one in North Texas, have told the government they won’t meet a 2018 deadline...

Austin Cap Metro board green-lights central corridor study

February 6th, 2016
Project Connect is returning to Central Austin January 28, 2016 - AustinMonitor.com The Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority board of directors approved on Monday a contract with the engineering firm AECOM to guide a new study of transportation in the urban core dubbed...

Friend of TRA: Former FRA Admin Gil Carmichael dies at 88

February 1st, 2016
February 1, 2016 - TRA Newswire MERIDIAN — A friend of Texas Rail Advocates, Gil Carmichael, died of a heart attack Sunday at Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian, Mississippi. He was 88. From 1989 to 1993, Carmichael served in the...

BNSF Capex plan for 2016: down $1.5B from last year but still robust

January 27th, 2016
January 26, 2016 - TRA Newswire (Fort Worth) – BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) announced that its 2016 capital expenditure plan is expected to be $4.3 billion, down from last year's record spend of close to $6 billion.  According to a news release...

Senator Huffines has high hopes for Texas high speed rail project

January 24th, 2016
January 22, 2016 - TRA Newswire Senator Don Huffines, who serves as Vice-Chair of the Transportation Committee, said that the state must embrace innovative solutions like private sector high speed rail. "Private sector ingenuity and innovation will bear great promise for...

TxDOT Rail Director says locals need to "Empower 35" rail plan / Calls for changes to Heartland Flyer service

January 24th, 2016
January 22, 2016 - TRA Newswire Highlights: I-35 Corridor passenger rail plan due out soon Heartland Flyer Fort Worth to Oklahoma service could be up for grabs Beaumont railroad bridge and Laredo freight traffic bottlenecks in rail division sights Within the next several months a...

Plans for Houston-Dallas bullet train moving along

January 24th, 2016
January 22, 2016 - Houston Chronicle Transportation Writer Dug Begley at the 2016 Southwestern Rail Conference DALLAS - Plans for high-speed rail in Texas will speed up in 2016, company officials said Friday, as the first comprehensive examination of the Houston-to-Dallas...

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