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More roads, wider roads or add rail transit? North Texas conundrum

January 20th, 2016
January 20, 2016 - Brandon Formby - Dallas Morning News Ask Arlington drivers what the most traffic-clogged North Texas highway is and they’re likely to answer State Highway 360. Ask Collin County residents and they’re bound to say the Bush Turnpike...

Former Fort Worth Fed Railroad Official Named Safety Chief

January 15th, 2016
January 15, 2016 - TRA Newswire WASHINGTON, DC – Bonnie Murphy, a former commuter rail executive and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) official, will become President and CEO of Operation Lifesaver, Inc. (OLI) in late January, OLI Board Chair Bill Barringer announced...

KCS putting $15 million into Beaumont Sub rail, bridge upgrades

January 13th, 2016
January 11, 2016 - Special to TRA Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE: KSU) announced today that its principal U.S. subsidiary, The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCSR), will invest approximately $15 million in 2016 on rail and bridge improvement projects on...

'Rural Republicans against private enterprise' new tactic to kill high speed rail in Texas

January 12th, 2016
January 12, 2016 - Texas Tribune Thirty-three East Texas officials sent a letter to the Japanese ambassador to the United States on Monday to express their opposition to a private Texas firm's proposed high-speed rail line between Dallas and Houston that has...

Lone Star Rail Hopes to Secure Funding in 2016

January 7th, 2016
January 7, 2016 - TWC News AUSTIN--Four cities and a community college have bought into the region's next mass transit plan. Lone Star Rail could connect to every city between San Antonio and Georgetown, cutting hours out of some people's commutes. The...

Major industrial land deal in Baytown doubles down on rail service

January 6th, 2016
January 5, 2016 - Houston Business Journal A Houston-based developer closed a major industrial land deal in Baytown and plans to start building on a spec basis. Houston's Clay Development & Construction Inc. bought 79.57 acres in Cedar Port Industrial Park on...

BNSF Railway says New Year = New Network

January 6th, 2016
January 6, 2016 - BNSF Posted to the BNSF website, the railway company indicated that it's network is in its best condition ever following 2015's record $6 billion in capital investment across the lines. In the past year BNSF double-tracked more than...

KCS Railway's State of the Railroad: Starling & Ottensmeyer

January 6th, 2016
January 4, 2016 - So how is one of the three Class 1 railroads that serves Texas fairing? Some good events and some challenges according to KCS CEO David L. Starling and President Patrick J. Ottensmeyer. The KCS Railway website posted...

TEX Rail and others forge regional shared-use agreement

December 30th, 2015
December 29, 2015 - Railway Age The Fort Worth Transportation Authority (The T) and representatives from Union Pacific, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), Amtrak, Fort Worth & Western Railroad (FW&W) and Regional Rail Right-of-Way Co. on Dec. 28, 2015 signed a...

BNSF greets largest container ship ever at Port of LA: goods destined for Texas, onward

December 29th, 2015
December 28, 2015 - TRA Newswire At dawn on Dec. 26, 2015, the CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin, a brand new 18,000-TEU container ship, arrived at the Port of Los Angeles. It's the largest container ship ever to visit a U.S. port....

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